YMCA entangled in unorthodox land deal (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

I get up every day and shower and put on a dress and leave my family to go to work for a living. I come home after dark, I'm dead tired, and I just fall onto the couch and go to sleep in front of the TV." I nodded. **** was getting worked up. "You, on the other hand," she said as she pointed at me, "are home when I leave in the morning. You're home when I get back from work. You have a nice house, a nice car... and as far as I can tell you don't even have a job. So I want to know how you do it!

YMCA entangled in unorthodox land deal (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

Experts say the transaction raises concerns about whether a nonprofit group should engage in real estate deals or act as a banker.

Resource Capital Corp. Announces Second Quarter 2007 Operating Results (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)

Resource Capital Corp., a real estate investment trust whose investment strategy focuses on commercial real estate loan assets and, to a lesser extent, higher-yielding commercial finance assets, reported results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007.

The Blackstone Group Reports Second Quarter Earnings (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

NEW YORK----The Blackstone Group :

Businessman lives lavishly while others lose money (San Antonio Express-News)

It's unclear whether his vast assets will be used to pay back investors.

Gulp! (Boston Globe)

"THESE THINGS USUALLY DON'T END WELL." Kevin Landry cracks a wry smile and sighs as he gazes out the floor-to-ceiling windows of his wood-paneled corner conference room on the 56th floor of the John Hancock Tower. Watching Boston unfold beneath us - from the Common, across the financial district, out to Logan Airport, the Harbor Islands, and beyond - it's ...

Australia: Capital Gains Tax & Family Law Settlements (Mondaq)

The transfer from one party to the other party of the interest of that party in the former matrimonial home, pursuant to an order of the Family Court or a Family Law settlement, in the past, had been exempt from Capital Gains Tax (CGT).

As ethanol plants go up in U.S., land prices go with them (International Herald Tribune)

In states like Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois, farmers giddy with the promise of profits from corn-based ethanol are bidding up the real estate.

Oman plays catch-up with Dubai (The Australian)

SITUATED in the southeastern quarter of the Arabian Peninsula and bordered by Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates, Oman has for many years attracted tourists to its dramatic landscape of wadis, dunes and lush oases stretching from the Indian Ocean to the Hajar mountains. Now, the aim is to attract property buyers too.

Before Running Cars, Ethanol Fuels Land Boom (New York Times)

While much of the nation worries about a slumping real estate market, people in Midwestern farm country are experiencing exactly the opposite.

Reduce Estate Tax By Making Gifts (Forbes)

You can do a lot to minimize your estate taxes before you die. One way is to make some gifts.

YMCA entangled in unorthodox land deal (Sarasota Herald-Tribune)

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