Talks over restructuring a $10.3 billion deal to sell Home Depot Inc.'s wholesale distribution business went down to the wire Thursday, the expected closing date for the agreement. The Atlanta-based retailer has hinted the deal could fall through...
The Washington Post thinks commercial real estate's boom is over. I think that's a bit of an overstatement. It has certainly become a more challenging market. And commercial real estate has proved its doubters wrong more than once in the past...
The back-to-school shopping season isn't quite over yet, but some retailers are already warning that the second half of the year is going to be a rough stretch. Some are even preaching caution for the Christmas shopping season. ...
I'm a little late on this, but the ruling handed down on the Whole Foods/Wild Oats merger seems extremely significant. The judge ruled to approve the merger on the grounds that Whole Foods is not just competing with other organic grocers, but with...
New York Post columnist John Crudele has a column in today's paper describing how credit card companies that also dabbled in mortgages, like Capitol One with its Greenpoint Mortgage unit, are quietly ...
For already hurting retailers, the timing couldn't be worse as they gear up for the crucial -- and ever-longer -- back-to-school season, the second-most important annual shopping event for merchants after Christmas. While the season has only just...
Here's something you don't see every day. The Department of Justice has been asked to come in and investigate possible corruption in the development of a development in Spokane, Wash. ...
General Growth Properties Inc. said Tuesday that founder and Chairman Matthew Bucksbaum will retire and be succeeded by Chief Executive John Bucksbaum. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the company said Matthew Bucksbaum...
Standard & Poors today updated 10 indexes tracking U.S. commercial real estate prices, breaking down property values by geographic region and industry sector. ...
