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A new European Union payments directive is set to go live next month — and for U.S. bankers, it's worth keeping an eye on. The second Payment Services Directive, or PSD2, will not only further integrate the European payments market, but also significantly increase security in electronic payments and
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JERUSALEM, Dec 26 (Reuters) – Israel's banking regulator chastised management at the country's largest bank, Hapoalim , for the handling of a sexual harassment complaint against former chief executive Zion Kenan. The Bank of Israel's supervisor of banks last year began an investigation into the
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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , on 12/28/17, W.P. Carey Inc (Symbol: WPC), Paramount Group Inc (Symbol: PGRE), and Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance Inc. (Symbol: ARI) will all trade ex-dividend for their respective upcoming dividends. W.P. Carey Inc will pay
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Howard Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding firm for Howard Bank that provides commercial banking, mortgage banking, and consumer finance services and products to businesses, business owners, professionals, and other consumers. The company has market cap of $218.87 million. It offers
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ClariVest Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of SodaStream International by 157.2% during the third quarter. ClariVest Asset Management LLC now owns 63,304 shares of the company's stock worth $4,208,000 after buying an additional 38,696 shares during the period. SG Americas
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“Dean has extensive and diverse legal experience in the field of operations and managing title insurance operations at a number of large companies,” Stoner said in a release. “He is an excellent addition to the executive team at Title First, and he will be able to use his experience to help Title First
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Big picture: The U.S. housing market is in pretty good health. Sales keep rising and builders are busy as millennials enter their home-buying years. Low interest rates and the best jobs market in years have created a tailwind that's fueling demand. The supply of new and previously owned homes for sale,
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China's Securities Regulatory Commission has ordered Jia Yueting, founder of heavily indebted Chinese tech firms LeEco and Leshi as well as electric automaker (and Tesla Motors rival) Faraday Future, to return to the country to address Leshi's debts. It's not entirely clear where Jia is, but he lately has
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NBA vet Jason Terry is ready to cut a deal. The Milwaukee Bucks point guard owns a huge home on beautiful Mercer Island—just outside Seattle—that he's been trying to sell since 2013. Now the man nicknamed “Jet” has cut the price on the estate to $2.38 million, down from its initial $2.5 million asking
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Octane Lending, Inc., Corporation just released form D for $48,091 equity financing. This is a new filing. Octane Lending was able to sell $48,091. That is 100.00 % of the fundraising. The total private financing amount was $48,091. The form was filed on 2017-12-21. The reason for the financing was:
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Jefferies Group reaffirmed a buy rating and set a $155.00 price objective on shares of Honeywell International in a research report on Thursday, September 28th. Zacks Investment Research raised Honeywell International from a hold rating to a buy rating and set a $155.00 price objective on the stock in
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“The banks really like jumbo mortgages,” said Guy Cecala, publisher of the trade publication Inside Mortgage Finance. “It's a business they've become increasingly reliant on.” Last year, jumbo mortgages hit their highest level since 2006 by dollar volume, according to the publication's estimates.
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Editor's Note: This story is part of our Year in Review series where we bring back our top stories and features of 2017. South Florida's 2017 Power Leaders in Real Estate originally ran in our April 14 print edition. Earlier this year, the South Florida Business Journal profiled the the region's most prominent
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This has been a whirlwind year for the commercial real estate industry, with changes in Federal Reserve's key interest rates and the U.S. tax framework, the reversal of a long-running trend in the CMBS financing sector and a cooling investment sales market. As 2017 comes to a close, we take a look at
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Top 10 Dallas real estate stories of 2017 include Mary Kay's former home … Photo courtesy of Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate … Editor's note: As the year comes to a close, we look back at the 10 biggest real estate stories in Dallas for 2017 — including an NBA star's slam-dunk home and Mary Kay's
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A lot can happen in a year—but 2017 was particularly eventful when it came to how we travel the world. The threats that loomed largest in 2016, Zika and the migrant crisis, faded into the rear-view mirror as talk of a United States travel ban and Brexit suddenly dominated global headlines. And that was
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Bitcoin's slump over the holiday season is starting to have a knock-on effect on stock markets. That's according to Wells Fargo's head of equity strategy, Brian Sullivan, who raised those concerns in a Monday interview with CNBC. Bitcoin prices, which soared as high as $19,500 earlier this month, began
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The first point on many mortgage originators' 2018 agendas will be looking for new sources to feed their lending machines and replace the continued drop-off in refinance activity. “We have seen a pick up in the purchase market, but I feel like lenders have been saying that for the eight years,” said
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The stock market is routinely hitting record highs. Unemployment is low and heading lower. The U.S. economy looks healthy. Don't tell General Electric Co. shareholders. The U.S. manufacturing icon is limping to the close of 2017, a year marked by massive job cuts, poor earnings and an ignominious
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I'm not going to pretend I'm an expert in real estate trends. I'll leave that to the agents like Chad and Leah Taylor of the Taylor Made Team with Keller Williams. I will stick with my area of expertise and discuss how the balancing market can make the financial impact of buy a home seemingly more
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