Housing prices in 20 U.S. cities accelerated more than forecast in October, rising by the most since mid-2014 as lean inventories continued to prop up values amid steady demand, S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller data showed on Tuesday.
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The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act makes numerous, significant changes to corporate taxation provisions, including a big rate reduction and a paradigm shift in taxation of foreign earnings, which creates a huge change in corporate balance sheets. Under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 740 in U.S.
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One of the best bond trades of 2018 might one of the top from this year: betting that U.S. homeowners won't default on their mortgages. Money managers piled into relatively new Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bonds known as “credit risk transfer” securities in 2017 in part because they are floating rate,
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Sector financial data shows employee costs for the whole industry rose by Sh2.96 billion to hit Sh72.7 billion in the period, with top-tier lenders accounting for the bulk of the increase. The rise in costs at a time banks were reducing the actual headcount indicates the lenders are still competing fiercely for
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