State of Alaska Department of Revenue Buys 75415 Shares of American International Group Inc …

State of Alaska Department of Revenue Buys 75415 Shares of American International Group Inc …

State of Alaska Department of Revenue grew its position in American International Group Inc (NYSE:AIG) by 334.7% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with … Wells Fargo & Co reissued a “buy” rating on shares of American International Group in a report on Tuesday, January 2nd.
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The New Tax Law: The Mortgage-Interest Deduction

The tax overhaul contains new curbs on deductions for mortgage interest, both indirect and direct. For 2018, millions fewer filers will benefit from deducting mortgage interest on Schedule A because of the near-doubling of the standard deduction to $24,000 for married couples and $12,000 for singles.
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More than 100 Jack Henry Banking Clients Opt In For Geezeo

JHA Online Financial Management integrates the Geezeo platform with transaction data from Jack Henry & Associates' core systems to present a seamless user experience through NetTeller Online Banking™, goDough® mobile banking, and Banno™ digital banking solutions. The sophisticated
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GOP's Silence on Deficits Under Trump Marks Turnabout for Party

President Donald Trump's budget blueprint doubles the deficits he forecast a year ago with little expectation they'll shrink anytime soon. As a result, the $20 trillion federal debt that Trump railed against as a candidate is projected to balloon to $30 trillion a decade from now. And that's despite the healthy
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Fortress Balance Sheet: Goldman Sachs' Online Lender Marcus Has Access to $17 Billion in …

Buried in the middle of the deck, was some interesting perspective on Marcus, Goldman's foray into Fintech that is emerging as an online lending leader. Crowdfund Insider previously reported that Marcus has now originated over $2 billion in consumers loans noting its access to deposits will help fuel
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Blackstone's Real Estate Arm Gets Two Heads With Gray Moving Up

Blackstone Group LP named Ken Caplan and Kathleen McCarthy to lead the private equity giant's real estate business as Jon Gray takes on the role of president and chief operating officer. The real estate business Gray built, after joining Blackstone straight out of college, is the firm's largest by assets
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Mulvaney Unveils New CFPB Five-Year Strategic Plan

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has released a five-year Strategic Plan that offers a very different approach to regulatory oversight than the draft version initially released in October 2017. In his introduction to the Strategic Plan, CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney sought to establish
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Bitcoin Halts Longest Rally Since December After 24% Increase

Bitcoin is snapping its longest rally since December and retreating before a trendline set from its record high that month. The largest digital currency dropped 3.4 percent to $8,533 as of 10:51 a.m. in New York, according to prices compiled by Bloomberg. Bitcoin had increased 24 percent over its five
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Early-Stage Mortgage Delinquencies Drop

“The effects of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria appear clearly in our mortgage delinquency report,” said Frank Nothaft, chief economist for CoreLogic. “Serious delinquency rates are up sharply in Texas and Florida compared with a year ago, while lower in all other states except Alaska. In Puerto Rico
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Echoes of financial crisis still linger in latest mortgage debt data

A decade later, echoes of the financial crisis still linger in mortgage debt data, according to research released by the New York Fed on Tuesday. The report found that states hit hardest by the Great Recession continue to have subdued mortgage balances relative to other states that avoided the turmoil.
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Blend Becomes Industry's First End-to-End Digital Mortgage Platform Approved for Fannie Mae's …

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Blend, a Silicon Valley technology company propelling the consumer lending industry into the digital age, today announced it is the first end-to-end platform to be approved to provide asset verification reports for the Desktop Underwriter ® (DU®)
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Here's What Wall Street Thinks of Walgreens Deal Speculation

The health-care sector, and pharmacies in particular, are hoping to fend off the much speculated entry of Amazon.com Inc. into the pharmacy space. Amazon has yet to announce a definitive move. So far, it has only revealed an alliance with Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., which
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Norfolk County register reports mixed real estate results for January

“These numbers were impacted by two Quincy commercial real estate sales, one for $80 million and the other for $43 million,” said O'Donnell. Continuing a trend from the past several months, lending activity experienced a decline. A total of 1,853 mortgages were recorded in January, a 19 percent
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Drone's Close Encounter With Airliner Spurs Call to Tighten Laws

The letter is part of larger tensions within the civilian drone world as companies including Amazon.com Inc. and Alphabet Inc. seek tighter controls to ensure orderly skies for delivery flights, while people who view them as high-end toys try to preserve their freedom to fly. It also comes as safety incidents
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Why savvy real estate investors are looking at mid-level malls

Due to falling share prices, mall operators' dividends have increased dramatically, some well over 15 percent, the Wall Street Journal reported. For example, Tennessee-based CBL & Associates Properties and Ohio-based Washington Prime Group saw dividends spike 19 and 18 percent, respectively,
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Why Lloyds is the bank to watch this results season

For Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) investors, annual results due next week from Britain's biggest lender can't come soon enough. The shares remain where they were 12 months ago, despite a raft of City 'buy' recommendations and the promise of a dividend yielding above 7% over the next three years.
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Bessemer Group Inc. Increases Holdings in Investors Title (ITIC)

Investors Title logo Bessemer Group Inc. grew its position in Investors Title (NASDAQ:ITIC) by 29.4% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 2,200 shares of the insurance provider's stock after acquiring an additional 500
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Fla.'s Housing Market Ends 2017 on the Upswing: More Sales and Price Gains

13, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Florida's housing market wrapped up 2017 with more sales, higher median sale prices and fewer sales of distressed … “This past year, the still-tight inventory of homes for sale in Florida couldn't meet growing buyer demand,” said 2018 Florida Realtors President
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ANC Abandons Zuma as Ramaphosa Poised to Lead South Africa

South Africa's ruling party decided that its newly elected leader Cyril Ramaphosa will replace Jacob Zuma as president but set no time frame for a transition of power. The African National Congress's National Executive Committee didn't impose a deadline for Zuma to resign and wanted to give him “time
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Real Estate Market Global Insights and Trends 2018 to 2025

Global Real Estate Market Research Report 2018-2025 provides an in-depth analysis of the US, Canada, and Asia Pacific appraisal market by value, by volume, by segments, by number of AMCs, appraiser's tenure, etc. The report also gives an insight of the US, Canada, and Asia Pacific addressable
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