The year in Long Beach business: Molina shakeup, SeaPort hotel torn down, pot is in

It was an eventful 2017 for Long Beach business: the city's sole Fortune 500 company overhauled its top management, a developer finally won approval to build a new project at the one of the city's most prominent intersections and harbor officials approved a far-reaching plan to clean air around the
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Slightly more people signed contracts in November to buy homes – with pending sales rising just 0.2 per cent as the housing market copes with a dwindling supply of properties on the market. The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that its index of pending home sales was 109.5 in
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It was a big year for Freddie Mac's Community Crew as our energetic team volunteered to give back to their communities.
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Anders Gunnarson, Volvo's chief designer, told Digital Trends the team in charge of the XC40 went to great lengths to avoid creating a scaled-down version …. The dash houses a fresh air woofer, hidden out of sight so it doesn't take up real estate that can be used for storage – we'll get to that part later.
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Nikola Kosutic, head of research at Euromonitor International, said more expensive items such as consumer electronics and appliances would be the most affected by VAT, as consumers are going to be rushing to buy them ahead of January 1. “What we will see is that during the week before VAT
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At face value, the prospect of paying top dollar to live in what was once a “crappy old storage room” might not sound appealing but ADUs are much needed housing options to an area desperate for them. And with San Francisco's median rental price climbing to $4,400 a month, the price isn't as
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View this Hiram property for sale on Maine's best real estate website, from Maine's largest real estate agency, The Maine Real Estate Network.
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Wednesday, December 27, 2017 2:58 AM ET West Michigan Community hires ex-Community Shores Bank lending chief as SVP. By Leo Gatdula. West Michigan Community Bank appointed Michael Skinner senior vice president and Grand Rapids market manager, the Grand Rapids Business Journal
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Anworth Mortgage Asset (NYSE: ANH) and Farmland Partners (NYSE:FPI) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership, valuation, risk
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In early 2014 BancorpSouth proposed to pay $115 million in stock and cash for Ouachita Bancshares Corp. and $210.8 million in stock and cash for Central Community Corp., the parent of First State Bank Central Texas. Stockholder long ago approved sales of the banks, but merger deadlines were
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Visit your Local Guild Mortgage at 655 S. Sunset Street in Longmont, CO, or call (720) 728-8310 to find the right mortgage product to match your individual needs. Contact a mortgage expert who can help you find a home loan at your local Guild Mortgage Branch.
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BRIEF-Meridia Real Estate III To Start Trading On Spain's Alternative Market – BME‍​. Reuters Staff. 1 Min Read. Dec 27 (Reuters) – BOLSAS Y MERCADOS ESPANOLES: * MERIDIA REAL ESTATE III SOCIMI TO START TRADING ON SPAIN'S ALTERNATIVE MARKET ON DEC. 29, REFERENCE
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Ameriprise Financial Inc. grew its holdings in Atkore International Group Inc (NYSE:ATKR) by 8.0% in the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 332,517 shares of the company's stock after buying an additional 24,744
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News coverage about Stonegate Mortgage (NYSE:SGM) has been trending somewhat negative recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a
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Banks that want to succeed in today's business environment would be best served not by relying solely on a charismatic leader or pair of leaders, but by finding better ways to collaborate. This reflects changes in society generally. Individuals have typically been credited with making great progress in
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WASHINGTON — Homeowners in the D.C. area with some extra money on hand are hustling to prepay their 2018 property taxes before the new tax law takes … Homeowners in Loudoun County can prepay their 2018 real estate taxes, if they are willing to drive to one of the county's treasurer offices in
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The holidays are a special time for me and my family. Baking cookies with my kids or getting some exercise cross-country skiing at the family farm, or just some down time with my family and friends. The holidays are always a time of year I enjoy. This time of year always gives me pause to appreciate how
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Southern California home prices surged 8.6% in November compared with a year earlier, tying an all-time high that underscores a drum-tight housing market with few properties for sale, according to a report released Wednesday. The six-county region's median home price hit $505,000 last month,
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The share of current and performing first-lien mortgages remained unchanged from a year prior at 94.8 percent, according to the Mortgage Metrics Report released on Friday by the OCC. The report is generated from data from seven large national banks representing 33 percent of all outstanding
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In 1908, the local farmers and businessmen who met to discuss the formation of F&M Bank held a vision for a monetary venture to serve their community. Former President and CEO Dan Todd reinforced this vision in 1967 by making a commitment to stockholders to serve the community, and that was the
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