Archive for June, 2007

Cooley Expands Real Estate Practice in Northern California (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Cooley Godward Kronish LLP announced today that Manuel “Manny” Fishman has joined the Firm as a partner in its real estate practice group. He joins Cooley from the San Francisco office of Stoel Rives where he was a partner.
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First-class service credited for Discovery’s success (The Arizona Republic)

Discovery Land Co. of Scottsdale has developed 14 luxury golf communities from the Bahamas to Hawaii and sold $2.34 billion of real estate since 2001.
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New shop offers more than just African fare (The Frederick News-Post)

Although his sign says Afro Foods International, Papa Amoo’s business is so much more than that. His shop, at Eastgate Center, 1202 E. Patrick St., features not just African, but Caribbean and Latino foods.
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State warns of ‘mite’-y danger (Business Journal of Tampa Bay)

Hillsborough growers who have managed to continue their farming despite soaring real estate prices may have a new enemy - the red palm mite.
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Mite threatens state’s ornamental palm industry (BizJournals)

Growers who have managed to continue their farming despite soaring real estate prices may have a new enemy - the red palm mite.
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Caribbean Tourism Investment Fund Gathers Force (Hospitality Net)

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico | A highlight of the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Investment Conference (CHTIC) held in Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles last month, was the announcement by Peter J. Odle, President of the Caribbean Hotel Association (CHA), that CHA had engaged KPMG and Caribbean Financial Services Corporation (CFSC) as advisors to a Tourism Investment Fund […]

Hilton Hotels Inks Three Deals to Expand Overseas (SeekingAlpha via Yahoo! Finance)

Hilton Hotels Corp. has stepped up its global expansion plans by signing deals with three real estate groups to build over 55 hotels in Russia, Britain and Central America. Total construction costs are estimated at $1.7 billion; the projects are expected to be completed by the end of 2012.
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Arrests in JFK plot stun local West Indians (Orlando Sentinel)

Ten years ago, at a gathering of Caribbean government leaders and diplomats, Orlando resident Wesley Kirton met Abdul Kadir, a suspect in the now-foiled attempt to blow up terminals and fuel tanks at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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Bruno Inquiry Scrutinizes Thoroughbred Transactions (New York Times)

Federal authorities are investigating a series of transactions between the Republican leader’s horse breeding business and a major political donor.
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Hilton to boost expansion (Macon Daily)

(Pic)- A Hilton Hotels sign is displayed in this file photo. Hilton Hotels Corp. has signed deals with three real-estate groups to develop more than 55 properties in Russia, Britain and parts of Central America, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
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