Oprah Winfrey Joins Growing List of Celebrities Supporting March For Our Lives

Oprah Winfrey said on Tuesday that she will donate $500,000 to the March For Our Lives, the group founded by Parkland, Fla. high school students who survived last week's mass shooting on campus and who are organizing a pro-gun control march in Washington, DC next month. Winfrey joins a
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That tale might not be the literal truth but says much of banking relations in medieval India, the trust depositors had on those who held their money, the readiness to honour that trust and, more significantly, the importance, verging on the existential, the state assigned to enforcing the banking contract.
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The majority of Americans polled following a deadly school shooting in Parkland, Fla. on Feb. 14 say the tragedy could have been prevented, and agree on at least on one thing: neither Congress nor President Donald Trump are doing enough to curtail such violence. That's according to a Washington
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SunTrust has a career opportunity for a Mortgage Loan Support Specialist Supervisor in NC, SC, VA.
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That's great news for real estate professionals! But, getting those potential home buyers to sign on the dotted line may prove to be a challenge. It takes a lot of patience and reassuring on the part of the realtor. That's why being able to accentuate the positives of home ownership at every stage of the
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Mortgage rates moved back up today after ending last week on a positive note. Improvements in rates have been uncommon so far in 2018. In fact, we haven't seen more than 2 consecutive days without a move higher. In that sense, today keeps the prevailing trend intact. If there's a saving grace, it's that
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Our panel of bankers say they are optimistic about the future, but many are still waiting for the regulatory changes they hoped the election of Pres. Donald Trump would bring. The panel also discusses the financial health of Utah's commercial real estate industry and their efforts to embrace fintech within
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Gold is burnishing its allure to investors in the wake of the recent market turmoil. Investors piled into VanEck's Vectors Gold Miners exchange-traded fund last week to the tune of $529 million, the most since September 2013. The ETF holds shares of mining companies including Newmont Mining Corp.
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Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. increased its position in Mondelez International by 348.9% in the third quarter. Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc. now owns 4,044,516 shares of the company's stock worth $164,450,000 after buying an additional 3,143,550 shares during the period.
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When Albertsons announced on Tuesday it was buying Rite Aid (rad), it touted a better ability to serve pharmacy customers as one of the deal's many potential benefits. But in Rite Aid, Albertsons, which operates grocers such as Safeway and Jewel-Osco on top of its namesake chain, is buying a
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The region was unable to build on the annual year-over-year, 4.25-percent sale price gain achieved in 2016, the first annual gain in three years. True housing trends become more apparent with full first quarter data, and we take it from there. — Donald L. Klepper-Smith, economist, DataCore Partners.
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The company will also make improvements to the outdoor pool and spa, landscaping, barbecue areas and fitness center, it said in a release announcing the sale. The acquisition was financed with a seven-year loan through Freddie Mac's select sponsor program, arranged by Mitch Clarfield of Berkeley
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Tome: There is only 3.2 months of housing supply on the market. In a normal environment, there would be six months of supply. That actually bodes well for a number of things. First is home price appreciation, which is a driver of how much people spend on remodeling. Home prices are expected to grow
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“January is the first month that revised B-20 guidelines were effective but we believe a large number of mortgage originations in January were likely pre-approved,” Mihelic said in a note. “The banks have guided towards a moderate B-20 impact but we continue to expect mortgage growth to slow from 6
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HOMEOWNERS have enjoyed years of low mortgage repayments, this is when the experts predict your home could start costing you more.
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Lloyds Banking Group plans to buy back about £1bn of its own shares, brushing off concerns about its rising capital requirements that surfaced in the UK's annual banking stress tests late last year. The move, which is set to be announced with Lloyds' annual results on Wednesday, marks a switch from
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Velocify Inc., a provider of sales and lead management software, entered 2018 with a new owner and a new chapter in its existence. In October 2017, Ellie Mae Inc., which offers cloud-based software for the mortgage finance industry, bought Velocify for $130 million in cash. Now, El Segundo
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In tackling the crisis in the province's housing market, B.C.'s NDP government showed Tuesday that the most vexing of problems can sometimes have a silver lining. In this case, the initiatives rolled out by the government to address a runaway real estate market also provide a not-insignificant source of
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Between 2002 and 2006, Mr. McDermott held two primary officer roles at Freddie Mac: Chief Credit Officer of the Multifamily Division, and Head of Multifamily Structured Finance and Affordable Housing. From 1997 to 2002, he served as Head of the Washington, D.C. Region for Lend Lease Real Estate
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Last year, the company acquired Stearns Lending's delegated correspondent lending business. In May, Flagstar closed on its acquisition of “certain assets” of Opes Advisors, a full-service mortgage bank and financial advisory firm. And late last year, Flagstar acquired eight Desert Community Bank
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