Fidel Castro's Son Has Committed Suicide: Cuban State Media

Because of his maternal lineage, Castro Diaz-Balart is related to U.S. Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart, who represents Cuban exiles in Florida. His father died in November 2016 at age 90. ___. Andrea Rodríguez is on Twitter at https://twitter.com/ARodriguezAP. Before it's here, it's on the Bloomberg
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First home buyers are the rising force in a cooling residential property market, according to the latest NAB survey of industry professionals. The December quarter survey found that first home buying owner-occupiers and investors accounted for nearly 39 per cent of new housing sales, and 31.5 per cent
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Law360, London (February 1, 2018, 5:23 PM GMT) — Parliament's influential Treasury Committee on Thursday announced a broad inquiry into how banks treat small and medium-sized enterprises, a move that could lead to new regulation and changes in dispute settlement procedures to give
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With the cycle of the latest housing data about complete for the month, let's assess the state of the real estate market. Housing relative shares have been enjoying secular strength for some time now, but over the course of the last few days, some home sales slippage from astounding prior month figures
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The Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) has sought leave from the Supreme Court of Canada to appeal the Federal Court of Appeal's latest decision in the Commissioner's litigation against TREB. Meanwhile, the Competition Tribunal's hearing of the Commissioner's case against the Vancouver Airport
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Toronto, Ontario–(Newsfile Corp. – February 1, 2018) – Atrium Mortgage Investment Corporation (TSX: AI) is pleased to announce that its board of directors has declared a dividend for the month of February 2018 of $0.075 per common share, to be paid March 12, 2018 to shareholders of record February
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… 27 basis points higher than at the beginning of 2018 and 44 basis points above last year's low of 3.78 percent, according to Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey data. At the same time, the probability of the Fed raising the federal funds rate in March has ticked up another 3 percentage points
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PRELIMINARY data indicate that outstanding loans of commercial banks, net of reverse repurchase (RRP) placements with the BSP, expanded at a slower rate of 19.0 percent in December from 19.3 percent (revised) in November. Similarly, the growth of bank lending inclusive of RRPs decelerated to
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Hello everyone and welcome to the Capstead Mortgage Corporation Fourth Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen-only mode. [Operator Instructions] After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. [Operator Instructions] Please note this event is
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The future of PayPal was never about eBay, but when the popular payment service's former parent ripped off the band aid on Wednesday, it sure hurt. Good morning, Aaron in for Adam on this Thursday morning of suffering PayPal stockholders. The announcement, under the innocuous sounding
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The publisher of Newsweek and the International Business Times has been engaging in fraudulent online traffic practices that helped it secure a major ad buy from a US government agency, according to a new report released today by independent ad fraud researchers. IBTimes.com, the publisher's US
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Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood at the premiere of “The Godfather” on August 9, 1972 in London, England. Tom Wargacki WireImage. By Chris Morris. 9:52 AM EST. Thirty-seven years after actress Natalie Wood mysteriously drowned, Los Angeles Sheriff investigators are calling her widower a “person
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DETROIT, Feb. 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ Detroit-based Quicken Loans today announced it has become the nation's largest residential mortgage lender in the 4 th quarter of 2017 surpassing close to 30,000 lenders (commercial banks, savings and loans, credit unions, mortgage bankers, mortgage brokers)
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Compliance software provider QuestSoft is buying data verification and audit services firm Investors Mortgage Asset Recovery Co. at a time when lenders are more widely using technology to verify information. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition was structured as an
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HBO has more than 5 million online subscribers in the U.S., more than doubling those customers in the past year by making its shows available on Amazon and new streaming TV services like DirecTV Now, according to a person familiar with the matter. When it launched in 2015, the network was one of
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SANTA ANA, Calif.–(Business Wire)–First American Financial Corporation (NYSE: FAF), a leading global provider of title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, today announced the completion of its acquisition of Bank of America's lien release business. Bank of
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CME Group Inc. might be the world's biggest exchange, but it lags behind a rival Chicago exchange in the nascent Bitcoin futures business. That's partly a design decision. The CME contract was built to “make sure that we did not attract the small retail participants,” Terry Duffy, chairman and chief
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Peter White, executive director of the Finance Brokers Association of Australia (FBAA), has urged the big banks to drop their home loan rates. He also welcomed moves from non-banks to drop their interest rates, but added that he's “disappointed” the majors hadn't followed suit. “It is good to see the
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Mortgage rates today rose after two releases. First, the weekly unemployment claims report came in with 230,000 claims, fewer than the expected 240,000. This is bad for mortgage rates, because it means employment is in a better state than previously thought. However, tomorrow's Monthly Employment
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