Jan
30
FBI: Fannie target of malicious code
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Foiled attack was intended to take down 4,000 servers
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30
S&P Lowers Allstate’s Operating Co. Ratings to ‘AA-’; Outlook Negative
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Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Allstate Corp.’s core property-liability (Allstate Protection) and life insurance (Allstate …
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30
Order in the Classroom: Indiana Teachers Seek Some Immunity
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Morgan County teacher Angela Williams tries to maintain order in her special education classroom by keeping students from talking out or leaving their seats without permission. But she said she …
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Jan
30
JP Morgan Downgrades Allstate Corp. (ALL) to Underweight
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JP Morgan downgrades Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL) from Neutral to Underweight. The Allstate Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the personal property and casualty insurance business, as well as in the life insurance, retirement, and
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Jan
30
36 Hours in Vail, Colo.
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The nation’s largest ski resort does not have the charm of Telluride. Nor does it exude the glitz of Aspen. But one thing it does have is great snow.
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Jan
30
Hot Market: Washington Neighbor Beginning Roll to Recovery
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As the new president takes office, he’ll be moving into the middle of one of the country’s real estate markets that’s in full throttle recovery.
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Jan
30
DEAL TERMINATED: Inland to Assume Title of Three Feldman Malls
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Update Published 1/29/09:Great Neck, NY-based regional mall owner/manager, Feldman Mall Properties (Pink Sheets: FMLP), announced Jan. 27, 2009 that Inland American Real Estate Trust (”Inland”) terminated its agreement to assume the titles of Feldman…
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Jan
30
Coffee Culture picks downtown HQ
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Canadian restaurant chain, Coffee Culture, has selected a downtown Buffalo site for its U.S. headquarters.
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Jan
30
Medical Properties Trust’s portfolio assets up 41%
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Birmingham’s Medical Properties Trust Inc. said it increased its portfolio assets by 41 percent to $1.3 billion last year and invested $425 million in health care real estate assets in 2008. (MPW)
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30
D.R. Horton Adds Three New Heron Bay Neighborhoods
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In October, Minerva Properties announced that D.R. Horton had contracted to purchase single family home sites in The Villas neighborhood in Heron Bay Golf and Country Club, the premier master-planned community in Atlanta’s southern crescent. Minerva Properties is pleased to announce that D.R. Horton has agreed to purchase home sites in another two neighborhoods within Heron Bay, The Summit and Northridge. D.R. Horton is a national leader in the residential homebuilding industry and has built homes in four previous neighborhoods within Heron Bay, three of which are now sold out, with Meadow Glen likely to reach close-out by mid 2009. The opening of these three new neighborhoods will allow D.R. Horton to continue their successful selling strategies with a variety of different home design concepts at multiple price points.
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