Category: Great Articles
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FDIC Economic Inclusion Summit 2017: Highlighting Real Issues
Today, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) hosts its first Economic Inclusion Summit exploring strategies to bring consumers into the financial mainstream. NAWRB CEO & President Desirée Patno and Government Relations Chairwoman Silvia N. Rathell are in attendance, participating in the mission to increase the involvement and impact of disenfranchised American consumers.
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NAWRB Digs Our Heels into the Ground in Washington, D.C.
With National Small Business Week just five days away, what better time for NAWRB to attend decisive Washington, D.C. meetings and events? As a leading voice for women and women-owned and small businesses in the housing ecosystem, we recognize the importance of being on the edge of new developments and maintaining our pivotal relationships in…
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NAWRB Announces Ten-X as a Premier Strategic Partner
The National Association of Women in Real Estate Businesses (NAWRB) is proud to announce Ten-X as a Premier Strategic Partner. A real estate technology industry powerhouse, Ten-X recognizes the importance of growing the community of women and women-owned and small businesses in the housing ecosystem.
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5 Ways to Beat Your Monday Blues
Monday has always gotten the short end of the stick, often viewed as an unhappy day following our relaxing weekends. Phrases like the “Monday Blues” have even become commonplace as people try to describe the gloom they feel about having to return to work.
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Cybersecurity Still an Issue within Banks
A recent Accenture report surveying hundreds of senior banking security executives around the world, Building Confidence: Solving Banking’s Cybersecurity Conundrum, reveals that cybersecurity threats for banks and other financial services institutions remain a pervasive problem despite general bank confidence.
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Six of the 10 Lowest-Paying College Majors are Female-Dominated
A new study from Glassdoor, The Pipeline Problem: How College Majors Contribute to the Gender Pay Gap, takes a look at the role of education in the lack of pay parity between men and women. While approximately 20 percent of the pay gap is accounted for by situations in which women earn less despite having…
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Urban Land Institute: Immigrants’ Desire for Homeownership Will Shape Housing Market
A recent report from the Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Terwilliger Center for Housing, Home in America: Immigrants and Housing Demand, finds that the home choices of immigrants will have a strong impact on urban growth in the U.S. for decades to come, especially as an increasing amount of foreign-born residents look to buy homes in…
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Tax Day: Americans Identify What Bothers Them Most About Their Taxes
Today is Tax Day, a flagship day capping off a time of year that worries and excites Americans alike as they file their returns. A new study from the Pew Research Center, Top Frustrations With Tax System: Sense That Corporations, Wealthy Don’t Pay Fair Share, reveals what bothers Americans most about their taxes.
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Kathrine Switzer Returns to Boston Marathon 50 Years after Becoming the First Woman to Run It
Today marks the 50th anniversary since Kathrine Switzer, at the time a 20-year-old Syracuse University student, became the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon—Roberta Bingay Gibb had unofficially completed the race one year prior.
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Happy Easter from NAWRB!
NAWRB would like to wish our community a happy Easter weekend! Celebrating Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead, the holiday—commonly referred to as the moveable feast due to its traveling date—observes services, get-togethers and egg hunts take place around the country.