Mulvaney Begins First Day as CFPB Acting Director

Mick Mulvaney arrived on his first day as President Trump's appointment as Acting Director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) carrying a large bag from Dunkin Donuts for his new colleagues, and immediately began working as the interim head of the agency. In a photo posted to
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Fernando Palacios, Managing Director with Hilco Real Estate said, “With a growing population and labor force, Baldwin County, and the city of Daphne specifically, is well positioned to continue strengthening their economic underpinnings, setting the area on the right path to future prosperity.
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In eight years at the helm of Julius Baer, he has driven a 50 per cent increase in the bank's share price with a strategy of relentless expansion. Pictet's interest in him is evidence perhaps that the privately owned group is weighing a change of direction: away from so much asset management, into Asia
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Buying Sundial accelerates Unilever's push deeper into personal care products, which tend to grow faster and be more international than its food business. The deal is part of a bigger buying spree by Unilever, which earlier this year rebuffed a $143 billion takeover offer from Kraft-Heinz, that has
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IYR has trailed the broader S&P 500 over the last year, making the real estate ETF a relatively cheap option for investors looking to capitalize on a value play, said Matt Schreiber, president and chief investment strategist at WBI Investments. That and the search for higher yields is why his firm now owns
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Some of us are starting the post-Thanksgiving work week with a bit of a bang. Last night, Time Inc. the publisher of Fortune, Time, Essence, Sports
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Oldham Business Edge was first launched in 2015 under the Chronicle's previous owner Hirst, Kidd and Rennie before the company went into
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The average rate on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages fell three basis points, the 15-year fixed rate dropped three basis points, too, and the 5/1 ARM climbed three basis points, according to a NerdWallet survey of daily mortgage rates published by national lenders Monday. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage
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In some hot housing markets, three weeks is an eternity. “If we make it three weeks in our market, there is something wrong,” said Darlene Umina, a real estate agent in the Boston area. “These days, you know within the first weekend whether the price was right.” The median home price has shot up
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It's only been a few weeks, but Robert Elliott's boutique real estate firm — The Associates — has bolstered its new Frisco office, bringing a real estate group led by Frisco Mayor Jeff Cheney to its northern operations center at The Star in Frisco. This office is the second location of The Associates,
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Rates have started to go up in the past few months, so cashback incentives have stepped into the void somewhat, offering a simple way for providers to keep drawing in customers. The number of cashback mortgage deals has increased by 27% over the past year, from 948 in November 2016 to 1,203
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Vaughan David Investments Inc. IL's holdings in IBERIABANK were worth … Ameriprise Financial Inc. now owns 136,718 shares of the bank's stock valued … Lenders Title Company, an Arkansas-chartered title insurance and closing
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Title and appraisal hybrid products used in the home equity market also could be used selectively in the first-lien mortgage market if tests by Assurant Inc. go well. The hybrid appraisals may be done on a desktop basis by the appraiser and supported by drawings of the structure by a neutral third-party
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WARSAW (Reuters) – Poland's banking regulator has no intention of opposing further consolidation of the country's commercial banks, the head of the Polish … Marek Chrzanowski also said that the KNF will allow more banks to pay out dividends for 2017 compared to 2016, adding that the largest banks
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TPG Specialty Lending logo Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd reduced its position in shares of TPG Specialty Lending Inc (NYSE:TSLX) by 42.3%
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A NEW building grant from the Fraser Coast council will soon help aspiring local homeowners take their first step into the market. The Fraser Coast Building Grant Program, launched by the council yesterday, will provide grants of up to $10,000 for low to moderate income earners who are building a new
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In his case and those of other prominent payday lenders — including professional race car driver Scott Tucker, who was convicted last month, and Richard Mosely Sr., found guilty Nov. 15, both by federal juries in Manhattan — government lawyers have asserted that there is little difference between the
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People buy vegetables at a stand in a migrant village on the outskirts of Beijing on Sept. 7, 2017. Photographer: Nicolas Asfouri/AFP/Getty Images. Migrant workers in southern Beijing worry about where they'll sleep after being evicted. In middle-class areas, abuse allegations have parents wondering if
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MILAN (Reuters Breakingviews) – Boris Collardi is bowing out of Julius Baer at the peak. The whizzkid of Swiss private banking is leaving the $13 billion group for smaller rival Pictet after eight years in charge. Bold deals and aggressive expansion in Asia boosted earnings and lifted the wealth
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TPG RE Finance Trust (NYSE: TRTX) and Stonegate Mortgage (NYSE:SGM) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better stock? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, profitability, valuation, risk, dividends
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