Commentary: Lease accounting rule would hit commercial real estate when it’s already down

By Henry H. Chamberlain WASHINGTON POST October 18, 2010 In response to Danielle Douglas’s article on Oct. 4, “Changing the equation: New accounting rules would require companies to show leases as liabilities,” the logic of altering Financial Accounting Standards No. 13, or FAS 13, when commercial real estate is feeling the full impact of a […]

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Tucson Office Market Sector Remains Consistent

By AZ Business Magazine AZNOW.BIZ October 13, 2010 Uncertain whether the market has bottomed out, buyers and tenants continue to be hesitant whether they should take advantage of attractive sale and lease opportunities. That’s the word on the street as the 3Q Tucson office market report was released today by PICOR Commercial Real Estate Services, […]

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When Is Rental Real Estate an Active Business?

By Robert Willens CFO.COM October 11, 2010 With lease accounting due to go through major changes over the next year, it is a good time to review other real estate rental issues, particularly those having to do with tax-free divestitures. In a private-letter ruling issued by the Internal Revenue Service last year, the agency delineates […]

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Solar Industry Jobs: Are we missing our chance?

By Maura O’Connor PRACTICAL COUNSEL/GLOBEST.COM October 8, 2010 China knows that it has an air pollution problem. There’s heavy dependence on coal and fossil fuels, less experience with environmental remediation, and a fast-growing industrial sector. Air quality problems were brought sharply to global attention by the 2008 Olympics in Beijing; their national and local governments […]

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Is Commercial Real Estate Recovering?

By Jeff Harding SEEKING ALPHA October 8, 2010 The recovery of the economy depends on several important factors, but the recovery of the real estate market is near the top of the list, especially commercial real estate (CRE) because most of America’s banks are loaded down with CRE debt. As a result of a massive […]

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