Office market: Construction tracks the health of banking - FT.com

Frankfurt as a Financial Centre

June 13, 2011 4:12 pm
Office market: Construction tracks the health of banking
By Ed Hammond

The lofty canyons of Frankfurt’s financial district are once again reverberating with the rumble of heavy machinery.

Caterpillar-tracked piling rigs plunge drill heads into the soil, boring the deep holes for the concrete and steel foundations from which the city’s next generation of skyscrapers will rise.

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ed5ea1c8-955e-11e0-a648-00144feab49a.html#axzz2PXw36Vqx

CNBC: Europe Warns US to Speed Up Bank Reform

Europe Warns US to Speed Up Bank Reform
Published: Wednesday, 1 Jun 2011 | 4:41 AM ET
By: Peter Spiegel, Financial Times

The European Union’s top financial regulator has warned the Obama administration that it must speed up and toughen its new banking rules in order to prevent American banks from having unfair advantages over their European counterparts.

Tesco reviews property strategy

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d2828764-4105-11e0-bf62-00144feabdc0.html

February 25, 2011 11:06 pm
Tesco reviews property strategy
By Andrea Felsted, Senior Retail Correspondent

Philip Clarke, the incoming chief executive of Tesco, is examining the group’s property strategy in a move that some analysts believe could herald a further multibillion-pound disposal programme.

Frankfurt: Grounds for optimism in spite of upheaval

Property

Frankfurt: Grounds for optimism in spite of upheaval

By James Wilson in Frankfurt
Published: October 2 2009 16:02 | Last updated: October 2 2009 16:02

Frankfurt’s property market professionals are surprisingly optimistic about the city’s prospects in spite of the inevitable upheaval that the deep banking crisis has caused in Germany’s financial capital.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c0b8a95a-ad13-11de-9caf-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2PXw36Vqx