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Purchase applications see slight uptick due to FHA demand
MBA’s Joel Kan says that last week’s purchase activity was driven primarily by a 6% increase in FHA applications.
M&A success isn’t luck—it’s strategy: M&A integration management (pt. 2)
Last week was the ICE Experience Conference in Las Vegas. Walking the exhibit hall, I was goaded by a vendor to spin the roulette wheel for a chance to win a pair of Ray Bans. Alright, 36:1 odds aren’t great. A minute into the wheel spinning, the vendor offered me to re-spin, I didn’t. Eventually, he said “you can blow on it for luck if you want to” and I did. And it was so slow that doing so actually mattered. The ball finally dropped on six. Luck was on my side. No need to pick something up for my husband in the gift shop this trip, he’s getting Ray Bans.
Treasury Department plans to cut thousands of employees
U.S. Department of Treasury plans to lay off a “substantial portion” of its staff.
