Maguire Properties Says Its No Longer Pursuing Sale (Update1) - Bloomberg
RTT NewsMaguire Properties Says It's No Longer Pursuing Sale Update1Bloomberg - 2 hours agoBy Alan Mirabella March 28 Bloomberg -- Maguire Properties Inc., the biggest office landlord in downtown Los Angeles, said it's no longer pursuing a sale of the company because no viable bids emerged.Maguire Properties says not to pursue sale ReutersMaguire Properties says no longer actively considering sale of the ... ForbesHouston Chronicle - RTT News - FOXBusiness - 24/7 Wall St.all 26 news articles
Dow Up Over 400 Points
News that the Fed is going to provide additional liquidity for the credit markets help boost stocks to huge gains today The Dow scored its best one day percentage increase in 5 years according to Reuters. The Dow climbed 416 on the day and the Nasdaq was up 86 points.At the same time cities are starting to feel the impact of the tough housing markets. There are more homeless people. There is more crime. There are less revenues for U.S. cites.The mortgage foreclosure crisis has caused a drop in cities revenues, a spike in crime, more homelessness and an increase in vacant properties, a survey of elected local officials out today shows.About two-thirds of 211 officials surveyed by the National League of Cities reported an increase in foreclosures in their cities in the past year, according to the online and e-mail questionnaire. A third of them reported a drop in revenues and an increase in abandoned and vacant properties and urban blight.Theres a reduction in revenues at the same time that more services are needed, says Cynthia McCollum, president of the National League of Cities and councilwoman in Madison, Ala., a suburb of Huntsville. Because of foreclosures, people are stealing, crime is on the rise and we dont have more money for cops on the street.The market had a boost today but the foreclosure crisis is worsening.Permalink | Recent Headlines | WWFeeds.com
