Taming The Desert When completed in 2025, Masdar City will pack 40,000 inhabitants into two square miles of carbon-neutral buildings. Courtesy Foster + Partners Why would a petro-state erect a solar-powered eco-metropolis in the middle of the Arabian...
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If the 2008 mortgage meltdown did anything to educate Americans about the complicated world of finance, it was to teach them about securitization. Securitization is the practice of pooling disparate sources of debt and selling it as a package to investors...
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Everyone is talking about mobile. Some e-commerce websites are venturing into it. Mobile commerce (also known as “m-commerce”) has immense potential, exhibiting a 86% growth rate and hitting $25 billion in 2012 (set to reach $86 billion by 2016,...
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No offense to the fellas and your multi-platinum rock bands, chart-topping hip hop and country albums and ill-advised racist anti-racist collaborations; but when it comes to innovation, envelope pushing and flat out excitement, the ladies have you beat....
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Oppenheimer & Co. Inc, a unit of Oppenheimer Holdings has made several senior hires. The recruitment drive includes two recent additions in the investment banking division: David Brown and Robert Cramer.The post Oppenheimer’s Investment Banking...
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A 10-square-mile semirural hamlet in Putnam County, unscathed by the suburban sprawl, provides refuge from city life. ...
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Flickr's one of the elder statesmen of the online photo sharing world, but in recent years its UI has grown a bit long in the tooth when compared to the eye candy provided by other kids on the social sharing block. That's all changed as of today, as...
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Eos Energy Storage has released its second big announcement of the month, a funding boost that includes funding from NRG Energy, a major US energy company. I just featured a long post on Eos Energy Storage less than a month ago, followed soon after by...
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Filed under: Investing Sanofi Relies on Axway to Future-Proof their Infrastructure and Reduce Operational Costs through Global Consolidation Axway Managed File Transfer Solution Allows Capacity to Evolve and Advance without Migration to New Solution...
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Eos Energy Storage, a developer of zinc-air grid-scale battery technology, completed its $15-million Series B financing round with participation from a syndicate of 21 strategic and financial investors. Eos has developed Znyth, a zinc hybrid cathode...
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The money manager BlackRock agreed on Tuesday to buy the European and Asian real estate investment firm MGPA for an undisclosed fee. MGPA had around $12 billion of assets under management as of the end of March, and BlackRock said the deal would allow...
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A city housing court judge ruled last week in favor of the National Arts Club in its move to evict former president O. Aldon James, his twin brother John James and former club member Steven Leitner from their apartments at the storied organization’s...
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A fresh release of Dish Anywhere for Android just hit Google Play, bringing it up to speed with its iOS counterpart. Now, the application allows users to stream On Demand content from wherever they have an internet connection, and adds Facebook and Twitter...
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The platform could give publishers a new tool in their quest to monetize online content. Not only does it let mobile websites issue push notifications, but it also introduces new real estate for ads. ...
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Highland Capital Management, L.P., said on Tuesday that it has named Jun Park as director of business development in Korea. Prior to joining Highland, Park worked at Woori Financial Principal Investment in Seoul. Highland is an investment management...
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Eos Energy Storage, the zinc-air battery startup targeting a super-low $160 per kilowatt-hour for grid-scale energy storage, has raised a $15 million Series B round from a syndicate of 21 strategic and financial investors, including Fisher Brothers and...
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Well, if "everybody's talking about it," then the artist made a great decision. [T]he residents of a glass-walled luxury residential building across the street had no idea they were being photographed and never consented to being subjects for the works...
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European Capital Limited has invested 4 million euros ($5 million) in mezzanine bonds to support the acquisition of Precisium Group by a company controlled by Alliance Industrie's shareholders. European Capital first invested in Alliance Industrie in...
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Filed under: Investing Chambers Street Properties Announces Commencement of Tender Offer to Purchase up to $125 Million of Its Common Shares PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Chambers Street Properties ("Chambers Street" or the "Company") announced...
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A formal celebration of Yahoo's acquisition of Tumblr wasn't what the internet outfit had up its sleeve for this evening's festivities. Instead, the company unveiled an update to Flickr at the NYC event with a host of new features that includes a retooled...
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Filed under: Investing Chambers Street Properties to List its Common Shares on the NYSE PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Chambers Street Properties ("Chambers Street" or the "Company") announced today that it is authorized to list its Common Shares...
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Oakland County will appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court in its fight against mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, after an appeals court blocked the county from recovering millions in real estate transfer taxes from the two lenders.
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Innovation Hub: ULI Spring Meeting in San Diego Kelly Vencill Sanchez 'Innovate' was the buzzword at the Urban Land Institute’s spring conference in San Diego, May 15-17, where some 3,500 planners, developers, and real estate and land use professionals...
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Palestinian-American Raed Zidan became the first Palestinian to reach the summit of the earth's highest mountain last Saturday, dedicating his climb to Palestinians - especially political prisoners.
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Supporters say the change could help Mexico compete with Central America for US retirees seeking spots in the sun. But could it hurt Mexican access to prime real estate?...
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Hello, this is a feature that will run through the entire season and aims to recap the weekend’s events and boils those events down to one admittedly superficial fact or stupid opinion about each team. Feel free to complain about it. No one is ever...
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US Debt Ventures said on Monday that it has received a $100 million revolving credit facility from a major financial institution that has not been identified. The credit facility will help US Debt Ventures to expand its non-performing loan and REO disposition...
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A New Jersey-based investor is slated to bring a 37-unit condominium development to the Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn after buying a nearly complete property out of bankruptcy, The Real Deal has learned. Commercial real estate investment firm Madison...
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by Omar Ali The May 11th elections in Pakistan represented the first time that a civilian regime completed its term in office and held elections in which power will be transferred democratically to a new civilian regime. In a country...
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Filed under: Investing First Trust Mortgage Income Fund Decreases Its Monthly Common Share Distribution to $0.085 Per Share for June WHEATON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- First Trust Mortgage Income Fund (the "Fund") (NYS: FMY) has decreased the Fund's regularly...
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Harris Kupperman, CEO of Mongolia Growth Group has all the assets in one of the best bull markets in the world. Mongolia is a "buy"
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Filed under: Investing First Trust Strategic High Income Fund II Declares its Monthly Common Share Distribution of $0.12 Per Share for June WHEATON, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- First Trust Strategic High Income Fund II (the "Fund") (NYS: FHY) has declared...
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Filed under: Investing First Potomac Realty Trust to Sell Industrial Portfolio for $259 Million BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- First Potomac Realty Trust (NYSE:FPO), a leading owner of office, business park and industrial properties in the greater...
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A deeply-reported exploration of the past 35 years of American life gauges the human cost of "freedom" ...
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[caption id="attachment_245496" align="aligncenter" width="570"] Paul Massey and Bob Knakal of Massey Knakal[/caption] Industry movers and shakers were out in force at several parties Sunday and Monday nights for the International Council of Shopping...
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Industrial real estate is often seen as the least glamorous slice of the property sector, but investors are increasingly looking at China's warehouses as a good place to park their money as their sexier cousins lose some of their allure.
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Last home of "The Man" hits the real estate market
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Last home of "The Man" hits the real estate market
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May 22, 2013 1:43 AMSINGAPORE real estate investment trusts (Reits) are among the hottest assets in town to own. ...
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May 22, 2013 1:44 AMPROPERTY trusts across the Asia-Pacific have performed impressively in recent months, led by a surge in the value of Japanese real estate investment trusts (Reits). ...
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New York City’s commercial real estate industry is edgy over the possibility of the government yanking what has come to be known as terrorism insurance, the New York Post reported. The program, called the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, comes up for...
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Last week, I had the pleasure of participating on a panel discussion sponsored by Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Miami. We dove into some rather controversial topics, mostly dissecting how more women can make it into leadership roles. I'm sharing......
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BY RICHARD MIZE Real Estate Editor richardmize@opubco.comTornado recovery barely underway, reports of price gouging sent state officials across central Oklahoma ready to stop it in its illegitimately expensive tracks. “We have 35 investigators in Moore,...
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A New York man who rented his apartment for a three-day stay ran afoul of the city’s hotel law, an administrative law judge ruled Monday. Hearings for a similar law are pending in San Francisco, CNET News reports. Both matters involve the website Airbnb,…...
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href="https://www.facebook.com/International.Living">Facebook, and Google+! When you live in Costa Rica’s Southern Zone, the beach and the blue Pacific become a focal point. You're reading Still... International Living Postcards. Learn to live better...
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SELLERS: Drew Barrymore (and Will Kopelman)LOCATION: Montecito, CAPRICE: $7,500,000SIZE: 6,258 square feet, 6 bedrooms, 7.5 bathroomsYOUR MAMAS NOTES: Everybody knows when celebrities and other financially fortunate sorts get married, divorced, have...
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Filed under: Investing Shares of Costco Wholesale hit an all-time high last Friday, ahead of next week's third-quarter earnings report. Costco stock has been a very consistent long-term winner for shareholders. Over the last 10 years, it has moved steadily...
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U.S. home values continued to climb in April, increasing 5.2 percent compared to April 2012 and increasing 0.5 percent from March, according to a report from real estate portal Zillow. This is the sixth consecutive month of annual home value appreciation...
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An 87-year-old woman who alleges Donald Trump cheated her in the sale of a high-rise apartment has told jurors she had qualms about suing the real estate mogul and television celebrity. ...
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Cassidy Turley has hired Al Woods as the commercial real estate firm's managing director for project and development services in Boston's newly formed project management group.
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