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Desperate Brazilians are wondering whether they'd be better off armed, given that around 60,000 of their compatriots are killed each year. Polls show support for gun ownership gaining ground. In an election year, politicians are paying attention. Jair Bolsonaro. Photographer: Christopher Goodney/
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues will end up raising interest rates four times this year, but are unlikely to signal that intention at this week's policy meeting, according to economists surveyed by Bloomberg. In a poll of 41 economists conducted by Bloomberg March 13-16, the
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And bankers have been hearing good news from the Fed on CCAR: It's working to soften the impact. The Fed set up its annual exams after the crisis, apart from Congress' effort to pass Dodd-Frank in 2010, though the law also included similar, parallel stress tests. Seen as the toughest capital demand,
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Police tech company Mark43 just raised fresh funding in hopes of making law enforcement less bureaucratic. Mark43, which provides a cloud-based records management system for incident logging, raised $38 million in Series C funding led by General Catalyst and Jim Breyer of Breyer Capital. Existing
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The bankruptcy of The Weinstein Company doesn't just mean Harvey Weinstein's company is entering a new chapter of its existence, with its assets and employees going to equity firm Lantern Capital Partners—it also opens the possibility that more of his victims will be able to explain what he did to
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When Alexa Dell, the 24-year-old daughter of computer magnate Michael Dell, set out to launch her career in the tech industry, she had eyes for only one global innovation hub. It wasn't San Francisco. Dell grew up in Austin, Texas, where her father created Dell Computer Corporation while a student at
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Hong Kong's red-hot property sector isn't showing signs of cooling, but shares of local real-estate developers aren't keeping pace. Home prices in the city of 7.4 million people have nearly tripled since 2009, jumping nearly 17% last year alone, despite mortgage-tightening measures from the government
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Mobile banking startup N26 has raised $160 million in a series C round of funding led by Allianz Group's investment arm Allianz X and Chinese tech titan Tencent, with participation from other existing shareholders. Founded in 2013 as Number26, the Berlin-based startup rebranded as N26 two years
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The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) released its Housing Market Index (HMI) for the month of March last Thursday. The data, though deteriorated ever so slightly, still showed very elevated builder confidence in the housing market. Yet, investors penalized builders' shares Thursday,
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Germany is adamant that the banking system in Cyprus must be shrunk to half its present size and Cyprus's two largest banks restructured as part of any rescue plan…Senior EU leaders, including Olli Rehn, the commission's economic chief, and Mr Dijsselbloem had originally expressed reservations
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Prestige Funds today announced its Commercial Finance Opportunities Fund (CFO) had passed $100m in assets. Prestige Funds Founder Craig Reeves said: “Demand for private lending strategies is picking up around the world, and the growth in CFO's assets is testament to this.” CFO is diversified
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McDonald's has announced its first targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, claiming it will “prevent 150 million metric tons of emissions by 2030.” That's a 36% reduction compared with the restaurant chain's 2015 emissions. McDonald's plan has been approved under the Science Based Target
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It's been New York City real estate 101 for as long as anyone can remember: If you want to fill your residential units quickly and turn a hefty profit, you'd better build near a subway stop with speedy access to Manhattan. But nothing lasts forever, and although subway access remains an important factor
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Keith Baker, Mortgage Banking Program coordinator and faculty at North Lake College, says he's not surprised that Gen Y makes the most sight-unseen offers. “They are more comfortable with the technology that allows this new trend to exist,” says Baker. “They rely on 3-D video tours and online photos
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Securities services revenues at Citi increased by 8 percent in 2017, according to the bank's 2017 annual report. Excluding the impact of the prior year's divestiture of a private equity fund services business, revenues increased 12 percent. This reflects strength in all regions, driven by growth in client
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Indian non-banking financial company (NBFC) Esskay Fincorp has selected Nucleus Software's FinnOne Neo Cloud, a cloud-based lending solution. The deployment of FinnOne Neo Cloud will support the end-to-end digitisation of Esskay Fincorp's lending business. Esskay Fincorp managing director
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Through this investment, we can make sure that in the future new construction projects always include social housing and affordable house prices, in every neighbourhood. In addition, social housing can only be demolished on the condition that it will be replaced with new social housing comparable in
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Part of being successful in any field means keeping up with current trends in your industry. This is especially important for real estate professionals, who must contend with rapidly changing price points, demographics and client preferences. Sharing the latest, most up-to-date listings and statistics with
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