US House Votes to Change Who Pays for Sexual-Misconduct Claims

Washington (AP) — The House has passed legislation that requires lawmakers to reimburse the Treasury when settling sexual harassment claims rather than use taxpayers to foot the bill. Sexual harassment claims involving members of Congress have prompted scrutiny of a system criticized for lacking
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“In three months, we more than tripled the number of advertisers spending in our auction.” Snap said fourth-quarter sales jumped 72 percent to $285.7 million, beating the $252.8 million average projection of analysts, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Snapchat had 187 million daily active users
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. The Senate Public Health Committee voted 6-2 Tuesday to send the measure to the floor. The plan would prohibit tobacco purchase by anyone under 21. It would include e-cigarettes vaping products. Underage possession would not be penalized. Democratic Sen. Julie Morrison of
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Stonegate Mortgage (NYSE: SGM) and FirstCash (NYSE:FCFS) are both financials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, earnings, valuation, risk, profitability, analyst recommendations and dividends.
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Find out more about SelectLeaders job postings by viewing the online job postings in more detail. Commercial Mortgage Loan Asset Manager and Guardian Life Insurance Company.
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Apple's Internet-connected HomePod speaker goes on sale Feb. 9, and the reviews are now pouring in. The tech giant announced the HomePod speaker last summer, and originally planned to release it in December. However, Apple (aapl) then delayed the HomePod's debut, reportedly to modify its
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Santa Clarita mortgages lender American Family Funding can help you fulfill your dream of home ownership. A highly rated Santa Clarita mortgages lender, American Family Funding maintains a focus on community involvement and a commitment to giving back whenever possible. A friendly mortgage
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4, according to mortgage giant Freddie Mac. Economist Rizzo called rising rates “a headwind for the local real estate sector.” Q. Has real estate been affected yet? Not yet. For every $100,000 borrowed, even a ½-point uptick in the interest rate translates into only about a $30-per-month increase in
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Chip took to Instagram after the episode to share that they were also working to raise money to pay off the family's mortgage — how sweet! “To me, this picture is worth a thousand words — a thousand encouragements — a thousand happy moments. BUT, there's more work to do. Let's rally together to
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Clean energy from wind and solar continues to grow our economy nationwide, mainly due to decreasing costs making renewables more competitive than non-renewables. However, another force is at play. Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) lending provides financing for property owners to make
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Investors Title Company, through its subsidiaries, provides title insurance for residential, institutional, commercial, and industrial properties. The company has market cap of $351.65 million. It underwrites land title insurance for owners and mortgagees as a primary insurer; and assumes the reinsurance
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Less than a year after Snapchat's parent company went public with a flop, Snap Inc. is finally hinting at the possibility of a rosier future after posting surprising quarterly revenue- and user-growth that beat Wall Street's expectations for the first time ever. On Tuesday afternoon, Snap said fourth-quarter
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The $1.5 billion ASX-listed arm of the US lenders' mortgage insurance provider told the market in December it expected its 2017 net earned premium, or revenue, would be about 17 per cent to 19 per cent lower than 2016. The decline announced to the market on Wednesday is within this range, sitting
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David Benioff and D.B. Weiss are the show runners (as well as writers and directors) of Game of Thrones, which will be wrapping up with its last season airing in 2019. The pair had been expected to get to work on another program for HBO—an alternative history series titled Confederate—which was
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Values above 0 indicate a current buying trend, while values below 0 indicate a selling trend. The Force Index uses both the change in closing prices and volume in its calculation. Apollo Commercial Real Estate (ARI)'s 14-day RSI is presently resting at 31.08. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) is a
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Lending — how to grow it, manage it and strengthen it — was the singular focus of NAFCU's first-ever Lending Conference last fall.
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Related: For more on the 'Dieselgate' scandal, read the Fortune feature story 'Hoaxwagen.' Before leaving on his mission, Schmidt “sought and obtained approval for the 'storyline' he intended to convey during his meeting with CARB,” Schmidt's memo asserted. The script was approved by at least four
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The visually driven social media platform, Instagram has numerous commonly known features, but there are also many that aren't as well-known — even to the app's power users. Some of them are especially useful to real estate agents who want to save time and make their pictures have maximum
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According to a recent statement on Starbreeze's website, the company is partnering up with Mohawk Games to publish their newly announced strategy title, currently known as 10 Crowns. Little is known about the game so far, but it promises to be a turn-based strategy game on a massive and epic scale,
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