Lending for home repairs on the rise
"Although many people will use money from savings or from tax refunds, we're seeing a strong market for home improvement loans," said Gary Miller, business chief of LightStream, an online lending division of SunTrust. Home equity … Home equity …
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Market Noise and Fed Messaging
This has been a clear "risk-off" start to the year. While volatility has increased, we don't agree with the intense level of hand-wringing. In fact, we think that the year has opened rather well. After years of solidly up markets, investors seem …
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Dear Mr. President: Pay for your library yourself
He admittedly was a little slow to come around on some issues I care about, such as gay marriage, but, hey, what counts is not where you start but where you end up. But I have this to say to the president from Chicago as his representatives play off …
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Eight business-class alternatives to Dropbox
Individual accounts start with 2 GB of free storage. Upgrades, in 100 GB increments, cost $ 10 a month or $ 100 a year. The SpiderOak Blue business service starts at $ 600 a month, with a terabyte of storage for up to 100 users. The company will even …
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