Finance: Analysis
What's In It for Me?
Nov 1, 2008
With everything else that's happened since mid-September, Henry Paulson's bailout proposal, which grew from a three-page memo to a 450-page monstrosity,...
Transforming the Banking Sector
Nov 1, 2008
It's not unusual to see two or three bank failures a year, either from fraud or abuse of power or something less criminal, like mismanagement of funds....
Damage Report
Nov 1, 2008, By Jennifer Popovec
Between September 19, the Friday before investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection, and October 15, the day the U.S. government invested...
Industry Backed Bailout, But Will it Help?
Oct 8, 2008
After the House of Representatives surprisingly voted down the bailout bill early last week, nearly 20 commercial real estate groups jumped into action...
On the Chopping Block
Oct 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
As the credit markets remain frozen, the avalanche of bad news surrounding investment banking giants Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch and insurance provider...
Hot Potato
Oct 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
Where do we go from here? That was the question on many people's minds during the tumultuous two-week period in mid-September that took the credit crisis...
Lehman, Merrill Commercial Real Estate Assets Expected To Be Sold
Sep 24, 2008
With the credit markets seized, the avalanche of bad news surrounding investment banking giants Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch and insurance provider AIG has caused a state of panic in the commercial real estate industry....
Few Problems Have Emerged Yet in Retail Real Estate Finance
Sep 10, 2008
The financial sector continues to digest the weekend bailout of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. ...
Holding Up
Sep 1, 2008, Elaine Misonzhnik
Regional mall REITs posted solid gains in net operating income (NOI) during the second quarter, buoyed by portfolios chock-full of creditworthy national...
Signs of weakness
Sep 1, 2008, By Elaine Misonzhnik
The economic slowdown has begun to take its toll on shopping center REITs. Retailers are hurting as consumers cut back on spending. Firms are opening...
