Meat Loaf lyrics worked into US Senate banking discussion

Meat Loaf, the Wagnerian pop-rock singer who hit the charts in 1977 with the “Bat Out of Hell” album, must have wondered, “Who am I? Why am I here?,” this week when four successive U.S. senators at a Banking Committee meeting quoted Jim Steinman-penned lyrics that he made famous. It made for
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Honeywell International logo Veritable L.P. lifted its stake in shares of Honeywell International Inc. (NYSE:HON) by 2.6% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 32,263 shares of the conglomerate's stock after buying an
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And another local, a psychiatric nurse named Fiona Toomey, concurred, saying she had just returned to the village for the first time in five years, only to notice that not just men, but even dogs, “walk around in a state of sexual excitement.” Fortune has reached out to Pfizer for a comment and will update
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In a comment letter to the Federal Communications Commission today, the American Bankers Association supported a petition from the Federal Housing Finance Agency to clarify that phone calls made by mortgage servicers to borrowers during a disaster or other emergency fall under the “emergency
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Stacks of bitcoins sit near green lights on a data cable terminal inside a communications room at an office in this arranged photograph in London, U.K., on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg. It's the equity investor's conundrum: how to get access to the skyrocketing returns
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Canada Pension Plan Investment Board raised its position in shares of Endo International by 93.4% in the 2nd quarter. Canada Pension Plan Investment Board now owns 565,240 shares of the company's stock valued at $6,314,000 after buying an additional 273,024 shares in the last quarter.
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Amy Coombs, who's lived across the street from Pennsylvania's largest coal-fired power plant for going on five decades, isn't exactly overflowing with sentiment at its decline. “As far as the dirt and the pollution,” she said, “I wouldn't miss that at all.” The Bruce Mansfield power plant looms over a house in
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LendingClub, the online lender, saw its stock tank Thursday (Dec. 7) after raising its loss estimate and slashing its revenue forecast for the current fourth quarter. Shares of LendingClub dropped 22.6 percent, making it one of the top losing stocks on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday (Dec. 7).
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Former LafargeHolcim Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Eric Olsen was placed under formal investigation and charged with funding terrorist groups as part of a French probe into the cement maker's operations in war-torn Syria. Olsen, who resigned from the company in April, was also charged late Thursday
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Wells Fargo has previously said the CFPB is investigating the alleged mortgage lending abuse. In October, Wells … Wells Fargo promised refunds for any of the 110,000 customers who were wrongly charged so-called “mortgage rate lock extension fees” between September 2013 and this February.
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As my colleagues and I prepare to leave Guangzhou and return home, we're taking time to reflect on the magnitude of our experience in China this week. The scale of China can't properly be described; it needs to be experienced. In fact, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins spoke Thursday about a conversation
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Theresa May got her Brexit breakthrough, ending six months of negotiations with the European Union. But celebration could be short-lived as the agreement she signed up to contains political booby traps down the line. The technical and legal language of the 15-page document published Friday gives
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Lebanese armed forces take part in a military parade for Independence Day celebrations marking 74 years since the end of France's mandate in Lebanon. Photographer: Amwar Amro/AFP via Getty Images. A conference held in Paris to help Lebanon ended Friday with pledges to hold three more
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Com International by 19.2% during the third quarter. Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. now owns 17,018 shares of the company's stock valued at $897,000 after buying an additional 2,737 shares during the last quarter. First Republic Investment Management Inc. lifted its position in shares of Ctrip.
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The legal battle over President Donald Trump's travel ban resumes Friday in Richmond, Virginia, after a pit stop in Seattle, on an inevitable path back to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. Administration attorneys are set to ask a panel of judges at a regional appeals court to uphold the Sept.
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Investors added 8.8 million euros ($10.4 million) to the Stockholm, Sweden-traded Bitcoin Tracker EUR ETN, boosting its total assets to 392 million euros, according to data tracked by Bloomberg. The inflow coincided with a surge in the world's biggest digital currency past $16,000 for the first time.
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It's possible you are considering buying a home in the new year. And it's possible that very thought is stressing you out. Real estate transactions can be stressful. To be sure, they are full of nuances, subtleties and loads of paperwork. Aside from that, every transaction is different because every single one
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However, a quick glance at any chart and valuations demonstrate that upside for dollars invested at today's market prices are likely minimal. Is it better to let cash accumulate in a brokerage account, continue dollar-cost averaging, pay down the mortgage or some combination? What are you doing?
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This article first appeared in Data Sheet, Fortune's daily newsletter on the top tech news. Sign up here. As my colleagues and I prepare to leave Guangzhou and return home, we're taking time to reflect on the magnitude of our experience in China this week. The scale of China can't properly be described
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Contours of real estate business and construction industry are undergoing kaleidoscopic changes. While new legislation such as RERA is urging compliance on multiple fronts, expanding Metro network in major cities is dictating transit-oriented development. Environment and sustainability issues too
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