When auditors looked at an oil-and-gas royalty trust set up by Congress to benefit Utah's Navajo Indians, they found $50 million had disappeared or was squandered on bribes, bad business deals and payoffs.
BioMed Realty Trust Inc. said it boosted its quarterly dividend 27 percent, or 3 cents, to 14 cents per share.
Real estate investment trust Government Properties Income Trust declared a regular quarterly cash dividend of 40 cents per share.
BioMed Realty Trust Inc. said Wednesday that the tender offer by BioMed Realty LP for outstanding exchangeable senior notes due 2026 has expired.
Lawyers for Utah's 7,500 Navajos say they're close to settling a lawsuit alleging Utah failed to properly manage a trust fund that collects royalties on reservation oil wells.
HRPT Properties Trust on Friday said it completed a new mortgage financing for $175 million, and plans to use the proceeds to reduce outstanding debt under its revolving bank credit facility.
An analyst upgraded shares of Hospitality Properties Trust Wednesday and said it expects the real estate investment trust to reinstate its cash dividend in 2010.
Wilmington Trust Corp. said Wednesday it has not loaned money to CIT Group Inc. and therefore is not a creditor in the commercial lender's bankruptcy.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has never shied away from changing his mind. Lately, it seems that's all he's been doing, creating confusion in the capital as he tries to tackle an ambitious policy agenda before his time in office runs out.
Investors Real Estate Trust said it expects $62.6 million in net proceeds from a follow-on offering that closed Friday.
Glimcher Realty Trust said Monday it has commenced an offer to sell $80 million worth of its common shares in a public sale.
President Barack Obama is telling Wall Street to take steps on its own to rebuild trust with the public, and not wait for Congress to legislate the tighter oversight of the industry he is pushing.
A year after the financial markets trashed trillions in retirement savings, it's a great time to take a closer look at your investment risk. The Answer Desk, by John W. Schoen.
Shares of Wilmington Trust Corp. rose Thursday after an upgrade by a SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst, who said the regional bank is seeing credit trends improve and is unlikely to make a near-term stock offering to raise capital.
A Utah judge has ordered the sale of a 400-acre parcel of land that is part of a communal property trust established by followers of jailed polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs.
Self storage company U-Store-It Trust said Wednesday it made $161.2 million from a public offering of 32.2 million common shares.
Shares of hotel magnate Barry Sternlicht's Starwood Property Trust Inc. initially declined on their first day of trading Wednesday before closing unchanged, even as the broader markets edged up after the Federal Reserve left a key interest rate at a record low.
Federal Realty Investment Trust said on Tuesday that its offering of more than 1.7 million shares has been priced at $57.50 each.
Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. on Monday said its funds from operations rose 35 percent in the second quarter as revenue rose.
Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. on Monday said its board declared a dividend of 38.5 cents for the second quarter.
A Utah judge has scheduled a hearing to consider whether to allow the sale of a 438-acre parcel of land where a southern Utah-based polygamous church headed by jailed leader Warren Jeffs had planned to build a temple.
A judge has rejected a proposed settlement that would have returned control of a state-managed land trust back to followers of polygamous leader Warren Jeffs.
U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Tuesday that federal officials must do a more detailed study on how the local economy would be affected if 129 acres of upstate New York land are put into trust for the Cayuga Indian Nation.
A court-appointed fiduciary of a polygamous church trust has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor trespassing and other charges related to his management operations.
A court-appointed fiduciary has reversed his decision to reject a check for past-due housing fees from a polygamous church.
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Revealing your sexual past entirely depends on the two people involved. For many people who are insecure, and desiring exclusiveness, they cannot cope with their partner's past involvement with anyone else.
My baby Sally is less then 6 inches tall. I, on the other hand, am about 5. foot, 6 inches tall, which comes out to 60 inches tall or 10 times her height.
When little Mason's fever spiked at 106 degrees, his parent's rushed him to the hospital. They did not realize the battle that was just beginning for their son...
Pity executives at genetically modified seed giant Monsanto. Not only are they having to knock heads with Department of Justice lawyers over the company's business practices, but some of their most-cherished PR talking points are being obliterated by researchers.
In the world of private commerce, collecting funds with a promise to provide insurance or retirement benefits and not holding, investing and using the funds for that purpose, but spending every cent on every passing fancy like, say, adventures in reforming governments abroad, wou …
1. Learn to identify your prevailing beliefs, judgments, and attitudes about the way the world works and who you think you are, or how it "should" be—and be able to suspend those ideas temporarily.
Conservatives are pretending people trust business and not the government so we should let big insurance companies completely control health care and not have one insurance plan sponsored by the government.
The teenage years can be a nightmare for many parents. This is the time they are likely to feel impotent, frustrated, useless and powerless. However, they really don't have to be too painful or unnerving, neither do they even have to happen that way.
A new survey out from the Harvard Kennedy School's Center for Public Leadership shows Americans have significantly higher confidence in military leaders than leaders in government, business and the media -- and that this confidence rose over the past year, in spite of two ongoing …
If you look at me and I smile, does that mean that I am cheating? Or, perhaps the fact that you looked at me in the first place sent a surge of lust through my body and I am going to sneak off and have an affair with you. I hardly think so!
For the first time in recent years, voters trust Republicans more than Democrats on all 10 key electoral issues regularly tracked
TechRepublic's CIO Jury finds that IT leaders trust Microsoft more than Google as a technology partner, but tune in next year. Jason Hiner outlines the latest findings in the TechRepublic CIO Jury.
Did you know that, since the end of the Second World War, insurance companies have been able to fix prices and, in general, avoid competition -- all the while, bankrupting citizens and raking in huge profits.
Investigators seeking to uncover terrorist plots for years have walked a fine line between keeping tabs on the Muslim community and alienating the same people who could serve as an early warning signal.
It is my opinion that general McChrystal is playing politics to get his way in Afghanistan.
Albert Mohler, the sometimes controversial President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, has written a new book on the Ten Commandments, called "Words from the Fire".
Politicians lie. A few politicians are honest. Sometimes, even, what appears to be politicians' lying is just incompetence and cluelessness.
"Trust no one." That was the slogan of The X-Files, the TV drama that followed two FBI agents on a quest to uncover a vast government conspiracy. A defining cultural phenomenon during its run from 1993 to 2002, the show captured a mood of growing distrust in America.
What constitutes a good repair shop? For some, it's strictly the dealership when their 4-wheeled babies need pampering. Others find safety in numbers and go with an automotive repair chain like Sears.
[Manila, Philippines] Pulse Asia is pleased to share with you some findings on Presidential Performance and Trust Ratings from the August 2009 Ulat ng Bayan national survey. We request you to assist us in informing the public by disseminating this information.
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With just a piece of mail, police claim a man who works at an elderly care facility was able to con his way into a woman's home.
President Obama has spent a lot of time lately speaking on behalf of imperiled or embattled enterprises, such as Wall Street, General Motors, and his own health care plan. Another beleaguered institution could use his help: the United States Congress.
Obama's methods for policy formation make me very impatient. However, if he succeeds and his policies bring health to our country I will look back on these last eight months and better appreciate his methods.