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    Finance Center in Lower Manhattan Is Aiming for Hip; Brookfield Pushes New Image for Former World Financial Center

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    When the World Financial Center opened in Lower Manhattan nearly three decades ago, it was prized as the modern hub of its namesake industry. The four-building office property was filled with investment-banking tenants like Merrill Lynch ...

  • Builder Is Bullish on New York City's Fine-Art Storage Market; Developer Starts Construction of Art Storage Facility in Long Island City

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    A real-estate developer who collects contemporary art is building a new fine-art storage facility in Queens to rival spaces such as Christie's Brooklyn storage facility, where art was damaged by flooding during superstorm Sandy.

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    Income Hunt Puts Spotlight on Nontraded REITs

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    NEW YORK—Advisers seeking diversification and income are turning to nontraded real-estate investment trusts, putting a spotlight on the industry as it attempts to expand its investor base.

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    Consumer & Specialty Finance

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    Bose George has been riding the ups and downs of the mortgage business since 1997. Last year, he rode it all the way to the top.Mr. George, who follows the industry for the Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Inc. unit of Stifel Financial Corp., ...

  • No Place Like Home

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    Jeffrey Kolitch, 44, is a real-estate thoroughbred: The son of a developer, he majored in real estate at the Wharton School of Business and now steers the $503 million Baron Real Estate fund (ticker: BREFX), which beat 99% of its peers in ...

  • PokerStars Wins Legal Delay in Casino Fight

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    A deal that would have given online-gambling giant PokerStars a chance to re-enter the U.S. market turned into a legal battle Monday as a judge agreed to temporarily block investment firm Colony Capital LLC's attempt to terminate a ...

  • Health-Care Owners Shun Nursing Homes

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    Some of the nation's largest health-care landlords are pulling back from nursing homes on concerns they will be less profitable in an era of steep Medicare and Medicaid cuts.

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    Supporting 'No. 1' Causes

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    The late real-estate financier William "Bill" P. Carey wanted to ensure the institutions of the city were as good as they could be for him and for everybody else.

  • The risks and costs of exotic investments; ‘Alternative’ products can be pricey for retirement savers

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    Private-equity mutual funds. Leveraged ETFs. Managed-futures funds. A growing number of investment products like these employ so-called alternative strategies, holding out the promise of diversification for investors who haven’t forgotten ...

  • Hot Metal: Taking a Shine to Silver

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    Follow-Up | Dow Indicator | PreviewThe global economy may be slowing, but that didn't suppress investors' appetite for silver in 2012, according to the World Silver Survey issued by the Silver Institute last week.

  • Malls, Storage Lead REITs

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    Real-estate investment trusts reported robust earnings for the first quarter, as a slowly improving economy allowed landlords to raise rents.

  • Life After Zell

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    Breaking News From WSJ.com's Developments BlogThe former head of Sam Zell's Equity International is launching a new private-equity shop and consulting business, following his departure from Mr. Zell's firm last year that surprised many in ...

  • Are REITs the Right Choice?

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    Prisons, casinos, and billboards have something in common. Companies that own these things have recently declared themselves real-estate investment trusts, or are pushing toward doing so.

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    PokerStars' Atlantic City Deal Expires

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    A deal that would have given online poker giant PokerStars its first toehold into regulated online gambling in the U.S. has expired without a new contract in place, according to several people familiar with the matter.

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    Developers Set to Bid on Seward Park

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    After four decades of failed government policy and bitter community infighting, the largest parcel of underdeveloped publicly owned land in Manhattan below 96th Street is poised for private development.

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    Penn Station-Area Upgrades; Vornado Plans to Bring Offices, 'More Contemporary' Retailers to the Area

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    Vornado Realty Trust is planning to give makeovers to some of its buildings in the neighborhoods around Pennsylvania Station, an area that's been slowly improving but still falling far short of planners' dreams.

  • Gold’s wounds will take time to heal

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    SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures managed to score their first gain in three sessions on Tuesday, but wounds from the fierce selloff that dragged prices down by more than $200 an ounce in two days will take time to heal.

  • U.S. stock futures; Goldman beats forecasts

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    NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks appeared set Tuesday to bounce back from their biggest drop in five months, with stock-index futures rising as gold futures recovered some of the previous day’s rout and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. topped ...

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    Managers Bet on Wrong Side of Gold

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    Hedge funds and other large speculators increased their net bet on higher gold prices during the week the market recorded its largest-ever two-day selloff, according to government data released on Friday.

  • This week’s Mutual Funds and ETF stories

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    Don’t miss these top money and investing features:Investing’s new golden rule5 mutual funds hammered by goldAs gold hits the dirt, real estate glitters

  • A Yen for Yield Could Rock U.S. REITs

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    U.S. real-estate investment trusts are big in Japan. That could turn into a problem for U.S. investors.In a low-return world, the steady dividends U.S. REITs provide have made them an investor favorite, especially in Japan, where the ...

  • A Hot Potato That Glitters

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    Some savvy investors have said gold is the ultimate Internet stock, and last week it actually began to behave like one.For much of the week, the SPDR Gold Trust (ticker: GLD) danced around the stock market, mostly sliding lower until weak ...

  • A Vein of Hope for Gold Miners

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    After a sharp decline, gold-mining stocks probably are the most hated group in the market.There are plenty of reasons for that. The metal has moved into bear-market territory, falling last week to $1,402 an ounce—26% off its all-time high ...

  • Is there gold in your 401(k)? 5 mutual funds hammered by the yellow metal

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    It’s not just gold bugs getting hit by the yellow metal’s sharp decline.Stocks of gold mining companies received a lot of attention from investors over the past several years, with high gold prices flowing directly to their bottom lines. Of ...

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    Gold's Great Unraveling Had a Few Harbingers

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    The gold-price rout began taking shape in the early morning hours Monday, after a sharp Friday selloff in a market that had risen steadily for a decade left traders girding for a downdraft.

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    Paulson Funds Notch Gains for Year

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    John Paulson is mounting a comeback after a slow start to the year, with gains in all of his hedge funds except for a small gold fund, according to an investor letter.

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    Cuts by Military Test Colorado Property Prices

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    A Colorado Springs, Colo., office portfolio is testing investor concerns over federal spending cuts.Corporate Office Properties Trust—a Columbia, Md., real-estate investment trust and office landlord to government agencies and defense ...

  • A Smart Alternative to Junk Bonds

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    For high investment yields that are worth the extra risk, look beyond junk bonds. Investors have piled into them, causing prices to rise and yields to fall to record lows. The BofA Merrill Lynch High Yield Master II index recently yielded ...

  • Cole REIT Selects Its Own Deal Over Rival's

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    A charged takeover battle for Cole Credit Property Trust III, a private real-estate company with $8 billion in assets, ended last week when Cole rejected a rival's bid to buy the company.

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    Macerich CEO Sells Near Multiyear High

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    Shopping-mall operator Macerich continues to see its shares hover near a multiyear high, and the top insider celebrated by taking a large block to the checkout line.

 

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