REITs Book a Blockbuster Quarter
Real-estate-investment trusts staged the best performance in their history during the second quarter on growing perceptions that most REITs are out of immediate danger.
Room to Let: Finance Firms Need Tenants
After loading up on lavish office space near the top of the market, some firms are trying to sublease what they don’t need for as much as 30% less than their rental rate.
Honduras to meet OAS but tells Zelaya don´t come
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - An interim government in Honduras warned ousted President Manuel Zelaya to stay away but indicated it could be more conciliatory in talks on Friday with the Organization of American States over the country’s crisis.
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Hope for California budget deal as IOUs planned
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Top California lawmakers raised hope on Thursday that an elusive budget deal could be at hand, as officials began issuing billions of dollars in “IOUs” to avoid a cash crisis on the second day of a new fiscal year without an agreement to balance the state’s books.
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