November 07, 2014
Why did you do this Walgreens?

Like many young parents across America, I spend a lot of time at Walgreens. If fact, as I am not such a “younger” parent anymore, I find myself spending more...

November 02, 2014
US: Healthcare buyout to turn Omega into $10B company

An acquisition of Aviv REIT could turn nursing and assisted-living facility owner Omega Healthcare Investors into a $10 billion company, say reports. Omega announced Friday that it plans to acquire...

October 29, 2014
Mexico: Top real estate trust plans $1.5B takeover spree

Mexico’s largest real estate investment trust is reportedly planning on several acquisitions worth a total of nearly $1.5 billion. Fibra Uno Administracion is reportedly planning to acquire new properties as...

October 22, 2014
US: CA real estate investors indicted for bid-rigging

Five real estate investors were indicted by a grand jury in California on Tuesday on eight counts of bid-rigging and fraud, say reports. The investors are charged with conspiring to...

October 20, 2014
Why Banks Love Apple Pay

Apple Pay is probably the best positioned mobile payments solution to emerge in a long time. When Apple announced Apple Pay it did in ‘two hours’ what no one else...

October 08, 2014
Marc Andreessen’s Rx For Financial Services

Venture Capitalist—and graphical Web browser creator—Marc Andreessen is looking at the payments space as an area that needs to—and can—be fully recrafted. “We have a chance to rebuild the system....

September 30, 2014
US: Murdoch moves to enter online real estate business through...

Rupert Murdoch-owned News Corp is reportedly planning a takeover of the company that runs online real estate giant Realtor.com in efforts to join the ranks of rivals Zillow and Trulia....

September 16, 2014
Commercial Real Estate Lending On The Rise

Buoyed by low interest rates and increasingly favorable market conditions, banks are expanding their lending footprint into commercial real estate and construction. Data from financial information company Sageworks indcates that net charge-offs...

September 15, 2014
US: CA real estate bid-rigger has sentencing delayed again

A man found guilty of bid-rigging at foreclosure auctions in California has had his sentencing delayed once again as prosecutors appeal his acquittal on a separate charge, say reports. Real...