Why Kylie Jenner May Be to Blame for Snap's Recent $1 Billion Loss in Value

Why Kylie Jenner May Be to Blame for Snap's Recent $1 Billion Loss in Value

Snap did not respond to requests from Fortune to confirm whether that's still the case. “Snap is doing the right strategic moves but needs to manage this process well as celebrity influences like Kylie are a key ingredient in the company's recipe for success,” said Daniel Ives of GBH Insights in an email.
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It's getting more expensive to buy a home

Here's some more bad news for home buyers: It's getting even more expensive to buy a home. The average rate of a 30-year fixed rate mortgage jumped to 4.40% this week — the highest level since April 2014, according to Freddie Mac's latest report. This is the seventh consecutive week of higher
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Crystal O'Brien Promoted at First National Mortgage Services

Crystal O'Brien has been promoted to loan officer with First National Mortgage Services, LLC, a division of First National Bank of Manchester. O'Brien has been employed by the firm for two years. Vice President-Manager Becky Walker and Jonathan Bouldin noted, “She has a strong worth ethic and an
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Small cell vendors create blueprint for real estate industry

Power, space and cabling are three essential requirements for indoor small cells, and the companies that make these compact radios are teaming up to educate builders on how to best accommodate small cells. The Small Cell Forum has published a vendor-neutral guide for the real estate and building
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Old Republic Declares Regular First Quarter Cash Dividend Of 19.5 Cents Per Share

The Company is organized as an insurance holding company whose subsidiaries actively market, underwrite, and provide risk management services for a wide variety of coverages mostly in the general and title insurance fields. A long-term interest in mortgage guaranty and consumer credit indemnity
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Apple HomePod Has Already Stolen Some Market Share From Amazon's Echo

Apple's new HomePod smart speaker might have only hit store shelves earlier this month, but already it's making a dent in the market. The HomePod has secured 3% market share in the U.S. since its launch on February 9, according to researcher Loup Ventures, which surveyed 520 American
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Lending Services Officer – PRIVATE POSTING – Mississauga, ON

The Lending Services Officer is responsible for the preparation, execution, registration, maintenance, and storage of collateral documents and other related documentation for business banking clients. He/she is responsible for daily monitoring of accounts, compliance, and ensuring established
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Latvian Central Bank Boss Regrets Not Reporting Bribe 'Hint'

“I've been hinted but these are very thin-ice things and you never know how these things are meant,” Governor Ilmars Rimsevics said Thursday in an interview with Bloomberg TV in the capital, Riga. “Usually you think, well, maybe I misunderstood, let's see how the things are developing. If I would know
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Smartwatch Sales Are About to Take Off—Finally

Smartwatches are finally gaining some momentum, led mainly by the success of the Apple Watch and much less expensive Asian-made devices, according to research firm CCS Insight. Google's Android Wear effort, however, is stuck in neutral, the market research firm said in a new report. Smartwatch
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New Exam Prep Tool Boosts National Mortgage Licensing Exam Success

BROOKFIELD, Wis., Feb. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — A new online test preparation tool, Prep xL by OnCourse Learning, is now available to mortgage professionals across the country who are studying for the national portion of the licensing exam. Many test prep tools fail students by only providing a very
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Real Estate Advice: Buying a house in foreclosure

Since banks are not in the real estate business, they usually try to market and unload the home as quickly as possible. In a foreclosure situation, there are three points where a buyer can get involved. The first is when the home is in default. The would-be buyer deals directly with the homeowner.
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To Get Into the 1%, You Need Adjusted Gross Income of $480930

What does it take to get into the 1 percent? The price of admission is an adjusted gross income — basically, what you make before deductions — of $480,930. That's according to the latest Winter 2018 edition of the Internal Revenue Service's Statistics of Income Bulletin, which shows that the number of
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EU Says May's Brexit Plan Won't Work as She Seeks Cabinet Deal

Theresa May delivers a speech on education at Derby College in Derby, U.K., on Feb. 19, 2018. Photographer: Facundo Arrizabalaga/Pool via Bloomberg. The European Commission rejected U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May's emerging plan for a post-Brexit trade deal, just as she tries to persuade her
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How Twitter Is Working to Protect Parkland, Fla. High School Students From Malicious Bots and Trolls

Twitter is working to shield Parkland, Fla. students from bots and trolls on the platform. Many of the high schoolers are organizing in the wake of the shooting at their school on Feb. 14 that left 17 dead. As Marjory Stoneman Douglas students continue to speak out about gun control and their follower
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Trump Administration Must Release Keystone Documents or Say Why It Won't

The Trump administration must either release documents related to its approval of TransCanada Corp.'s Keystone XL pipeline or justify to a court why it won't. Environmental groups have argued that the government withheld information in a case challenging the federal cross-border permit granted in
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Teacher Retirement Funds in 12 States Hold Gun Company Stocks

The financial stakes held by teacher pension funds in gun companies, like those of other equities, each represent only a sliver of the multibillion-dollar state retirement systems' investments, according to a Bloomberg analysis. But the holdings have already become a hot-button issue in Florida, where
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US Bank teams up with fintech on digital auto lending

U.S. Bank is partnering with startup AutoGravity to offer customers the ability to digitally apply for an automobile loan and receive a decision in minutes. The Minneapolis-based bank created a new platform in conjunction with the fintech on its website, USBank.com, designed to offer its customers a
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Poland's Message to World in Holocaust Dispute: It's You, Not Us

In an exclusive interview, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki is defiant over his country's new law. By. Wojciech Moskwa. @econ1st More stories by Wojciech Moskwa. ,. Marek Strzelecki. @MEStrzelecki More stories by Marek Strzelecki. , and. Balazs Penz. @BalazsPenz More stories by Balazs Penz.
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Trump Praises NRA Day After Meeting Parkland Shooting Survivors

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, speaks as students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, participate in a listening session on gun violence with high school students, teachers and parents in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 21, 2018. Photographer:
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Toys 'R' Us May Close 200 More Stores

A Toys 'R' Us representative tells Fortune that The Journal's story about the possible store closures is based on pure speculation and that the company's focus is currently on the reinvention of its business and its emergence from Chapter 11. The representative says that decisions about the company's
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