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The Economy Gets a Margin Call (GoldSeek.com) As long-time readers know, my daughter Tiffani and I are interviewing millionaires for a book we will be writing called Eavesdropping on Millionaires. Company eyes investors in Cebu for agriculture land in Canada (Sun Star) A CANADIAN company is optimistic its latest property development project in Alberta, Canada will sell well in the Philippines and elsewhere due to high demand for housing in the area. Maguire Properties Extends Debt Maturity at Brea Campus in Orange County (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance) LOS ANGELES----Maguire Properties, Inc. , a Southern California-focused real estate investment trust, today announced that it has extended the maturity of its mortgage loan at Brea Campus in Orange County to May 2010. Desperate retailers start holiday sales early (Orlando Sentinel) Central Florida stores can expect to see a lot of shoppers like Luann Koerper this holiday season. Pacrim International Capital Inc. Announces Retirement of Loans (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance) PACRIM INTERNATIONAL CAPITAL INC. today announced completion of its previously announced intended retirement of various loans that had been made by Pacrim to a number of companies in which Guy Lam, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Pacrim, has an interest. Firm expects commercial bldg. development to drop in '09 (Sun Star) WITH foreign and local investors feeling the brunt of the global economic downturn, an international real estate service provider anticipates a slowdown in the construction of commercial property next year. Pepsi's Social Media Challenge (WebProNews) Recently, PepsiCo and Edelman Digital staged a small event to tap the minds of 25 social media marketing experts about how best to engage the online community. The event began with mystery packages and ended with a discussion in a special branded area of FriendFeed called the Pepsi Cooler . The results, though, seem a little flat. read more Cascadia Investments, Inc.: Letter to Shareholders (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance) Cascadia Investments, Inc. is pleased to share the following letter to its shareholders from its president and CEO, Nazir Maherali. Tom Gayner Buys CME Group Inc., NYSE Euronext, Schlumberger Ltd., Sells Valley National Bancorp, Citigroup Inc., ... (Guru Focus) Tom Gayner, CIO of Markel Corp., understands how insurance works. That's why he was said to be one of the possible successors of Warren Buffett. Tom Gayner owns 83 stocks with a total value of $1.5 billion. These are the details of the buys and sells during the third quarter. Tom Gayner buys CME Group Inc., First Industrial Realty Trust Inc., Schlumberger Ltd., NYSE Euronext, sells BP p.l.c., ... Real estate notes (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review) The new 'Y' facility in the Hill District will be named Thelma Lovette Family YMCA, after the community activist, according to the YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh, which selected P.J. Dick Inc. of West Mifflin as contractor.
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