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European banks may reach faster, less costly settlements with the U.S. Department of Justice as a result of Donald Trump's unexpected triumph in the U.S. presidential election, according to Barclays Plc analysts. "Some Democrat appointments at the DoJ have only a few weeks left before they are replaced," London-based analysts Mike Harrison and Jeremy Sigee wrote in a note to clients on Friday.
"We're not going to hurt the people who have been paying into Social Security their whole life," Trump declared, calling the payment of promised benefits "honoring a deal." But the man heading the Trump transition team's Social Security effort? Michael Korbey, a former lobbyist who has spent much of his career advocating for cutting and privatizing the program.
The president of the five-campus University of Massachusetts system has purchased a $975,000 condo on the Boston waterfront, records show. Martin T. Meehan recently closed on a unit in the luxury Harbor Towers complex at 65 E. India Row, according to the Suffolk Registry of Deeds online database.
Mortgage industry observers are still sorting out the election results to determine what, if any, adjustments are needed to expectations for 2017 origination volume. Rising interest rates will trigger a downturn in refinance activity in 2017, while purchase originations will rise, the Mortgage Bankers Association said in its most recent industry forecast.
"There's nothing in the plan that currently would bring that under attack," said Steve Calk, chairman and chief executive officer of The Federal Savings Bank, and a member of Trump's economic advisory council. Any plans President-elect Donald Trump may have for tax reform don't include cutting the mortgage interest deduction, according to a member of Trump's economic advisory council .
The "requirements for a building to qualify for that 35% threshold are strict, and we'll be making the case that the 35% threshold should apply equally to all buildings otherwise eligible for FHA approval," says Bill Brown, president of the National Association of Realtors. WASHINGTON - When the Federal Housing Administration recently announced a reduction in its 50% owner-occupancy requirement for FHA-approved condominium developments, the National Association of Realtors called it a "big win."
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One of the nation's most closely watched House races, the bitter campaign between Democratic newcomer Josh Gottheimer and Republican Rep. Scott Garrett ended Tuesday with the polls closed and the counting underway. Mirroring the presidential race, the campaign featured bitter allegations including bigotry, bribery, forgery and assault, and it shattered records for expenditures, with Gottheimer and Garrett each spending at least $4 million while outside groups and super PACs added another $6 million on GottA heimer's side.
For decades the Democrats have fought to improve the lives of the middle class families. Listed are some of the hard fought victories for the American people: forty hour week, federal minimum wage, the G.I. Bill, Social Security, Medicare, Civil Rights and Voting rights acts and the Clean Air and Affordable Care acts.
While all eyes are on the Election Day matchup between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, small business owners across the country look on at various Election Day ballot initiatives that threaten their companies, employees, and communities. In four states - Arizona, Colorado, Maine, and Washington - voters face ballot initiatives asking whether they want to dramatically raise their states' minimum wage to $12 in the former three and $13.50 in the latter.
Bay Area billionaire philanthropist Herb Sandler, who was among those blamed for the 2008 mortgage meltdown that triggered the financial crisis, has edged back into the spotlight thanks to the WikiLeaks hacking of the email account of Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, John Podesta. The hacked emails from Podesta show a close relationship between the wealthy Clinton donor and longtime Clinton confidante, who worked as the Sandler Foundation's grant consultant for the past 21 months.
This story of where Jill Stein has invested her money is reasonably interesting, if just a tad bit unfair. Basically, her retirement is tied up in mutual funds that are terrible because they exploit labor and the environment.
He wouldn't have to, he believes: His plan to boost economic growth to at least 4% would take care of Social Security's long-term problems. Here's where things stand now: Though the Social Security system is not going "bankrupt," it won't have enough money to pay full benefits beginning in 2034, according to the latest Social Security trustees' report.
Johnson's campaign is founded on the principle that smaller government will mean greater freedom for citizens, both economically and in their personal lives. It's the policy glue that holds together his fiscally conservative, socially liberal and noninterventionist message.
The 2016 U.S. election is unusually consequential. The underlying dynamics are driven by widening income inequality across the world, and a growing perception that the benefits of trade and globalization have accrued to few.
Here's a little diversion to pass the time as you endure Washington's policy debates. Listen for phrases like "All we have to do" or "We need just a small tweak" or "There's a really simple fix."
Barclays Plc is trying to draw a line at $2 billion in penalties to settle a U.S. investigation into its sale of mortgage securities after it received an opening offer that it considered too high, according to a person with knowledge of the situation. The Justice Department's starting point for negotiations wasn't disclosed but was less than the $14 billion initially presented by the government to Deutsche Bank AG in its talks with the U.S. over similar allegations, two people with knowledge of the matter said.
The U.S. economy has improved a lot in recent years, but not for everybody. As of September, there were some 600,000 jobless Americans who have been looking for work for at least 99 weeks.
House Majority Leader Dave Reed, R-Indiana County, said his caucus came within three votes of having the number needed to pass a pension reform bill on Wednesday. The House took a procedural step on Thursday that keeps that bill alive through Nov. 30 when the legislative session ends.
Oct 27 Deutsche Bank posted an unexpected net profit of 278 million euros in the third quarter as it benefited from a surge in bond trading that boosted all Wall Street banks' earnings. "We continued to make good progress on restructuring the bank.