Trump Weighs Strike Options on Syria as Allies Rally Over Attack

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with senior military leadership in the Cabinet Room of the White House on April 9. Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg. President Donald Trump is still weighing options for U.S. military action against Syria as Western powers rallied against Syrian
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Adony Beniares, the real estate chief of Uber Technologies Inc. who completed millions of square feet of deals around the world, is retiring from the company. San Francisco-based Uber, valued at $72 billion, is now hiring a new head of global workplace as it eyes an initial public offering next year.
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The MAS's policy differs from the approach taken in Europe and Japan, where regulators have set deadlines for banks to give access to their client data to rivals and to fintech firms. In Europe, banks have until 2019 to comply with the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2), which obliges them to
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… stock — the overall effect is more dramatic. The agencies said the amount of capital that lenders are required to maintain in their main subsidiaries might fall by a whopping $121 billion — potentially giving banks such as Wells Fargo & Co. and Bank of America Corp. significant flexibility to boost lending.
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The Environmental Protection Agency's biggest union of employees has signed onto the movement that's trying to get their boss, Administrator Scott Pruitt, fired. The American Federation of Government Employees Council 238, which represents about 8,000 of the EPA's roughly 14,000 employees, has
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The Colorado Springs housing market is reaching record high prices for homes. In spite of that, plenty of people are still buying. News 5 spoke with local realtors to find out why. They explain that the growing population in Colorado Springs is creating a high demand for homes at a time when the city's
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Perhaps more accurately, the name describes the company's aspirations, as just 3% of its 2017 revenue were derived from international sales. Given the turbulence in its business in 2017, is it safe for investors to hold Dine Brands stock, and aspire to future stock price returns? Dine Brands' troubles
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Donald Trump escalated tensions with Russia Wednesday morning, threatening to attack Syria and chastising the Kremlin for its support of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad. Saying “our relationship with Russia is worse now than it has ever been, and that includes the Cold War,” Trump also seemingly
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Also on the trip were two lobbyists, Stephen Dimon and Leslie Gaines, who work for Select Management Resources, the parent company to lending companies. Factions of the … Likewise, the Ohio Consumer Lending Association — a coalition of payday lenders — opposes Koehler's amendment.
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Bank of America plans to stop lending to manufacturers of “military-style firearms” used by civilians, an executive told Bloomberg. “We want to continue in any way we can to reduce these mass shootings,” Anne Finucane, vice chairman of Bank of America (BAC), said in an interview. “It is our intention not
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Replacing core systems can be an expensive and risky proposition for banks, but KeyCorp has decided the time is now to replace an antiquated legacy system. The $138 billion-asset bank announced at the Oracle Insights conference in New York this week that it plans to ditch its existing lending
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SAN JUAN – Puerto Rico will receive $18.5 billion from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help rebuild its battered housing stock and infrastructure after September's Hurricane Maria, the island's governor and HUD officials said on Tuesday. But the award was significantly less
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Seven months after the African nation was added to Trump's controversial travel ban, the administration announced that “Chad has improved its identity-management and information sharing practices sufficiently to meet the baseline security standard of the United States.” “Chad nationals will therefore
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Temasek Holdings Pte is studying potential investments in Swissport Group and Gategroup Holding AG, both owned by HNA Group Co., as it considers deals with the indebted Chinese conglomerate, people with knowledge of the matter said. Temasek, which inked a partnership with the Chinese group
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While the mortgage industry heads in a digital direction, homebuyers are still expecting a more electronic experience during the mortgage process, which would also stand to benefit lenders. When borrowers take their first steps toward homeownership, they preselect potential homes online, e-sign their
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Capstead Mortgage logo UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. lifted its position in Capstead Mortgage Co. (NYSE:CMO) by 14.1% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 66,290 shares of the real estate investment trust's
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NEW YORK, April 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Madison Realty Capital (MRC) closed a $72.0 million first mortgage loan collateralized by Highline Development Group's nearly completed luxury condominium development located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. MRC successfully delivered this
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The latest industry data reports found disappointing news regarding mortgage rates and encouraging news regarding home values and homeowner opinions … Quicken Loans' National Home Value Index determined the average home value rose 1.84 percent from February to March and jumped 7.64
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Investors Title logo Rhumbline Advisers trimmed its position in shares of Investors Title (NASDAQ:ITIC) by 18.0% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 1,243 shares of the insurance provider's
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Situs subsidiary MountainView Financial Solutions is brokering a $6.1 billion package of government-sponsored enterprise and Ginnie Mae servicing rights. The more than $4.7 billion agency portfolio has a 3.97% weighted-average interest rate, and the nearly $1.4 billion government portfolio has a
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