Tens of thousands of people joined a demonstration outside Japan's parliament Saturday, in a sign of growing public anger over cronyism scandals engulfing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Organizers say about 50,000 people attended this weekend's rally in Tokyo — the biggest in nearly three years.
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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, whose reputation as a fearless opponent of white-minority rule in South Africa earned her the title of âMother of the Nation,â was laid to rest on Saturday and lauded as a hero by the nation's leaders. The former wife of Nelson Mandela died on April 2 at the age of 81 after a
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A high-level Japan-China economic dialogue will resume Monday, amid concerns in both countries about the potential for a trade war sparked by the U.S. The Chinese are seeking Japanese cooperation on U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs implemented last month, Kyodo News reported Saturday, citing
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A possible decision in May on Iran sanctions may be âthe start of a process that maintains low-intensity stress on oil markets that can deliver higher prices and above-average volatility,” the strategists wrote, comparing it to the Arab Spring of 2011 rather than the major oil shocks of 1973, 1979 and 1990.
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For 2017, national new home starts finished at 1,202,900. This means housing is still down 41.8 percent from the boom period. In historic terms, the number of housing starts in 2017 represents the 11th worst year for housing starts since 1959. By no means is the housing market inflation being driven by
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The team at 'The Anirejuoritse Group' Nigeria Limited (T.A.G) has fully activated this year's edition of its annual Real Estate Expo (TAGEXPO) organized to guide Nigerians in the diaspora to credible Real Estate developers with property investment that suit their budgets and needs. Every year, TAGEXPO
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As land prices are dropping or showing flat growth across several markets in India, plunging the country's real estate sector into a state of despair, players are now focusing their binoculars towards startups as they look to quickly adopt technologies to improve efficiencies, reduce costs and offer more
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Infrastructure work has been completed at a massive new mixed-use project in Sharjah, developers have announced. Tilal City is being built by Tilal Properties, a joint venture between the emirate's investment arm, Sharjah Asset Management, and Eskan Real Estate Development. Tilal Properties said it
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At Fortune, we've been writing at length about the state of innovation and technological development in China. Even a cursory glance at that coverage (not to mention that of our competitors) would dispel the mind-boggling arrogance of Sullivan's assertion that âonly Americaâ can create dynamic Internet
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TEHRAN, Apr. 14 (MNA) â Head of Foreign Investment Center at Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) Ferial Mostofi said that Swedish banks have either American shareholders or have partnership in US Stock Exchange Market and for this reason, Swedish bank
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In addition, Russian deputies have property in other countries. Vladislav Tretyak owns real estate in Latvia, Vladimir Blotsky has a house and a plot in the UK, Sergey Kryuchek has an apartment in Ukraine, and Orate Arshby and his wife have property in Georgia and Belarus. The wives of other deputies
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Springfield, MA The Community Preservation Corp. (CPC), a leading nonprofit affordable housing and community revitalization finance company, closed $25.4 million in conventional Freddie Mac financing for a portfolio of properties located in Western Mass. The new loans were used to refinance the
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KGMI News. BELLINGHAM, Wash. â Starting June 7th, the fee to record a real estate deed is going up by 33 percent. The new fee will be 99 dollars. The Whatcom County Auditor's Office says the increase was mandated by two recently passed state laws requiring county auditors to collect a surcharge
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HUMBLE, TX â If you are looking to buy your first home in Humble, Kingwood or Lake Houston; you're ready to downsize or need more space, then checking out the open house events can help you find the home of your dreams. Patch and realtor.com have the weekend open house listings in Humble,
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Get CEO Daily, Fortune's newsletter for leaders. Further down the food chain of conservative commentary, reactions were even more extreme. Alex Jones, an isolationist and far-right conspiracy theorist who has sometimes influenced Trump's worldview, actually shed tears while responding to news of
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A rebound in Oman's economy on the back of the rising oil prices will support stronger deposit and asset growth this year for the sultanate's lenders, who also stand to benefit from a rise in interest rates, BMI Research said. Higher prices of hydrocarbons, sale of which accounts for the bulk of revenues for
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QS Investors LLC trimmed its stake in Perry Ellis International (NASDAQ:PERY) by 4.8% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 53,243 shares of the textile maker's stock after selling 2,701 shares during the period. QS Investors LLC
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EPS for Meridian Bank (Paoli, PA) Expected At $0.16; Dawson Geophysical Company (DWSN) Shorts Decreased By 2.92% … title and land settlement, mortgage banking, wealth management, investment advisory, and title insurance services, as well as shared national credit participation services.
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We've been living with the new mortgage stress test regulations for more than three months and 25 percent of us say it's had an impact. That's one finding from a new ReMax survey conducted by Leger, which also found the test has had the desired effect in one of the markets it targeted, the Greater
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Cabinet members are supplementing their salaries by letting properties to tenants, figures show, leading to questions about how suited they are to represent the interests of millions of people locked out of the housing market by high prices. Theresa May, Philip Hammond and Liam Fox are among
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