financial reform bill

President Obama has just signed the financial regulation bill into law, which is the most sweeping financial regulatory overhaul since the Great Depression. "These reforms represent the strongest consumer financial protections in history," Obama will say, according to an advance excerpt of his...

Commercial Real Estate Week in Review-Week of May 16-22 -Our office neighbor Hersha Hospitality Trust is betting on the New York hotel sector, as they increased their exposure by purchasing a 113-room Holiday Inn. -Welsh Property Trust and Campus Crest Communities are going public. Their IPO’s are...

About a year ago we dedicated an entire week’s worth of posts to famed Analyst Meredith Whitney. As a quick refresher, she was responsible for “the call” on Citi, where she (almost prophetically) predicted that Citi was in serious trouble. Following a quick rise to fame, she was subsequently...