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Sales Of Existing US Residences Hit Record High In 2020

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The National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said on Friday (Jan. 22) that existing-home sales increased in December, while home sales for last year reached their highest point since 2006, according to a press release. Seven in 10 residences sold in December 2020 were on the market for under one month. “To

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Turkey to be cashless by 2023

Chris Skinner

Nevertheless, from a financial markets point of view, it’s a fascinating place. If nothing else, I love Turkey for their cheesy adverts: In this latest update BKM, the ACH for most of the retail banks, provides the story of Troy, the first and only national payments scheme of Turkey. million POS machines in the market.

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Guest Post: Financial Markets & Economic Update 4Q23 by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

Financial Markets & Economic Update - Fourth Quarter 2023 Summer Update On this warm October day, I am staring at my Bloomberg screen, still heartbroken over the Phillies Phailure. Unsurprisingly, the largest declines occurred starting monthly in March, 2006 and on a y-o-y basis in September, 2006 and continued to November, 2009.

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TCC Group Bids For Tesco’s Asia Stores

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The grocer has been decreasing its international presence to home in on its local market, where it is engaged in a price war with eCommerce rivals and discount supermarkets. Tesco Lotus now has approximately 2,000 store locations in operation in the nation.

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Builder Index Hits Record High As Suburbs Lure City Dwellers

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Builder confidence is surging for the second consecutive month, hitting a record high of 85 in October, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB/Wells Fargo) Housing Market Index (HMI). percent in August, the biggest jump since September of 2006. It also asks builders to rate buyer traffic.

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How Facebook Unfriends Ad Fraudsters

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Digital fraud is particularly threatening in Southeast Asia, despite the fact that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) eCommerce market is projected to exceed $200 billion in value by 2025. This is the first year-over-year (YoY) decline in card fraud since AusPayNet first reported this statistic in 2006.

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Guest Post: FInancial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

After easing and keeping rates low for three years, the Fed began tightening from June, 2004 to June, 2006. In my career, I’ve lived through many years of the Fed raising interest rates and it’s my experience that they usually tighten too much and keep rates high for too long, just like in 2001 and 2006-2007.