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Executive Profile: Leaders share news from companies and careers, and their outlook on the economy
We checked in with executives profiled in the Tribune in the past year to learn their news, their insights about the coming year, and how they're feeling about the economy. Curt Bailey, president, Related Midwest Related has been running on all...
Tags: Politics, Startups, Students, New Products, Marketing
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Quiksilver is riding a wave of red ink
Surf apparel company Quiksilver Inc. hasn't given investors much to be stoked about in recent years. The Huntington Beach company owns some of the biggest brands in action sports: Quiksilver, Roxy, DC and others. Yet it has lost money each of the last...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Credit Ratings, Corporate Performance, Volcom Incorporated, Finance
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Stronger economy causes mortgage rate increase
If you're in the market to buy a home, you may not want to drag your feet. Those record low fixed mortgage rates aren't so low anymore. The federal reserve bought billions of dollars in bonds and securities to boost the housing market, which allowed...
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Money and Monetary Policy, Finance, Freddie Mac, Mortgages
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S.F. tenants win a battle over rental conversions
— They are two of the faces of this city's housing crisis. Cindy Zhao, 48, works two jobs to keep her dream of home ownership afloat. Like thousands here, she bought a flat in a tenancy-in-common — a share of a four-unit building that has...Tags: Lotteries, Condos and Houses, Lifestyle and Leisure, Lawyers, Justice System
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Jay Neal: Insurance regulators helping Florida consumers
Recently, the Board of Citizens Property Insurance approved a controversial deal allowing Heritage Insurnace to offer homeowners coverage to 60,000 Citizens policy holders. Whatever you think about the deal, the final judgment has likely yet to be...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Credit Ratings, Consumers, Finance, Citizens Property Insurance Corp.
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Currencies subdued as key event risk looms
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar hovered above a two-month low against the yen on Tuesday but struggled to extend gains on worries the U.S. Federal Reserve could hint at withdrawing stimulus and unsettle share markets. The Australian dollar slipped...Tags: Financial Markets, Emerging Market, Politics, Weather, Ben Bernanke
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80 years old and underwater
Real Estate MattersBy Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin Q: We live in Clayton County, Georgia, where the housing market is still not good. Our home was worth $200,000 in 1999 now it is worth $51,000. We still owe $101,000 on a first mortgage and $19,000 on a second...Tags: Ilyce Glink, Economy, Business and Finance, Property, Money and Monetary Policy, Finance
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Galewood Crossings at a crossroad
When its sales office opened in 2006, Enclave at Galewood Crossings was touted as an upscale, gated community of almost 200 single-family and multifamily homes built on the largest undeveloped piece of land left within the city limits. Now Chicago...
Tags: Politics, Minority Groups, Chicago Housing Authority, Galewood, Punishment
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Hires, promotions at Lehigh Valley area businesses
Stacey Diaz has joined Prudential Patt, White Real Estate's Macungie office as a Realtor. Diaz previously resided in Tampa, Fla., where she specialized in new home sales and leasing. After relocating to Lehigh Valley, she completed her associate's...Tags: Coopersburg, Colleges and Universities, Tampa, Ovarian Cancer, Services and Shopping
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JPMorgan must face lawsuit challenging mortgage fees
Reuters* Judge lets fraud, unjust enrichment claims go forward * Racketeering claims thrown out By Jonathan Stempel June 14 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co must face a lawsuit accusing the largest U.S. bank of illegally imposing marked-up or unnecessary...Tags: Fannie Mae, Wells Fargo & Co., Organized Crime, Justice System, Mortgages
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Former Bank of America workers allege it lied to home owners
ReutersBy Michelle Conlin and Peter Rudegeair June 14 (Reuters) - Six former Bank of America Corp employees have alleged that the bank deliberately denied eligible home owners loan modifications and lied to them about the status of their mortgage payments...Tags: Politics, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Countrywide Financial Corp., Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., Banking
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Former Bank of America workers allege lies to homeowners
ReutersSix former Bank of America Corp. employees have alleged that the bank deliberately denied eligible home owners loan modifications and lied to them about the status of their mortgage payments and documents. The bank allegedly used these tactics to...Tags: Politics, U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Countrywide Financial Corp., Banking, Lawyers
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