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5 Facts Everyone Should Know About Home Loans Before Applying

Strategy Driven

Whether through a bank or a credit union, like Rivermark Community Credit Union, home loans are a necessary step for homeownership. The chief purpose of FHA-backed loans is to make it easier for people with lower incomes to afford bank and credit union home loans. Fact #4: Money in the Bank (Probably) Won’t Count.

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In Beijing and Washington, Business as Usual

Harvard Business Review

We have just witnessed what journalists too easily have called China's "once-in-a-decade" transition--this despite the minor detail that the People's Republic of China had managed exactly one routinized transition of power in its first sixty-two years. There have been many more coups d'état than peaceful transitions.)

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The Three Reforms China Must Enact: Land, Social Services, and Taxes

Harvard Business Review

Failure to present a groundbreaking new vision risks leaving in place old economic drivers, especially the over-reliance on fixed-asset investment, that have created serious challenges such as China’s “ghost cities” and high levels of local government debt. Which Management Style Will China Adopt? An HBR Insight Center.

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