Wallison: Treasury Department Heading Wrong Way on Regulation

Wallison: Treasury Department Heading Wrong Way on Regulation

… at the American Enterprise Institute Peter J. Wallison put in an appearance Thursday on CNBC's The Santelli Exchange, where he criticized the U.S. Treasury Department's recent approach to regulation of the housing market and the government-sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
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Patchwork Crypto Laws Offers ICOs Opportunity, If Not Clarity

No country has drafted specific legislation governing the popular method startups are using to raise funds, according to a survey of law firms across 18 global jurisdictions posted on Lex Mundi's website. The tool to compare regulations on ICOs shows countries from the U.S. to South Korea to
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Best Real Estate Deals revealed

The Philadelphia Business Journal each year honors the Best Real Estate Deals of the year – anything from building sales to renovations to project completions. Through an extensive nomination process, we endeavor to honor the deals with the highest impact on the region – the gamechangers, if you
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In One Tweet, Kylie Jenner Wiped Out $1.3 Billion of Snap's Market Value

Snap Inc.'s flagship platform has lost some luster, at least according to one social-media influencer in the Kardashian-Jenner clan. The Snapchat parent's shares sank as much as 7.2 percent Thursday, wiping out $1.3 billion in market value, on the heels of a tweet from Kylie Jenner, who said she doesn't
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TruAmerica Buys $91M CA Community

“Huntington Beach is a high-barrier- to-entry market, and the opportunity to acquire an institutional- quality asset is difficult to find here.” TruAmerica's acquisition was leveraged with seven-year agency financing through Freddie Mac's select sponsor program. The financing was arranged by Berkeley
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Macron eyes action against Chinese buyers of French farmland

Australia announced new restrictions on foreign buyers of agricultural land at the beginning of the month, while concerns about Chinese expansion abroad have been voiced from Africa to Canada in the past. At the end of last year, French rural association Safar urged the government to act against a
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Commentary: Why We'll Never Have Another Billy Graham

Alongside Martin Luther King, Jr., Billy Graham was undoubtedly the U.S. religious leader with the highest pubic profile of the 20th century. Graham is a figure of the post-World War II era, a time of optimism and a time of Christendom, when Christian values were predominant in public discourse.
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Symantec CEO Greg Clark On Taking the Reins of the 35-Year Old Company

When Greg Clark was recruited to Symantec, he was the third CEO to take the job in three years. He had a lot to do to win the confidence of investors and to prove that he could revamp the 35-year-old cybersecurity giant. Now, more than a year later, earnings have improved, Clark has integrated a batch
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Founding Broker of Local Real Estate Agency Snags Top Spot In 'People's Choice' Real Estate …

NAPA, Calif., Feb. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Local Happenings Magazine's annual “People's Choice” Awards in a wide range of categories have just been announced, and the founding broker of The Solari Group, Nicole Solari, was named top agent in Napa's real estate category. Solari, with a core
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Engineers Gate Manager LP Buys Shares of 31171 Moneygram International Inc (MGI)

Voya Investment Management LLC lifted its holdings in Moneygram International by 20.8% in the second quarter. Voya Investment Management LLC now owns 14,878 shares of the financial services provider's stock valued at $257,000 after buying an additional 2,562 shares during the period.
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Nathan Fillion Takes Leaf Out Of Joss Whedon Playbook For eOne's ABC Cop Drama 'The Rookie'

Fillion is an engaging character, who spent the morning at eOne's annual Drama Preview , charming international buyers looking to acquire the drama. He laughs when he recounts a conversation with a Scandinavian buyer who told him she would only be interested in buying the show if it featured more
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FPSB India, IIM Lucknow launch report on responsible lending

“Focusing on small ticket (up to Rs 15,000) personal and consumer durable loans across both banks and NBFCs (non-banking financial company), the first-of-its-kind research aims to introduce the Indian consumers especially first time borrowers to the concept of responsible lending practices,” it said.
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Could a spike in IRS budget solve income-verification problems?

WASHINGTON — Financial services groups are urging lawmakers to support funding for the Internal Revenue Service for technology upgrades that could fix flaws in the agency's system for verifying the income of mortgage applicants. Acting IRS Commissioner David Kautter has asked Congress for
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Commerce Chief Says Trump Not Rushing to Judgment on Steel Curbs

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said he expects President Donald Trump to take a thoughtful approach to deciding on possible restrictions for steel and aluminum imports. Ross's department last week publicly released a range of options, including steep global tariffs, to limit imports of the metal
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Teacher Pension Funds in 12 States Are Invested in Gun Stocks

Teachers across Florida and at a high school where 17 people were shot dead on Feb. 14 pay into a retirement fund that invests in gun companies, it was revealed earlier this week. It turns out they're not alone. Pension funds managed for public school teachers in at least a dozen U.S. states, including
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CMHC lending practices threaten Canada's economy

Ultimately, the government would need to bail CMHC out, just as the U.S. Congress did in 2008 to secure Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Understanding the potential risk that CMHC poses to Canada's economy is important. Canadians need to ask if they should own a Crown corporation that could cost
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UK Police Investigating Package Sent to Harry and Meghan

London (AP) — Police are investigating a suspicious package that was sent to Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle as a racist hate crime, Scotland Yard said Thursday. The Metropolitan Police force said “a package containing a substance” was delivered to St. James's Palace, where Harry has
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Why Armed Guards at Schools Won't Work

In 2016, no fewer than 36 of these tank-like vehicles were robbed at gunpoint (see pages 9 and 10). In these assaults, three people were killed: Two of them, sadly, were guards. We can't afford those kinds of odds at our schools. This essay appears in today's edition of the Fortune Brainstorm Health
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Four US States Announce Effort to Curb Gun Violence

Four Northeastern states will cooperate to seize and trace illegal guns and prevent dangerous people from making legal purchases, their Democratic governors said. New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island are particularly vulnerable to trafficking because they are on the Interstate 95
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