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OneWest Bank Announces Purchase of $1.4 Billion Multifamily and Commercial Real Estate Loan Portfolio from Citibank

PASADENA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–OneWest Bank, FSB today announced the purchase of a $1.4 billion multifamily and commercial real estate loan portfolio from Citibank, N.A. The portfolio, which includes approximately 600 loans, is a strategic addition to OneWest Bank’s growing Commercial Real Estate lending business. “We are pleased to be able to work with Citibank to complete [...]

Saudi Clerics Ban Women From Working As Cashiers In Supermarkets

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AHN) – Saudi Arabia’s highest religious authority on Sunday issued a ruling, or fatwa, banning Saudi women from working as cashiers in supermarkets to prevent them from mixing with men not related to them. The ruling from the Committee on Scholarly Work and fatwa issuer [...]

Merced County jobless rate drops in September to 16.6 percent from 17.4 percent

The unemployment rate in Merced County for September dropped 0.8 percentage point to 16.6 percent from 17.4 percent in August. The state’s unemployment rate is at 12.2 percent. That makes Merced tied for fifth in the state for the highest unemployment rate. The county with the highest rate, Imperial Valley, posted a whopping 30.4 percent [...]

French Police Wrest Key Paris Refinery From Striking Workers

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Paris, France (AHN) – French riot police have broken a key oil refinery blockade outside Paris acting on orders from the president who has refused to back down from pension reform plans. Oil refinery workers striking over President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to hike the retirement age had blocked 12 [...]

Mortgage rates: 30-year fixed loans at 4.21 percent, up from decades low

WASHINGTON — Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages rose slightly from their lowest level in decades, inching up to a national average of 4. View full post on All Stories

Sarkozy calls for calm from protesters

Cars burned, shop windows smashed and 4,000 petrol stations ‘awaiting supplies’ on sixth day of French protests Strikes gathering pace against Nicolas Sarkozy’s pension reforms appeared to be pushing France closer to crisis today as fuel shortages were felt across the country and violence erupted on the sidelines of protests by children. On a sixth [...]

Death Toll From Chinese Mine Explosion Rises To 32

Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Beijing, China (AHN) – Rescuers found six more bodies from a coal mine pit in central China’s Henan province on Monday bringing to 32 the number of miners killed by an avalanche of coal dust at the site. More than 300 rescuers are searching for five miners still [...]

U.K. Regulator Bans Banks From Credit-insurance Sales – Update

The UK Competition Commission said Thursday that it will ban U.K. lenders from selling credit insurance at the same time as they grant an associated credit product to customers. Payment Protection Insurance or PPI is a type of insurance that covers repayments on loans if the borrower is unable to keep up the payments due [...]

Germany Seeks Journalists’ Release From Iran

AHN News Staff Berlin, Germany (AHN) – A day after Iranian authorities detained two Germans for interrogating the family of a woman who faced stoning, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that her government will try to secure their release as early as possible. Iran arrested two foreign nationals, who were posing as journalists, on Monday. [...]

Advice from 1999

Back in 1999, the dot-com boom seemed as inevitable and endless as the housing boom a few years later – the new economy would continue to create new wealth because everything was digital now and the world was different…. View full post on All Stories

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