Balanced-Budget Constitutional Amendment Proposal Fails in House

A Republican proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to require a balanced federal budget failed in the House on Thursday when it fell short of the required two-thirds vote. The vote was 233-184. Speaker Paul Ryan and his leadership team brought the proposal to the floor despite its long odds
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Mexican trade negotiators are pushing to finish work on an updated free-trade agreement with the European Union ahead of a trip by President Enrique Pena Nieto to the region later this month, according to three people familiar with the plan. Mexico started work on updating its pact with the EU in
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NEOSHO, Mo. — Newton County commissioners this week hired Fidelity Abstract, a local title company, to conduct searches for lienholders with stakes in properties on which taxes have not been paid for the past two years or longer. Every year, the county collector's office compiles a list of property
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Jim Salengo, executive director of the Downtown Schenectady Improvement Corp., isn't aware of any other real estate offices downtown. The new office will be staffed daily by agents. It's an extension of the branch in Niskayuna, which is managed by Ryan Clark. “I grew up in Rotterdam,” Clark said.
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Further, Asian online shoppers are comfortable with shopping abroad, with more than half (55%) embracing international retailers, either because a brand product was not available locally or because they could get a better price or better quality overseas. Most, however prefer to shop within Asia (77%)
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DUBLIN, Ireland, April 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Horizon Pharma plc (NASDAQ:HZNP) today announced it has been selected as the number one place to work by Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE Magazine on its “Best Workplaces in Health Care & Biopharma” list. The company has also
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Title/company: Director-retail sales, Florida Northwest, Verizon Wireless; Education: Bachelor's degree in communications from St. Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania; master's degree in organizational leadership, Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania; First job? Sold pagers to businesses
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Credit Suisse andBank of America Merrill Lynch led the $300m Mello Mortgage Capital Acceptance 2018-MTG1. The deal is backed by prime jumbo loans underwritten using loanDepot criteria and high-balance GSE loans underwritten to Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae guidelines. loanDepot declined to
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BRIEF-Troilus Exercises Option And Acquires Title To Troilus Gold Project. Reuters Staff. 1 Min Read. April 12 (Reuters) – Troilus Gold Corp: * TROILUS EXERCISES OPTION AND ACQUIRES TITLE TO TROILUS GOLD PROJECT Source text for Eikon: Further company coverage: Our Standards:The
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Instead, we manage the total investment in our employees and infrastructure across all our product and service offerings, rather than viewing it as related to a particular product or service; we view and manage these costs collectively as investments being made on behalf of our customers in order to
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Spotify is buying rights company Loudr in a move to beef up its ability to track and pay royalties to music publishers. The move comes a day after the House Judiciary Committee approved legislation that would revamp digital licensing rules. Loudr will contribute to Spotify's “continued effort towards a
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DENVER, CO – JULY 31: Real Property Management held an open house for a Metro Denver has seen a large number of homes convert to rental properties since the housing downturn last decade. The picture above is of a rental home in Washington Park. Denver and Aurora have relied heavily on
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 12, 2018) – Real estate sales by members of the Lexington-Bluegrass Association of Realtors (LBAR) provided a $495,904,009 boost to Kentucky's economy as of March 31, 2018 from 2,531 reported sales. According to 2018 LBAR President John Groft, “Climbing out of winter
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The IMF notes: “Taking the riskiness of credit allocation into account helps better predict full-blown banking crises, financial sector stress, and downside risks to growth at horizons up to three years.” The riskiness of corporate credit is determined by the extent to which risky firms get credit compared to
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In this context, we are strengthening our leadership in investment banking through hiring Roberto who is a highly experienced banker and will further the achievement of this strategic goal. Based on the significant growth potential we see in Argentina today for the investment banking business overall,
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Soho Forum”Fractional reserve banking poses a threat to the stability of market economies.” That's the … He is the author of The Theory of Free Banking; Bank Deregulation and Monetary Order; Less Than Zero: The Case for a Falling Price Level in a Growing Economy; and, most recently, Good Money:
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Stash, the financial services platform that's revolutionizing saving and investing, today announced its partnership with Green Dot Corporation and its subsidiary bank, Green Dot Bank, Member FDIC, to launch mobile-first banking services to help millions of Americans reach their dreams of financial
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Choppy markets spurred traders to devote less cash to ETFs and some moved into lower-cost products. ETFs charging 0.2 percent or less have accounted for 82 percent of the industry's net flows this year, up from 77 percent in the fourth quarter, according to research from Bloomberg Intelligence.
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The number of properties advertised for sale with estate agents in 100 major towns and cities across the UK increased significantly compared to last year's figures as confidence returns to the property market. Despite the “beast from the east” creating havoc across the country at the beginning of this year,
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From Freddie Mac's weekly survey: The 30-year fixed averaged 4.42 percent, up 2 basis points from last week's 4.40 percent. The 15-year fixed averaged 3.87 percent, unchanged from last week. The Mortgage Bankers Association reported a nearly 2 percent decrease in loan application volume from
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