The Starbucks Crystal Ball Frappuccino Can Read Your Fortune & I Need A Venti

The Starbucks Crystal Ball Frappuccino Can Read Your Fortune & I Need A Venti

When it comes to Frappuccinos, the whimsy knows no bounds and takes the magic of caffeine up a notch. Sure, you can have a sparkly unicorn one or another creme-based Frappuccino named after a magical creature, but what about one that tells your fortune? The Starbucks Crystal Ball Frappuccino
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Former executive director of Michigan housing commission jailed for stealing HUD funds

The former executive director of the St. Clair Housing Commission in Michigan was sentenced earlier this week to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing Department of Housing and Urban Development money that was supposed to be used to provide housing to low-income
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Home Loan Closing Times Tighten

Purchase loan time closing dropped from 47 days in January to 45 days in February, while refinance closings dropped from 40 days in January to 37 days in February. The time to close FHA loans fell 47 days in January to 43 days in February, while closing time on a conventional loan shrank from 43
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Redesigning Housing to Address the New American Household

According to the data, 28% of U.S. households are single people that live alone, however, less than 1% of the housing stock are studios and only 11% are one-bedroom homes. After the downturn of the housing market, foreclosed homes became a prime business opportunity for real estate investors who
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Trump Orders Sweeping Tariffs on $50 Billion in Chinese Imports

President Donald Trump is taking his boldest step to level the economic playing field with China, ordering sweeping tariffs on Chinese goods in a move that could escalate already tense trade relations between the world's two biggest economies. The president will instruct U.S. Trade Representative
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Yet another banking fraud: CBI files case against Hyderabad's Totem Infrastructure for cheating 8 …

Hyderabad: Yet another bank fraud has come to light, with the CBI filing a case against Hyderabad-based Totem Infrastructure Ltd for allegedly defrauding a consortium of eight banks led by Union Bank of India (UBI) to the tune of Rs 1,394 crore. A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team also carried
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Meredith To Cut 1000 Staffers, Plans To Sell 'Time,' 'Fortune'

After announcing it would lay off 200 to 300 staffers earlier this week, Meredith Corp. has announced deeper cuts, numbering 1,000, over the next 10 months. The company will cut staff formerly employed by Time, Inc., which Meredith officially acquired just six weeks ago, per The Wall Street Journal.
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Keep an eye on Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRE) moves -21.08% off from One …

The principal of ATR is very similar to other volatility indicators: A high ATR value signals a possible trend change. A low ATR value correlates with a weaker trend movement. Why to Observe Volume of Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (WRE)?. When a stock traded on high volume like here
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A $158 Billion Drug Giant Faces an Identity Crisis

Blockbuster arthritis treatment Humira helped build AbbVie Inc. into a pharmaceutical-industry behemoth. Now investors are growing concerned about the drugmaker's second act. On Thursday, AbbVie shares suffered their biggest-ever single-day slide, dropping 13 percent to $98.10 at 4 p.m. in New
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When Margin Loans Go Wrong

When a bank has a relationship with a trading client, that relationship tends to look like a bunch of contracts. There's a prime brokerage agreement that specifies how much money the bank will lend to the client and on what terms and for what collateral. There's an ISDA Master Agreement that specifies
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Rabobank customers report problems with online banking

Rabobank customers are reporting problems with online banking on Thursday morning. They can't check their balance on the bank's website or mobile banking app. Fault report website Allestoringen.nl received thousands of complaints from Rabobank customers on Thursday, NU.nl reports. The bank is
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Toys 'R' Us Founder Charles Lazarus Dies at 94

Since Lazarus stepped down as chief executive officer in 1994 and chairman four years later, the company has faced new competition from online retailers such as Amazon.com Inc. and from the rise of Wal-Mart Stores Inc., which overtook it in U.S. toy sales in 1998. Bain Capital LLC, KKR & Co. and
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Mortgage Rates Up Slightly

Mortgage rates took a scant uptick in Freddie Mac's Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS), offering an anemic bounce back to last week's rate drop, … The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 4.45 percent for the week ending March 22, up from last week when it averaged 4.44 percent.
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Poor Find Bank Fees Onerous, Pawn Shops A Source OF Short-Term Funds

Bank fees are trending downwards, according to a new study by the consumer web site PawnGuru, but they are hitting the poor harder because poor people haven't opted out of overdraft. Paul Richter, whose title is PawnGuru's Consumer Investigator, said the results of his study surprised him.
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FCC Curbs Historic-Impact Reviews to Speed 5G Gear Installation

Regulators helped clear the way for wireless companies to deploy hundreds of thousands of small antennas for use in advanced 5G service by easing historic and environmental reviews before equipment is deployed, and curbing American Indian tribes' authority over the installations. The Federal
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How the Latest Attempt at a DACA Deal Failed

The failure of a last-ditch attempt between the White House and congressional Democrats to strike a long-sought immigration deal in the $1.3 trillion spending bill left both sides far short of what they wanted. In a bid to get President Donald Trump's border wall built, the White House made Democrats an
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Meredith group to sell several publications, such as Time, Fortune and Sports Illustrated

American media and marketing group Meredith, which acquired Time Inc., for USD 2.8 billion, at the end of November 2017, has announced to sell Time, Fortune and Sports Illustrated, according to AFP. Meredith also announced this Wednesday a financial plan that allows to the reduction of annual
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ESMA issues MiFIR trading obligation opinion

As defined by MiFIR, packages include two or more financial instruments where each component bears meaningful economic or financial risk to all the other components and the execution of each component is simultaneous and contingent upon on the execution of all the other components.
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Virginia Music Hall of Fame to honor Jimmy Fortune at Nelson County High School

Nelson County native and celebrated country and gospel music artist Jimmy Fortune will be inducted into the Virginia Music Hall of Fame on Saturday at Nelson County High School. Fortune has returned to his high school alma mater several times for benefit performances. Saturday's event includes
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PRMI's Mid-Atlantic Division Celebrates 15th Anniversary

The Mid-Atlantic Division of Primary Residential Mortgage Inc. (PRMI) is celebrating its 15th year in business. In March of 2003, Division President … “We've worked hard to leverage PRMI's national industry leadership to help families throughout Maryland and the region. We have made it our mission to
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