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Press Release. RCB Announces Promotion of Karen Tavernese to Vice President. Reading, MA – Reading Cooperative Bank has promoted Karen Tavernese to Vice President. In this role, Tavernese will continue to oversee the implementation of all regulatory and compliance-related policies and
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Household Debt, led by mortgage debt, increased substantially in 2017 as the economy continued to grow for the fifth consecutive year, according to the Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The report is based on data from the New York
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Meybohm Real Estate had The Legends Club as the host site for its annual awards event, and Cook was named as Meybohm's top seller in South Carolina, with Davis, Gingrey and Velasco as her nearest neighbors, in that order. Cook and Gingrey are both based in Aiken, while Davis and Velasco
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Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank boosted its stake in Edison International (NYSE:EIX) by 3.7% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 71,277 shares of the utilities provider's stock after buying an
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Snap CEO Evan Spiegel says he doesn't mind having to report quarterly financial results to pesky investors, whose disappointment could send the company's stock plummeting. “We love it,” the young executive enthused Thursday during a Goldman Sachs technology conference in San Francisco on
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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro rebuked his Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos, for tightening controls along the South American nations' shared border amid a growing refugee crisis. A surge of Venezuelans crossing the frontier has prompted Santos to deploy thousands of troops and
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The spokesperson pointed to a general industry trend towards broker origination, which indicates a shift in how customers prefer to manage their lending requirements. However, not all lenders are seeing increases in the share of their broker-originated business. Major bank CBA, for example, seems to
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International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF – Free Report) reported impressive results for the fourth quarter of 2017, delivering a positive earnings surprise of 7.7%. This result is the company's third consecutive quarter with better-than-expected results. Adjusted earnings in the quarter came in at $1.40
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Nikolas Cruz took an Uber to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where he allegedly opened fire with an AR-15 assault rifle and killed 17 people. “My understanding and the information I have from law enforcement is that he arrived on the campus, possibly through an Uber
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The average rate for 30-year home loans climbed this week to 4.38 percent, the highest since April 2014, according to Freddie Mac data released today. Inflation fears have sent yields for the 10-year Treasury, a benchmark for mortgages, soaring — and buyers are now rushing to lock in rates before they
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NEW YORK (AP) – The outlook from U.S. builders is being buoyed by a very strong job market and the overall health of the economy. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index released Thursday remained at 72 this month. That's still just 2 points shy of December's
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The institutional investor owned 76,815 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 38,690 shares during the quarter. Vanguard Total International Stock ETF comprises 1.1% of Northern Capital Management LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 23rd biggest holding. Northern
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Fifty years after the federal Fair Housing Act banned racial discrimination in lending, African Americans and Latinos continue to be routinely denied conventional mortgage loans at rates far higher than their white counterparts. This modern-day redlining persisted in 61 metro areas even when controlling
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MCLEAN, VA–(Marketwired – Feb 15, 2018) – Freddie Mac ( OTCQB : FMCC) announces the pricing of the SB46 offering, a multifamily mortgage-backed securitization backed by small balance loans underwritten by Freddie Mac and issued by a third-party trust. The company expects to guarantee
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PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 15, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Workday, Inc. (NASDAQ:WDAY), a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, today announced that it has been named one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For by Fortune and Great Place to Work. Workday
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U.K. lawmaker Nicky Morgan wrote to 33 financial-services firms including Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and UBS Group AG asking why they haven't signed on to a government-backed charter committing them to filling more senior management positions with women. Morgan
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Remarkably, the company has also enjoyed the support of a gold-plated roster of American politicos. Its advisers and board of directors have included former directors of the CIA and FBI and former governors of Mississippi, New York, and Pennsylvania. In a written response to questions from Bloomberg
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Forget the joystick. Atari SA — perhaps best known for 1980s video-games “Pac-Man” and “Space Invaders” — is now jumping on the cryptocurrency bandwagon. Shares in the Paris-based company have soared more than 60 percent since it gave further details of its crypto push on Feb. 8, after first
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Mortgage rates haven't been this high in nearly four years, just as the spring home-buying season is heating up. According to the latest data released Thursday by Freddie Mac, the 30-year fixed-rate average shot up to 4.38 percent with an average 0.6 point. (Points are fees paid to a lender equal to 1
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Egyptian officials have arrested a top Islamist who ran in the 2012 presidential race, the latest figure ensnared in the crackdown surrounding President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi's re-election bid. Abdel-Moneim Aboul-Fotouh, the head of the Egypt Strong party, was arrested on orders issued by state security
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