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...according to the NAREIT. So investors are willing to pay up for REITs based on their longer-term outlooks and potential windfall in the distressed real estate market, says Bohjalian. REITs touted as likely buyers in the distressed market are Simon Property Group, Vornado Realty Trust, Boston Properties and Host Hotels & Resorts...
...resource-efficient way to move containers, large ships use some of the dirtiest fuel on the planet. Ships' bunker fuel is a thick, black sludge leftover from the refining process and has about 2,000 times the sulfur of regular diesel fuel. When bunker fuel burns, it releases a host of toxins, including sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides, that can lead to respiratory problems and acid rain. Now a better understanding of the health impact of shipping and commercial boats - combined with high oil prices and tighter general pollution restrictions - is sparking what could be the biggest revolution in industrial...
...individual state chapters within the New England Chapter rotate annually to host the Design Awards Program, and this year the New Hampshire Chapter selected 11 recipients from 271 entries...
...from the opening ceremony through the last television montage, then you'll love the heady symbolism of the torch relay, a "journey of harmony" in which a succession of runners transports a flame lit by the sun's rays from the Games' ancient birthplace to the host site - in 2010, that's Vancouver - over a series of several months...
...Host countries often construct an itinerary for the torch relay that showcases points of national pride. On its way to Mexico City in 1968, the torch retraced Christopher Columbus' path to the New World; one of its pit stops was at the Great Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacan, where it was incorporated into an Aztec fire ceremony. For the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, torchbearers donned traditional Korean clothing to celebrate the nation's heritage. Twelve years later, on the way to Sydney, an Aboriginal field -hockey star kicked off the domestic...