Forbes - Barbara Corcoran, the founder of The Corcoran Group, New York City’s largest residential real estate agency, owes her rise to a painful event: breaking up with her boyfriend . Back in 1973, he lent her $1,000 to start a real estate agency , and took
Shanghai communists to move forward from social security scandal
CNBC - Disgraced former Shanghai chief Chen Liangyu is set to face trial after being accused of siphoning around 483 mln usd from the city’s social security fund into speculative real estate and road investment projects. Chen is the highest party official
REAL ESTATE INVESTOR SEES DEALS
Las Vegas Review Journal - Michel Maalouf stands by Laguna Palms, a complex where he and his wife own three condos. The couple rents out more than 40 local residential properties they have bought in 16 years. Photo by Sara Tramiel/Review-Journal Michel Maalouf remembers when
Asian currency traders smell an opportunity
International Herald Tribune - These flows are causing Asian assets - from stocks to real estate - to boil over. Limiting foreign capital to more manageable levels requires a reduction in Asian interest rates, something that is not possible any time soon because of inflation. And
Kuwaiti real estate and property professionals earn 10 per cent higher
AME Info - The Dubai Team of Macdonald & Company (from left to right): Matthew Taylor, International Director; Ben Waddilove, International Consultant; George Buck, International Consultant; Dina Hijazi, International Consultant; William Buck, International
McClatchy shares dip ahead of 3Q report, which is seen reflecting
CNBC - August revenue fell 8.4 percent on declining real estate, employment and other ad sales. McClatchy is the third-largest newspaper publisher in the country measured by circulation, after Gannett Co. and Tribune Co. BY THE NUMBERS: Analysts expect
Bargains in mortgage land
BusinessWeek - Cypress Sharpridge Investments, a hedge fund-like investment company disguised as a real estate investment trust. Bear Stearns and Friedman Billings Ramsey are lead underwriters and the trust s symbol will be CYS. Massive market dislocations
Cuba travel ban violator gets probation
Miami Herald - David Margolis, 76, was sentenced to two years of probation Monday in federal court in Miami for falsely telling the government he was traveling to Cuba for religious purposes. Margolis, a Fort Lauderdale real estate magnate, faced up to six months