Nov
17
Mall owner almost a billion in debt
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General Growth Properties Inc. shares plummeted Tuesday after the mall owner warned it faces solvency trouble and may be forced to file for bankruptcy if it can’t refinance or extend nearly $1 billion in debt …
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Nov
17
Integrity Capital Partners Facilitates Disposition of $130 Million of Life Insurance Policies For X-Rite, Inc.
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BETHESDA, Md., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ — Integrity Capital Partners (ICP), a leader in the secondary life insurance market, has facilitated a very unique transaction to assist X-Rite, Inc., a publicly-traded color science and technology company, in
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Nov
17
Report: Shifting Insurance Market Means New Challenges for Buyers
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Pressures that could harden the property and casualty insurance market loom over insurance carriers entering into the final weeks of 2008, says a new industry report by the global insurance broker Loc
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Nov
17
Liberty Property cuts dividend 24% to preserve cash
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Liberty Property Trust has cut its quarterly dividend to preserve cash as uncertainty in the credit and financial markets drags on. (BDN) (LRY)
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Nov
17
Here’s One Good Thing About Deflation
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Talk about deflationary spirals on NPR? Get the low-down from the forecaster who first wrote about a deflationary crash.
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Nov
17
Survey: Real estate agents see bottom in early 2009
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More than half of real estate agents who responded to a survey believe that the national real estate market will hit bottom sometime in the beginning of 2009, according to the Campbell Communications marketing …
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Nov
17
Winston-Salem Fining Campaigns For Leftover Political Signs
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Political candidates are being held responsible for leftover campaign signs found on public property along roads and sidewalks in one North Carolina city.
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Nov
17
FM Global to expand research campus, increase workforce
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WEST GLOCESTER, R.I.—Factory Mutual Insurance Co., which does business as FM Global, has announced a $38 million expansion of its 1,600-acre research campus in West Glocester, R.I. FM Global says the enhancements of the facility will ensure that it can keep pace with its clients’ loss…
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Nov
17
Are there Signs of Stock Market’s Bottom?
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Are the credit markets easing or becoming tighter?The answer to that question is important because there can be no recovery without a functioning credit market.Here is a handy indicator that…
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Nov
17
Changing channels
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Technological changes are creating a workplace reality to which the insurance industry must respond or face losing both customers and future employees, a Microsoft Corp. executive says. Overall, the development of connected experiences is “changing the game in insurance,” said Bill Hartnett, U.S….
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