Profits aren’t the only thing lacking at Twitter Inc. ahead of its planned initial public offering.
Read More »Commentary: How the Internet is changing the real estate industry
Real estate marketing is adapting from a traditional face-to-face connection between a real estate broker and a customer.
Read More »JPMorgan said to have reached $13 billion U.S. mortgage deal
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reached a tentative resolution of all civil mortgage-bond related matters with the U.S. Department of Justice under which the nation’s largest bank will pay a record $13 billion.
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Read More »Debt deal seen boosting consumers as holidays near
American consumers are likely to breathe easier during the holiday shopping season now that lawmakers have struck a deal to avert a U.S. default and end a government shutdown.
Read More »Fannie Mae survival back on table
The consensus in Washington that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac should be dismantled is weakening amid opposition from hedge funds, regional banks and others who could benefit if the companies survive in some form.
Read More »Monsanto lawsuits over modified wheat consolidated in Kansas
Lawsuits were filed beginning in June after wheat modified to withstand Monsanto’s Roundup Ready weed killer was discovered growing on an Oregon farm eight years after nationwide field tests ended.
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Read More »Boeing’s charges to Pentagon questioned for fourth time
In the latest of four audits since 2008, the watchdog office said the Chicago-based company charged the U.S. Army for new helicopter parts while installing used ones.
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Read More »As economy rebounds, so does divorce: Housing market improves but concerns remain
The state of affairs has not returned to the pre-recession situation, however.
Read More »Ex-Fed examiner claims she was fired over her findings
A former senior bank examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York has sued her ex-employer, claiming she was fired because she refused to change her findings that Goldman Sachs Group Inc. lacked a firmwide conflict-of-interest policy.
Read More »U.S. focus: More production at home
A healthier U.S. could come at the expense of emerging markets if it turns into more of a competitor than consumer by boosting manufacturing.
Read More »Standard & Poor’s sued by New Jersey over securities ratings
Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and its parent, McGraw Hill Financial Inc., were accused in a lawsuit by New Jersey of failing to give objective ratings to mortgage-backed securities.
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