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    Premium Financing
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    Life Settlement
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    Tax Lien Certificates
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    Commercial Property
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    Oil & Gas Exploration:
    U.S.gas prices rise, buoyed by higher oil (Idaho State Journal)
    BOISE - Weak demand and abundant oil supplies notwithstanding, motorists have seen a steady climb in retail gas prices in the U.S. in the past two weeks, according to AAA Idaho.
    Tullow profits fall on lower oil prices  (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
    London-based explorer Tullow Oil said its net profit fell a less-than-expected 92 percent to 19 million pounds in 2009 due to lower oil and gas prices and output.
    Govt plans to rationalise natural gas prices (rediff.com)
    The government is planning to rationalise multiple prices of natural gas in the country to make fuel costs uniform for all consumers, Oil Secretary S Sundareshan said on Wednesday.
    Govt plans to rationalise natural gas prices (The Hindu)
    NEW DELHI: The government is planning to rationalise multiple prices of natural gas in the country to make fuel costs uniform for all consumers, Mr S Sundareshan, Oil Secretary, said on Wednesday.
    Govt plans to rationalise natural gas prices (Business Standard India)
    The government is planning to rationalise multiple prices of natural gas in the country to make fuel costs uniform for all consumers, Oil Secretary S Sundareshan said today.
    Drilling Rigs:
    Number of rigs drilling in N.D. oil fields jumps to 100 (Minot Daily News)
    The number of rigs actively drilling in the North Dakota oil fields reached 100 as of Monday. That information is according to the North Dakota Oil and Gas Division Web site, which regularly updates the number of rigs drilling in the state.
    Baker Hughes: More oil, gas rigs operated last week (American Petroleum Institute)
    The number of oil and natural gas drilling rigs rose this past week as companies ramped up activity amid stronger prices, Bak - More - 
    N.D. oil-rig count rises to 100 this week (American Petroleum Institute)
    The number of oil drilling rigs in North Dakota has climbed to 100 as of Monday, according to the North Dakota Oil and Gas Di - More - 
    Bronco Drilling narrows 4Q loss (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
    Bronco Drilling Co. Inc. said Tuesday it narrowed its fourth-quarter loss even through revenue plunged as use of land-drilling rigs fell sharply.
    Clayton Williams Energy Reviews Developmental Drilling Operations for 2009 and Outlook for 2010 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
    MIDLAND, Texas----Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. today provided a review of its ongoing developmental drilling programs in the Permian Basin and Austin Chalk , two of its core oil-producing areas, for 2009 and its outlook for 2010.
    Premium Financing:
    HFF arranges $85 million acquisition financing for Lantana Media Campus in Santa Monica, California (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
    HOUSTON----The Houston and Los Angeles offices of HFF announced today that they have arranged $85 million financing for the Lantana Media Campus, a 462,429-square-foot Class A office campus in Santa Monica, California.
    Brookfield Real Estate Services Fund Announces Fourth Quarter Results and Monthly Cash Distribution (Marketwire)
    Royalties increased 9.8% and distributable cash rose 10.6% with unusually strong year-end market conditions
    Brookfield Real Estate Services Fund Announces Fourth Quarter Results and Monthly Cash Distribution (CCNMatthews via Yahoo! Finance)
    TORONTO, ONTARIO-- - Brookfield Real Estate Services Fund today announced that royalties for the quarter ended December 31, 2009, were $8.5 million, up 9.8% from the same period in 2008.
    Brookfield Real Estate Services Fund Announces Fourth Quarter Results and Monthly Cash Distribution (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
    TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - 03/10/10) - Brookfield Real Estate Services Fund (the ";Fund";) (TSX: BRE.UN - News ) today announced that royalties for the quarter ended December 31, 2009, were $8.5 million, up 9.8% from the same period in 2008. Distributable cash1 during the quarter increased to $5.9 million, up 10.6% from the fourth quarter of 2008 while distributable cash per unit increased 15 ...
    Nine O`Clock (Nine O`Clock)
    Metrorex industrial protest will affect some 650,000 Bucharesters indefinitely.
    Life Settlement:
    Life settlement funds `need risk warnings` (Investors Chronicle)
    Life settlement funds - which turn US life insurance policies into tradable assets - have been one of the more resilient asset classes through the credit crunch, and have expanded rapidly as investors seek predictable returns that are not linked to the broader market cycle.
    FSA warns over traded investments in life policies (Guardian Unlimited)
    FSA says trade in life policy settlements contains `major flaws` in its marketing and it has taken action against several firms The Financial Services Authority has warned that it has ";significant concerns"; about the way an increasingly popular type of high-yielding investment is being promoted in the UK and has told independent financial advisers that it will closely monitor sales. Traded life ...
    FSA raises concerns over traded life settlements (Money Marketing Online)
    In a speech today at the European Life Settlement Association trade mission in London, FSA head of investment policy Peter Smith said the regulator had concerns about the quality of marketing literature from providers in the traded life policy investment market and it would be monitoring this area closely.
    FSA sets out concerns about Traded Life Policy Investments (UK Financial Services Authority)
    Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for inviting me to speak today on regulatory priorities for the life settlement industry. I would like to start with some thoughts about the FSA’s general approach to regulation, in particular of the retail investment market.
    Insurance settlement options vary (The Cincinnati Enquirer)
    When a life-insurance policy turns into a death benefit, it is usually paid to the primary beneficiary in a lump sum. But not always. Insurers usually make available a number of alternative ";settlement options."; This column will discuss some of those alternatives.
    Tax Lien Certificates:
    St. Joseph County tax certificate sale online :Tax sale bids start low -- but buyer beware (South Bend Tribune)
    SOUTH BEND -- St. Joseph County property owners who owe back taxes have until Friday to pay up. After that, their tax certificates go on the auction block.
    Gila County property tax lien sale is Friday (Arizona Silver Belt)
    GLOBE — Open bidding begins Friday morning for Gila County’s annual property tax lien sale. The auction, conducted by Gila County Treasurer Debra Savage, gets underway at 9 a.m. in the board of supervisors’ hearing room at the Gila County Courthouse in Globe.
    Commercial Property:
    Apollo Management Said to Buy Citi’s Property Unit (Update1) (Bloomberg)
    March 9 (Bloomberg) -- Apollo Management LP agreed to buy Citigroup Inc.’s real estate investment unit, according to a person with knowledge of the deal.
    Apollo Said to Triple Property Assets With Citi Unit Purchase (Bloomberg)
    March 10 (Bloomberg) -- Apollo Management LP agreed to buy Citigroup Inc.’s real estate investment unit in a move that will more than triple the value of the private-equity firm’s property assets, a person with knowledge of the deal said yesterday.
    Bluestone America’s CEO, Charles Nam, Announces the Opening of Bluestone Holdings as its Commercial Real Estate ... (PRWeb via Yahoo! News)
    Charles Nam anounces the opening of the Bluestone Holdings New Commercial Brokerage division to be part of the Bluestone Preferred Wealth Center.
    A plan to save commercial real estate (CNN Money)
    Economists have long been predicting commercial real estate could be the next day of reckoning for the financial markets, with a wave of defaults looming as billions of dollars in troubled loans come due in the coming months.
    Executive Q&A: Rob Zache, commercial real estate developer (Wisconsin State Journal)
    Ordinarily, commercial real estate development thrives as aquiet business, at least on its surface.
    Art Investing:
    Emaar Industries & Investments celebrates opening of new state-of-the-art plant by Dynergy Technologies (Zawya)
    Emaar Industries & Investments Ltd (EII), a member of Emaar Properties PJSC, celebrated the opening of a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant for low voltage and medium voltage switchboards of its subsidiary Dynergy Technologies in TechnoPark, Dubai.
    Medavia investing €10.5m on new hangar (Times of Malta)
    Aircraft maintenance company Medavia is investing €10.5 million on a new hangar and environmentally-friendly office block, the Prime Minister was told this morning during a tour of the company`s premises in Safi.
    SuccessFactors (SFSF) Viewed As Dream Stock For Investing In The Cloud Computing Space; BizX Chief Reason (Wall Street Transcript via Yahoo! Finance)
    67 WALL STREET, New York - March 9, 2010 - The Wall Street Transcript has just published its Business & Application Software Report offering a timely review of the sector to serious investors and industry executives. This 119 page feature contains expert industry commentary through in-depth interviews with public company CEOs, Equity Analysts and Money Managers. The full issue is available by ...
    Firing the $70 billion man: Full version (CNN Money)
    On November 19, 2009 Jeffrey Gundlach was named a finalist for Morningstar`s award for bond fund manager of the decade. For Gundlach, the nomination recognized 10 years of stellar results, exceeding even the returns of the legendary king of bonds, Bill Gross.
    Donn Esmonde: Termini calls for action on urban decay (The Buffalo News)
    Iknow that he wants nothing to do with the job, but Rocco Termini gets my vote for mayor. Buffalo`s premier downtown developer is not looking for a change of scene and could not handle the pay cut. But in a speech last week, Termini reeled off more bright ideas to revive downtown in a half-hour than we have heard out of City Hall in a half-century. He is calling for an “urban summit” to find ...
     
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