Weinstein, Wynn Fallout May Not Fade Fast Thanks to NY Probes

Weinstein, Wynn Fallout May Not Fade Fast Thanks to NY Probes

The departures of Harvey Weinstein and Steve Wynn under a cloud of sexual misconduct allegations is doing little to shield their namesake companies from the ire of New York officials. Eric Schneiderman, the state attorney general, said Monday he's continuing his investigation into the “egregious
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Matic Challenges US Mortgage Lenders, Insurers to Help Families Achieve Affordable Housing

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif., Feb. 26, 2018 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Matic, a digital insurance agency whose technology enables borrowers to purchase homeowner's insurance during the mortgage transaction, is calling on mortgage lenders, realtors and insurance providers nationwide to support
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How Could Mortgage Rate Upswings Impact Housing?

interest rates Freddie Mac has released its February Insight report, which “looks into the effects of higher mortgage rates on home buyers, homeowners wishing to refinance, mortgage lenders, home builders and real estate agents.” For this latest Insight report, Freddie Mac economists have looked at
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Labor Talks Heat Up for Disney Park Workers on Both Coasts

Walt Disney Co. is finding itself in heated talks with union workers over pay and other issues as profits at the company's theme-park division soar. Employees have picketed outside Walt Disney World and complained in writing about being shut out of Disneyland for the annual holiday party. Last week
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China's Flagship Port in Pakistan Shackled by Heavy Security

For the thousands of attendees it was meant to be a conference to showcase China's flagship Belt and Road project in Pakistan — the port in southwestern Gwadar that gives Beijing access to the Arabian sea. In the evenings the almost 8,000 delegates were wowed with cultural shows and a firework
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Lending schemes

February 26th, 2018 The Housing Finance Corporation (HFC) said on Monday it was poised to lower lending rates while also announcing the imminent roll-out of three new financing schemes. The HFC's director-general Andreas Georgiou told lawmakers the organisation planned to reduce its lending
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50 Cent backtracks, swears he's not a bitcoin millionaire and that he never owned bitcoin

Jackson explains in the filing that he didn't feel the need to immediately clarify the initial reports on his estimated fortune because his comments were, at least partly, true. “When I first became aware of the press reports on this matter, I made social media posts stating that 'I forgot I did that' because I had
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LenderClose launches HMDA compliance tool

HMDA reporting has been a major issue for the housing industry, especially since most of the 2015 updates to HMDA took effect in January. In fact, one of our feature stories for the December issue of HousingWire Magazine, written by our Managing Editor Sarah Wheeler, details the new risks HMDA
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US house prices to rise on strong demand and shortage of homes: poll

… mortgage rates will hold back housing market turnover this year,” wrote Scott Anderson, chief economist at Bank of the West. Treasury yields climbed to 4-year highs, pushing 30-year mortgage rates to 4.4 per cent, the highest since April 2014 last week, according to home finance agency Freddie Mac.
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50 Cent Changing His Tune About A Bitcoin Fortune

At the beginning of 2018 Bitcoin presented the world with one of the best feel good stories of the cryptocurrency boom. Rapper 50 Cent was one of the many riding high on the coin cloud of ecstacy, but now after a month the money mogul has been a little quiet. Reportedly “Fiddy” had earned about $7.8
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Camp Fortune, Mont Ste. Marie to extend ski seasons with $1.75M in snowmaking equipment

After fighting an uphill battle with the weather for most of the season, a pair of Outaouais ski resorts got a ray of financial sunshine late last week. The Quebec government announced it was committing more than $1.5 million in funding for equipment and facility upgrades at Camp Fortune and Mont Ste.
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FedEx Will Keep NRA Discounts Despite Calls for Boycott

FedEx Corp. is maintaining discounts for members of the National Rifle Association, even as calls for a boycott mount on social media after a deadly school shooting in Florida. The courier said it “has never set or changed rates for any of our millions of customers around the world in response to their
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Library lending app

Today I have done a design flow of library lending, whereas user can view the list of books in the library and he can select the book he needs and the librarian will deliver the book which he adds in the cart. The main useful point is to do with the hands-on mobile experience without going to the library.
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Peeps Is Releasing 8 New Flavors—But Only a Few Retailers Will Sell Them

Walmart, Target, and Kroger are already prepping for Easter, which is still more than a month away. And that means rows of Peeps, the marshmallow confection, are already showing up on retailers' shelves. Gone are the days of the single yellow Peeps. Just Born Quality Confections, the company that
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Delta's Split From NRA After Florida Shooting Puts Tax Break On the Line

Georgia's lieutenant governor threatened to block any tax legislation that would benefit Delta if the airline failed to reverse its decision to end a partnership with the National Rifle Association. Delta, which is based in Atlanta, announced Saturday morning on Twitter that it was withdrawing from an
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What to do when online banking doesn't recognize your device

What to do when online banking doesn't recognize your device. Advantis is dedicated to the security of your account. That's why our Online Banking system displays security questions for you to answer when it doesn't recognize the computer or mobile device you're using to log in. If those questions
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Developer finds solid growth in Brazoria County years after housing crisis

Land Tejas entered the Brazoria County real estate market about 10 years ago. After stumbling during the 2008 financial crisis, housing demand in the area has been growing at a solid pace. “We'll probably be there for at least another 10 years,” said Jennifer Keller, president and chief operating officer
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City to strategize on how to stop Toronto from becoming 'playground for the rich'

The study looked at the low-end of the rental housing market. It found that if low-income residents spend 30 per cent of their $30,000 annual income on housing, and receive a $250 monthly housing subsidy through the city, they still can only cover 60 per cent of their rent based on average market prices,
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This Subprime Auto Lender Repos 35 Percent Of The Cars It Finances

Subprime auto lending has faced intense regulatory scrutiny over the past year, and one name that's consistently part of that focus is Credit Acceptance, a Michigan-based lender that's known as the pioneer of financing vehicles for people with shaky credit. Here's a fact I learned about Credit Acceptance
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Millennials' Spending Weighed Down by Student Debt, Expert Warns

Millennials' spending habits have been driving business leaders crazy — but not because the youngest generation in the workforce is irresponsible with their cash. On the contrary, millennials are turning out to be the most frugal demographic since the so-called Greatest Generation that came of age
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