Manhattan Office Giant on Block

May 29, 2012, 6:17 PM
Manhattan Office Giant on Block

By Eliot Brown

Values of Manhattan office buildings are about to be tested by the investment group that bought Worldwide Plaza for a discount price at the market’s nadir.

http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2012/05/29/manhattan-office-giant-on-block/

CNBC: JPMorgan Fallout 'Could Get a Lot Worse': Whitney

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JPMorgan Fallout 'Could Get a Lot Worse': Whitney
Published: Wednesday, 16 May 2012 | 4:00 PM ET
CNBC.com Senior Writer

The JPMorgan Chase trading controversy comes at an inopportune time both for the bank and the industry as a whole, which needs to rethink the way it does business, analyst Meredith Whitney told CNBC.

CNNMoney: Gas prices: Down and headed lower

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Gas prices: Down and headed lower
By Chris Isidore @CNNMoney May 10, 2012: 2:56 PM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Just in time for the start of the summer driving season, U.S. drivers are enjoying some relief at the pump, much sooner than past years.

GS Global to invest US$460 mln in Nemaha oil fields

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GS Global to invest US$460 mln in Nemaha oil fields

SEOUL, May 6 (Yonhap) -- GS Global said Sunday it has signed a contract to invest up to US$460 million in the development of oil wells in the U.S. state of Oklahoma for the coming nine years.

Singapore Jobs, S. Korea Output Reflect EU Trade Impact: Economy

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Singapore Jobs, S. Korea Output Reflect EU Trade Impact: Economy
By Shamim Adam and Eunkyung Seo - Apr 30, 2012 1:53 PM GMT+0900

Singapore’s unemployment rate unexpectedly rose and growth in South Korean industrial output slowed in March, underscoring the continued impact of Europe’s crisis on Asian economies reliant on trade.

Starwood Capital hires Peter Denton in £1bn European lending drive

Starwood Capital hires Peter Denton in £1bn European lending drive
Posted on April 26, 2012 11:45 am by James Wallace

Starwood Capital, the global private equity real estate firm, has hired BNP Paribas’ Peter Denton to spearhead a £1bn European debt fund, with flexibility to invest across the capital stack.

http://costarfinance.com/2012/04/26/starwood-capital-hires-peter-denton-in-1bn-european-lending-drive/

Bloomberg: Bernanke Takes On Krugman’s Criticism Ignoring Own Advice

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Bernanke Takes On Krugman’s Criticism Ignoring Own Advice
By Jeff Kearns and Craig Torres

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke took on Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman yesterday and called his advice to reduce unemployment by boosting inflation “reckless.”

Mississippi Lime Activity

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Mississippi Lime Activity
by Matt Menchaca on April 23rd, 2012

Earlier this week I posted an introductory blog on the Mississippi Lime play in northern Oklahoma and southern Kansas. While that blog covering some basic geology, I wanted to follow up with some operator activity and production metrics. Who are the main operators in the play and which are the best producing counties? Using Drilling Info and DI-Desktop this was a pretty quick and simple task. Here is a map showing operators drilling horizontal and directional wells into the Mississippi Limestone sequence over the past 3 years.

Bloomberg: Geithner Calls China’s Changes on Yuan Very Significant

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Geithner Calls China’s Changes on Yuan Very Significant
By Ian Katz

U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said China’s decision to widen the yuan’s trading band against the dollar reflects changes that are “very significant and very promising.”

Unconventional meets Conventional – The Mississippi Lime

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Unconventional meets Conventional – The Mississippi Lime
by Matt Menchaca on April 16th, 2012

The first thing I do when looking into a new play is get an understanding of the geology. It makes sense to me to get a grasp of what makes the play a play. The geographic area of exploration in the Mississippi Lime is north central Oklahoma and into south central Kansas.