The Hard Sell in a Soft Market (Risk & Insurance)

February 18, 2010

Have brokers gone all soft and squishy? No, only prices have as the market continues to drift lower. So the best brokers have had to toughen up to meet all their clients’ expectations.

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Simon Property Group makes $10 billion bid to buy more malls - Tampabay.com

February 18, 2010
Simon Property Group makes $10 billion bid to buy more malls
Tampabay.com
With experts fearful the troubled commercial real estate market will be the next shoe to drop in the mortgage lending meltdown, this mall mega-deal is a

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US HOT STOCKS: Dell, First Solar, CBS Active In Late Trading - Wall Street Journal

February 18, 2010
US HOT STOCKS: Dell, First Solar, CBS Active In Late Trading
Wall Street Journal
The company's results underscore continued weakness in the embattled Las Vegas market. Other casinos trading lower included Wynn Resorts Ltd. (WYNN, $62.01,

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Kathryn Grayson, star of ’40s, ’50s musicals, dies - WOKV

February 18, 2010
Kathryn Grayson, star of '40s, '50s musicals, dies
WOKV
9, 1922, in Winston-Salem, NC, Grayson's father a building contractor and real estate agent. Because of his business, the family moved frequently,

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Western Liberty Bancorp Announces Public Market Listing Alternative - PR Newswire (press release)

February 18, 2010
Western Liberty Bancorp Announces Public Market Listing Alternative
PR Newswire (press release)
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Western Liberty Bancorp (NYSE AMEX: WLBC "WLB" or the "Company") today announced that the Listed Qualifications

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US HOT STOCKS: Priceline.com, Goodyear, Nvidia, XenoPort - Wall Street Journal

February 18, 2010
US HOT STOCKS: Priceline.com, Goodyear, Nvidia, XenoPort
Wall Street Journal
The company's results underscore continued weakness in the embattled Las Vegas market. Other casinos trading lower included Wynn Resorts Ltd. (WYNN, $61.88,

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Few think General Growth home lots worth $3 per share - Reuters

February 18, 2010
Few think General Growth home lots worth $3 per share
Reuters
Median home prices around Las Vegas, one of the areas hit hardest by the end of the real estate bubble, dropped 22 percent in 2009 and are off about 60

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GLOBAL REAL ESTATE MARKET ROUNDUP - Real Estate Channel

February 18, 2010
GLOBAL REAL ESTATE MARKET ROUNDUP
Real Estate Channel
(LAS VEGAS, NV) — December home sales in metro Las Vegas reached the highest level in five years for that specific month, but home values have changed

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News: Jaffe: “Put commercial titles on XBLA” (Eurogamer)

February 18, 2010

“For the love of f***ing god.” Eat, Sleep, Play boss and God of War veteran David Jaffe has implored publishers to start putting proper games on digital download services. “For the love of f***ing god, put some commercial titles on XBLA,” Jaffe told an audience at the DICE Summit in Las Vegas this week (thanks GamesIndustry.biz). “EA’s the first company to really go out there and say ‘Hey, we’re …

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Daniel Rubin: Some illumination on lighted signs needed | Philadelphia … - Philadelphia Inquirer

February 18, 2010
Daniel Rubin: Some illumination on lighted signs needed | Philadelphia
Philadelphia Inquirer
Is she wrong to envision Las Vegas by the Delaware? Tracy, head of SCRUB, Public Voice for Public Space, has long had religion when it comes to billboards.

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