Inside the Fed's January Meeting: The Annotated Minutes

In January, the Federal Reserve emphasized that monetary policy continuity would endure even as Chair Janet Yellen's term came to a close. The Fed unanimously voted to keep the rate target unchanged at a range of 125 to 150 basis points and signaled that “further gradual increases” would likely be
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A large commercial bank is looking for complaints handlers to work on a large project tasked with reviewing complex financial complaints in order to assist senior members in recommending outcomes and potential remediations and outcomes. Required Experience & Skill-set: Significant lending and
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Fianna Fail finance spokesman Michael McGrath said any organisation that owns a loan, be it a mortgage, farm loan or SME loan, should be properly regulated and accountable. “It is not a tenable position that the organisation controlling your loan and making all the important decisions concerning it,
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State Street Corp grew its position in shares of Science Applications International by 4.8% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 1,503,586 shares of the information technology services provider's stock worth $104,381,000 after buying an additional 69,187 shares during the period. Bank of
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The chart of Acorn International, Inc. (ATV) shows a double top with $21.50 target or 6.00 % above today's $20.28 share price. The 8 months chart pattern indicates low risk for the $54.38 million company. It was reported on Feb, 21 by Finviz.com. If the $21.50 price target is reached, the company will be
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“Three of the fundamental things about how buses work is they have fixed pickup and drop-off spots, a fixed route and a fixed time schedule that they're operating on. Everything about the Express Pool product is dynamic.” Fortune has reached out to Uber for comment and will update this story when the
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U.K. pay is picking up after employment among citizens of the eastern countries that joined the European Union more than a decade ago fell for the first time since 2009. Average weekly earnings excluding bonuses rose 2.5 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, the most since December 2016,
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Lovers of chalupas and crunch wraps have spoken: Taco Bell is now bigger than Burger King. The Mexican-themed chain eclipsed its burger rival in U.S. sales last year, becoming the fourth-largest domestic restaurant brand, according to a preliminary report by research firm Technomic. McDonald's
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Other equities analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Zacks Investment Research lowered shares of Baxter International from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday, October 16th. Cowen set a $68.00 price target on shares of Baxter International and gave the stock a
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LONDON, Feb 21 (Reuters) – Lloyds Banking Group reported its highest pre-tax profit since 2006 on Wednesday and announced a share buy-back of up to one billion pounds and 3 billion pounds of strategic investment over the next three years. The 24 percent rise in profit to 5.3 billion pounds ($7.4
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CHICAGO, Feb. 21, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — BGL Real Estate Partners (“BGLREP”), a division of Brown Gibbons Lang & Company (“BGL”), is pleased to announce the real estate sale of Mississippi Coast Endoscopy & Ambulatory Surgery Center and Meridian Surgery Center, which combined, total
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The 24 percent rise in profit to 5.3 billion pounds beat last year's record of 4.2 billion but fell short of the 5.73 billion expected by analysts in a poll provided by the bank. Chief Executive Antonio Horta-Osorio said 2017 had been a “landmark year” for the group, which returned to full private ownership for
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It's the Holy Grail of cryptocurrencies — an asset with all the benefits of decentralization but none of the volatility. Tether, which claims to be pegged one-to-one to the dollar, is the most prominent among so-called stable coins. It's also the most controversial, with U.S. regulators and investors trying to sort
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Janney Montgomery Scott LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard Total International Stock ETF by 0.7% during the third quarter. Janney Montgomery Scott LLC now owns 151,165 shares of the company's stock valued at $8,273,000 after buying an additional 1,036 shares during the last quarter. Bronfman
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Earnings for the most recent quarter at Japan's Nikkei 225 Stock Average companies beat analyst estimates by 50 percent in aggregate, with 118 reporting positive surprises and 62 negative, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Overall earnings per share growth was 51 percent, led by a more
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Meetings typically include a real estate market update, along with guest speakers to share information about topics like mortgages, accounting, legal issues, property management, and more. The group's next meeting, on March 14, will include a presentation from a property manager who specializes in
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BitConnect's Trevon James Has a Fortune on Steemit. One of the BitConnect flamboyant promoters, Trevon James, has a hefty wallet on the Steemit social network platform. author by Christine Masters , 21 February. Subscribe. articleStartImage. Trevon James, one of the most famous promoters of the
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Fortune Feimster is wearing a pretty blue cardigan, bright red lipstick and dangly earrings, and she's doing her best to pretend she's not a lesbian. It's a scene from Mindy Kaling's forthcoming NBC sitcom “Champions,” which centers around a gym owner who has just found out he has a long-lost teenage
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“I anticipate we will be joining this group in the near future,” said Jim Burns, securities bureau chief at the Department of Finance, the banking regulatory department for the state of Idaho. “The Idaho Department of Finance is always looking for ways to streamline processes since they most often benefit
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Turkey signaled it's ready for communication with Syria as Russia sought to avert a direct military clash between the two countries over a Kurdish-held enclave. Turkish intelligence officials “may establish direct or indirect contact when it is required to solve certain problems under extraordinary conditions
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