Banking royal commission has laid bare the financial industry's toxic culture

Think about where you work. Where you've worked. The local community group you're involved in. Your sports team, the one you initially loved but didn't quite gel with so you left. That is culture. Culture is hard to define and easy to dismiss but the culture of teams and work shapes our lives. When it
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Facebook's recently introduced Messenger Kids app is getting an upgrade that lets parents set “off times” that blocks their children from using the service. The new Sleep Mode, which debuted on Friday, also lets parents set different times for the app to shut off depending on the day of the week. During
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) sued one of the largest online lenders, Lending Club Corporation, for misleading consumers. The company is accused of making “no hidden fees” claims a centerpiece of its marketing but then deducting hidden up-front fees from the loans. According to FTC, the
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Your Realtor can go through the title commitment, pointing out the various sections to look at: 1) the property legal description, 2) the requirements the title company is asking for to be able to do the closing and then 3) the exceptions (items the title company is not insuring against but that will still apply to
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Abby Thacker opened the front door to her new home for the very first time Thursday. With the help and guidance of Habitat for Humanity Williamson-Maury and a $70,000 investment from General Motors, the 23-year-old mother has signed a no-interest loan for the newly constructed Columbia home.
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The good news is Charter gained 331,000 internet subscribers in the quarter. While cord cutting may be eating into Charter's TV business, the cable company still delivers the high-speed broadband needed for customers to stream Netflix and other popular online alternatives. But even on that front, there
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David Lee, owner of the $300 million watch and investment empire Hing Wa Lee Jewelers, also owns more than $50 million worth of the world's rarest cars. His collection, stored in a garage underneath a nondescript shopping plaza 40 minutes outside downtown Los Angeles, includes models from
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Early adopters of the electric car often band together in what can seem, in the age of Donald Trump and resurgent sport utility vehicles, like a lonely defense of an unloved technology. But today in California, the state doing the most to cultivate emission-free driving through lucrative incentives, the
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – If you drive around West Michigan you can see, it's a hot real estate market. It seems like there are “for sale” signs going up every day and “sold” appearing just as fast. So, if you're in the market to sell your home, what do you need to do to get it ready? We have realtor
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“I like it because you can do family stuff with the Jeeps, meet new people and talk about your Jeep,” said St. Croix, who works at a title company. He and his wife and 9-year-old daughter arrived in the family's shiny black 2012 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Limited, equipped with comfortable seating and an
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has received a letter from 16 Democratic state attorneys general that challenged the agency's Jan. 26 Request for Information related to CFPB investigative authority. In their letter, the Attorneys General accused the Trump Administration of trying to
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The lender's seasonally adjusted data showed a rise of 0.2% in April and there was a slight pick-up in annual house price growth to 2.6%, from 2.1% in March. However, the report was otherwise subdued, noting that housing market activity remained generally weak. It agreed that surveyors were seeing
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Pompeo Talks Iran, North Korea, NATO in First News Conference … said he has “a sense” that Kim Jong Un is serious about denuclearizing the Korean peninsula and said no decision has been made on withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal, as held his first news conference as America's top diplomat.
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She's catapulted to the top of the music charts after a slew of successful songs and releasing her debut album Invasion of Privacy. But Cardi B has landed in a bit of hot water after former manager Shaft sued the Bodak Yellow songstress to the tune of $10 million for breach of contract, according to TMZ.
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Bigger real estate offices might have more resources for marketing homes, but smaller ones may provide more services and offer other advantages. Consider working with a locally owned real estate agency. These offices tend to understand local market trends and give more personalized service.
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But results this week from Amazon.com Inc., Facebook Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. — among the most valuable companies in the world — went a long way toward proving the naysayers wrong. Solid sales and profit growth and bullish forecasts reminded the market how reliant the global
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Tip: Hire a title company or an attorney to facilitate the process. Not only will they make sure the title is legitimate, they can also discover if there are any liens on the house. Once the … While some listing companies will host an open house so you can see the property pre-auction, many don't. Do your
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Srygley, past president of the Arkansas Check Cashers Association, didn't know Woods had introduced legislation in 2011 to benefit payday lending and would introduce another bill to benefit lenders in 2013, he testified. Woods was a House member in 2011 who began service in the Senate in 2013.
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The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index gained 0.1 percent to the highest in 15 weeks. The euro dipped 0.1 percent to $1.209, the weakest in 15 weeks. The British pound sank 1 percent to $1.3784, the weakest in eight weeks on the biggest dip in almost two months. The Japanese yen decreased less than
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Amid continuing revelations of sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior from a range of industries, NBC News has been hit with another allegation: two women have come forward with reports of unwanted advances from long-time NBC anchor Tom Brokaw.
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