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News reports and press releases—all fed into the system—showed how Brookdale was responding to the threat. “We found, hey, that senior living facility—they have a very good, organized setup” and could provide backup housing, Khatua says. The ETF bought the stock and made a small profit on the
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As the housing sector continues to plow ahead, home improvement retailers are in for a big year in 2018. A squeeze in inventory levels will push more homeowners towards improvement projects in the near future, especially with the combination of higher interest rates, making the cost of moving less
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Late last month, Radian acquired national title insurance and settlement services company Entitle Direct Group. Thornberry also restructured his top management team and announced plans to reconfigure the company's sales team to create a unified focus on selling all of the Radian's products and
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President Donald Trump's homeland security adviser, Tom Bossert, will resign at the request of new National Security Adviser John Bolton, a person familiar with the matter said. Bossert has served in the White House since Trump's inauguration. He's been a key adviser to the president on cybersecurity
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Ireland's deputy prime minister assailed U.K. Brexit Secretary David Davis' suggestion that Sinn Fein is influencing the Dublin government as “nonsense,” in the latest sign of tension between the two countries over the U.K. vote to leave the EU. The Irish government under Prime Minister Leo Varadkar
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NASCAR Executive Vice President Steve Phelps also raised the possibility, stating it is “highly unlikely” Monster will return as title sponsor, though he expects the company to remain involved in the sport. One rumored sponsorship model is the likelihood of the Cup Series having no exclusive naming
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That midcentury scenario seems like a financial fantasia to young adults hoping to buy homes today. Finding enough money for a down payment in the face of rising rents and stagnant wages, qualifying for loans in a difficult regulatory environment, then finding an affordable home in expensive metro
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Based on his own back-of-the-envelope calculations, Minnesota farmer Kirby Hettver could lose tens of thousands of dollars of earnings because of President Donald Trump. But damaging as the brewing trade war with China may turn out to be for Hettver and other American soybean farmers, he says
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The trio of a plunging lira, high inflation and rising borrowing costs risks making a bad situation worse for the nation's firms, according to Tomasz Noetzel, a Bloomberg Intelligence analyst covering eastern European lenders. “The bigger picture is that it's more difficult to do business there with a weak lira
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The energy drink company will remain the title sponsor of America's top stock-car racing series through the 2019 season. … Monster Energy will remain the title sponsor for its premier series in 2019, courtesy of a one-year extension between the racing sanctioning body and the energy drink company.
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today 09:00 / Author: Masja de Ree / Category: Clients and customers What are the dynamics behind house price fluctuations and how high is the risk of severe depreciation for homeowners? Alfred Teye was awarded a PhD on this topic last 16 March at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft).
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A “Wheel of Fortune” contestant named Jonny lost out on the chance to win an easy $7,100 after mispronouncing a word. After clearing the board, all Jonny had to do to take home the money was read the complete answer: “Flamenco Dance Lessons.” But Jonny accidentally said “flamingo” instead of
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The financial intelligence agency Austrac has targeted Commonwealth Bank for multiple transgressions of money-laundering laws, which has led to an APRA investigation of the bank's culture. ASIC has also taken action against CBA in the Federal Court over alleged rigging of the benchmark interest
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Investors Title (NASDAQ: ITIC) and Argo Group International (NASDAQ:AGII) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better investment? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their earnings, valuation, institutional ownership, risk, profitability, analyst
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Ailyn Pérez adds a new role to her Met repertory as Juliette, in what is a break-out year for the soprano, singing leading roles in three productions at the company. Earlier this season she sang the title role in Massenet's Thaïs and the Countess in Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro. Pérez made her company
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Average long-term interest rates stand at 4.40 percent for a 30-year mortgage and 3.87 percent for a 15-year loan, according to financier Freddie Mac. With low inventory and high demand, the price of homes is expected to continue to climb. Property information service CoreLogic expects home prices to
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According to International Business Machines Corporation's Insider ownership is at 0.10%. The total amount of shares outstanding is 942.34M, giving the company a market capitalization of about 143.89B. The stock has seen its SMA50 which is now -2.10%. In looking the SMA 200 we see that the stock
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Bank of America Corp. said Tuesday that it will no longer lend money to companies that manufacture military-style assault weapons for civilian use, in the hopes the move will contribute to a reduction in the number of mass shootings nationwide. Anne Finucane, Bank of America's vice chairman, said in
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During the first three months of 2018, the Office of Attorney General has already received 15 complaints from consumers about mortgage modification scams, compared with 61 complaints last year. A mortgage modification involves obtaining a lower interest rate or extended payment terms on your loan.
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In February, FAMP participated in our annual “Lobby Days” in Tallahassee. FAMP supported three bills and one, HB 935, successfully passed the legislature and was signed into law by Gov. Rick Scott earlier this month. This bill establishes the definition of a “Business Purpose Loan” as a mortgage loan,
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