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4 days ago | 
ca.finance.yahoo.com | Scott Carpenter
(Bloomberg) -- Signs are emerging that the Trump administration may be less willing to give up control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than investors have bargained for, as policymakers scrounge for ways to close US budget gaps.
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4 days ago | 
asreport.americanbanker.com | Scott Carpenter
Signs are emerging that the Trump administration may be less willing to give up control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than investors have bargained for, as policymakers scrounge for ways to close U.S. budget gaps. In recent social media posts, President Donald Trump said he's exploring the sale of new shares in the two companies, which play a key role in determining how much Americans pay for home loans — but he also made clear the government will keep a strong oversight role.
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4 days ago | 
fa-mag.com | Scott Carpenter
Signs are emerging that the Trump administration may be less willing to give up control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than investors have bargained for, as policymakers scrounge for ways to close US budget gaps. In recent social media posts, Donald Trump said he’s exploring the sale of new shares in the two companies, which play a key role in determining how much Americans pay for home loans — but he also made clear the government will keep a strong oversight role.
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4 days ago | 
bloomberg.com | Scott Carpenter
A residential neighborhood in San Marcos, Texas. (Bloomberg) -- Signs are emerging that the Trump administration may be less willing to give up control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac than investors have bargained for, as policymakers scrounge for ways to close US budget gaps.
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5 days ago | 
thedigitalcourier.com | Scott Carpenter
Clarification and correctionThe current budget now under consideration by the Rutherford county commissioners, includes a 5.67% increase in the local budget for Rutherford County Schools (RCS). This is $1 million more than in this year's local current expense budget. The previous budget submitted by the county manager called for a 37.87% increase for RCS, but was rejected by the county commissioners.
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5 days ago | 
thedigitalcourier.com | Scott Carpenter
SPINDALE—The United States of America is a nation in distress, according to those who participated in the anti-Trump protest Saturday in downtown Spindale. This event, the fifth organized by Shannon Sims, took place along Main Street in front of the Spindale House. Sims said Monday that when she started organizing the first event, she did not now how many would participate, or how much interest there would be.
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5 days ago | 
thedigitalcourier.com | Scott Carpenter
SPINDALE—Spindale was the site of not one, but two groups of passionate individuals exercising their freedom of expression Saturday. While the fifth anti-Trump protest was held on Main Street in front of the Spindale House, the local Republican Party sponsored a “Rolling Trump Rally,” which led a parade of vehicles through Main Street. The pro-Trump group drove right past the anti-Trump protesters. Rutherford county commissioner Mike Benfield was among those in the pro-Trump group.
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1 week ago | 
thedigitalcourier.com | Scott Carpenter
SPINDALE — Rutherford Stage, formerly known as the Rutherford County Arts Council, has announced the cast for the upcoming performance of “Night of 1,000 Stars, a Musical Revue.”The show will be presented at 7 p.m. on Friday, June 13, and at 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 14, at The Foundation Performing Arts Center on the campus of Isothermal Community College in Spindale. According to Rutherford Stage executive director Laura Link, this production is directed by Tyler Graeper.
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1 week ago | 
thedigitalcourier.com | Scott Carpenter
RUTHERFORDTON — Rutherford County Board of Education Chairman Phillip Morrow is not pleased with the direction the Rutherford County Commissioners are heading in when it comes to budgets. One preliminary budget was prepared and recommended by County Manager Steve Garrison that would have fully funded the Rutherford County Schools (RCS) local budget request. That proposal, however, was rejected flat out by all commissioners because it called for an 11.5% county property tax increase.
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1 week ago | 
asreport.americanbanker.com | Scott Carpenter
(Bloomberg) -- Coller Capital is assembling a roughly $1 billion structured finance instrument backed by stakes in some of its private capital secondary funds, the firm's second such deal this year, according to people with knowledge of the transaction. Citigroup Inc. is structuring the so-called collateralized fund obligation, which will include both debt and equity portions, said a separate person who asked not to be named because they're not authorized to speak publicly.
