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U.S. commercial property vacancies may have peaked, led by a rebound in apartment buildings, as an impro-ving economy spurs more demand for space, according to the National Association of Realtors. Read more on this story fromBloomberg here------------------------------------------You can instant...

Defaults on commercial property mortgages held by U.S. banks rose in the third quarter, extending a pat-tern begun in late 2006 when real estate prices were close to a peak, said Real Capital Analytics Inc. Read more on this story fromBloomberg here------------------------------------------You ca...

The table below ranks indicated dividend yields of companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index by industry as of today. Read more on this story fromBloomberg here------------------------------------------You can instantly receive news updates like this via the RSS feedfor the main blog on our we...

Following is the text of the U.S. Farm Income report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture: Net Farm Income Forecast Up 31 Percent in 2010.   Read more on this story fromBloomberg here------------------------------------------You can instantly receive news updates like this via the RSS feedfor ...

The lobbying association that represents trial lawyers wants Wachovia Bank NA to pay for pulling out of a loan that the group sought to buy an office building in Washington to use as its headquarters. Read more on this story fromBloomberg here------------------------------------------You can inst...

Centerbridge Capital Partners LLC is seeking to sell Green Tree Servicing LLC, the loan servicer it acquired in 2007, for about $1 billion, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Read more on this story fromBloomberg here------------------------------------------You can instantly r...

U.S. commercial property prices rose 4.3 percent in September from the previous month, the biggest gain in a decade of records, Moody’s Investors Service said. Read more on this story fromBloomberg here------------------------------------------You can instantly receive news updates like this via ...

Banks seeking to clean up their balance sheets by selling U.S. mortgages made during the real- estate lending boom are encountering documentation problems, Cantor Fitzgerald LP said. Read more on this story fromBloomberg here------------------------------------------You can instantly receive news...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission proposed requiring hedge funds and private-equity funds to submit to inspections and new disclosure requirements, aiming to expand oversight as required by the Dodd-Frank law. Read more on this story fromBloomberg here-----------------------------------...

The riskiest junk bonds are providing a refuge for investors concerned that inflation will accelerate as the Federal Reserve attempts to bolster the econ-omy. Read more on this story fromBloomberg here------------------------------------------You can instantly receive news updates like this via t...