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The lender beat fourth-quarter earnings estimates but warned that a strategic shift toward auto and home equity loans will compress near-term profits.
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Sean Snaith, Director of the Institute for Economic Forecasting at the University of Central Florida, will provide insight into the FOMC meeting.
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Mike Wang is a partner at Building Impact Partners, working with philanthropists and social entrepreneurs to make a lasting impact on the world's most pressing problems. He has worked in nonprofits and public policy roles for over 20 years, holding senior leadership positions at organizations including Teach For America, the Philadelphia School Partnership and the State of Louisiana. He also coaches senior leaders from all backgrounds to unleash their full potential.
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In a major setback for banks and credit card networks, a federal judge upheld an Illinois law that bans the collection of interchange fees on sales tax and tip portions of card transactions. Banks are expected to appeal the ruling.
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John Palmer, a partner in Orrick's San Francisco office, focuses his practice on financing for cities, counties, community college districts and school districts.
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Adjustments related to higher credit risk weights for new acquisitions and rate shifts offset increases in the government-sponsored enterprise's core earnings.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics issued its delayed January employment report Wednesday morning, showing the economy added 130,000 jobs in January. But the agency also sharply revised its estimates for total jobs created in 2025 to 181,000 from 584,000.
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An immediate effort to unload some of the central bank's assets could do more harm than good. Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh should first turn his attention to problems affecting banks' liquidity.
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The federal government should step in to prevent an emerging patchwork of state regulations from stifling the benefits of applying the tools of generative artificial intelligence to the mortgage market.
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