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Trump Gets FAQ'd By Powell—No Champagne Rooms, Just Clearing Cancer Dust
Monday, July 14, 2025 - 5:02pm | 608The Federal Reserve is under fire from the Trump administration over a controversial renovation project at its Washington headquarters, which has soared past its original $2.5 billion estimate. In response, Fed Chair Jerome Powell ordered a review of the project amid growing political backlash and...
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Michael Saylor Offers BTC Credit Model As Bill Pulte Pushes Crypto For Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac: Could Bitcoin Soon Count Toward Mortgage Qualification?
Wednesday, June 25, 2025 - 4:09am | 755The U.S. housing finance landscape may be on the brink of a huge shift as Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte, appointed in March 2025 under President Donald Trump, announced plans to study cryptocurrency holdings, including Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), for mortgage qualifications....
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Anti-Powell Crusade Rages On As Housing Sector Demands Fed Chair Resignation
Thursday, June 19, 2025 - 9:38am | 669The Federal Reserve's decision on Wednesday to hold interest rates steady at 4.25%-4.50% for the fourth consecutive meeting has triggered an escalating backlash, with both political and industry voices now demanding that Chairman Jerome Powell step down immediately. What began as a political feud...
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac In Upheaval As Trump Administration Considers Privatizing Mortgage Giants
Friday, March 21, 2025 - 9:59am | 497President Donald Trump's newly appointed director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency Bill Pulte on Thursday fired the CEO of mortgage giant Freddie Mac (OTC:FMCC) and placed two senior FHFA officials on administrative leave. The Details: Pulte fired Freddie Mac CEO Diana Reid and placed...
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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Stock A 'Considerable Risk,' Say Analysts Who Downgrade Both To Underperform
Monday, January 27, 2025 - 8:08pm | 390Shares of Fannie Mae (OTC:FNMA) and Freddie Mac (OTC:FMCC) fell Monday after Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analysts downgraded the stocks to Underperform. Here's a look at the latest developments for the mortgage giants. What To Know: The Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analysts, led by Tommy McJoynt,...
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Trump Taps Private Equity Investor Bill Pulte To Lead Federal Housing Finance Agency
Thursday, January 16, 2025 - 5:00pm | 539President-elect Donald Trump announced plans Thursday to nominate private equity CEO Bill Pulte as director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA). What To Know: If Trump’s selection is confirmed, Pulte will become the top housing regulator, overseeing mortgage giants Fannie Mae (OTCQB...
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Share Sales, Harassment Allegations And Power Play: Turbulence Hits PulteGroup
Saturday, July 1, 2023 - 3:20pm | 495The tides of change seem to be relentless at Atlanta-based PulteGroup, Inc (NYSE:PHM), one of the largest home builders in the U.S. The company has found itself embroiled in internal disputes and public scrutiny as allegations of poor governance and management issues have come to light. Power...
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EXCLUSIVE: Problems In The PulteGroup C-Suite? Ex-Insider Reveals Management Struggle
Tuesday, March 14, 2023 - 10:37am | 650The fallout from a 2022 lawsuit filed by philanthropist and investor William (Bill) J. Pulte against homebuilder PulteGroup Inc’s (NYSE: PHM) onetime prospective COO Brandon Jones continues to widen, as the company has terminated another top executive. Pulte, 34, the...
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Multimillionaire Twitter Philanthropist Offers Huge Reward For Whistleblower In SVB Bank Collapse
Monday, March 13, 2023 - 5:14pm | 598Detroit-based multi-millionaire and former director of PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) Bill Pulte has garnered a reputation on social media, specifically Twitter, for being a philanthropist, doling out thousands of dollars via tweets to his followers. He’s doing it again, but this time with a...
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What's Going On With GameStop Stock Today?
Monday, April 18, 2022 - 2:24pm | 254GameStop Corp (NYSE: GME) shares are trading lower Monday alongside several other stocks in the broader consumer discretionary sector amid overall market weakness as a rise in bond yields weighs on stocks. The U.S. 10-Year Treasury note reached new three-year highs last...
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PulteGroup Founder Vs. Current CEO: The Saga Continues
Monday, April 11, 2016 - 1:57pm | 493Sares of PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM) were relatively unchanged on Monday despite the ongoing saga between the company's founder and its current CEO. Bill Pulte, PulteGroup's founder, former chairman and ex-CEO penned a letter to the company's board of directors in which he displayed his "extreme...
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PulteGroup Founder On Recently-Fired CEO: Extreme Disappointment, Inadequate Performance
Tuesday, April 5, 2016 - 7:52am | 327PulteGroup, Inc. (NYSE: PHM)'s founder, former Chairman and CEO, Bill Pulte, delivered a letter to the company's Board of Directions to reiterate his "extreme disappointment" in CEO Richard Dugas' performance. The letter was delivered after the company announced Dugas has...