Real Estate Management & Development

Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE: CUZ) announced today that James A. Fleming, the Company’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will retire on December 31, 2010. Mr. Fleming has been with Cousins since 2001. Prior to becoming EVP and CFO in May 2004, he served as Senior Vice...

At 11:57 am, the Dow gained 0.36% to 9,905.37, the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index moved up 0.57% to 1,047.22 and the NASDAQ composite index rose 0.75% to 2,151.21. The industries that are driving the market today are: Major Airlines: This industry gained 5.01% by 11:57 am. The top stock...

Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3X (ETF) (NYSE: DRN) led the gainers among the ETFs today. DRN jumped 7.84%, as Simon Property Group, Inc (NYSE: SPG) and Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) gained 3.04% and 3.17% respectively. Financials rebounded today, and so did Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X...

Bear ETFs had a successful trading session today. Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3X (ETF) (NYSE: DRV) led the gainers among the ETFs with an increase in price of 9.74%. DRV closed at $6.87, and had a volume of 7.36M shares. ProShares UltraShort Real Estate (ETF) (NYSE: SRS) is another real estate...

Information Technology (IT) and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) major, CSC Corp. (CSC) has been awarded two more task orders by the U.S. Navy worth a combined value of $56.0 million. The two task orders, with individual values of $24.0 million and $32.0 million, respectively, were awarded under...

Global management consulting and business process outsourcing company, Accenture plc’s (ACN) contract winning spree continues. The company has recently been awarded a contract by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). As per the terms of the agreement, the consulting major has received a five-year...

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Leading information technology (IT) and business process outsourcing (BPO) company Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) is taking aggressive measures to enhance its cloud computing services. The company recently introduced CloudLab, a new development and test service mechanism, operational on the...

Shares of Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) are higher on the session by 0.78%, currently trading at $77.54. The stock has been moving lower for the past eight weeks and is in a bearish-trending channel pattern. Options traders are betting on further downside in the name and are buying puts. Volume...

Shares of St. Joe Company (NYSE: JOE) have fallen in recent months as the fallout from the oil spill worsened. St. Joe is a real estate developer operating mostly in northern Florida. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods analysts Sheila McGrath and Kristin Brown said, "We believe JOE will stay in a near-...

Shares of Jones Lang Lasalle Inc. (NYSE: JLL) are lower on the session by 2.65%, currently trading $67.89. The stock drifted lower throughout May and is breaking through the 50-day moving average to the downside in today’s trade. One trader is betting that the stock will rebound, though, and is...

ProShares UltraShort Silver (ETF) (NYSE: ZSL) fell almost 9% in the first half of the trading session, while silver added 4.7%. Direxion Daily Real Estate Bear 3X (ETF) (NYSE: DRV) is also struggling today, on a strength in a real estate sector. Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) is trading 2.18%...

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods initiated coverage on Liberty Property Trust (NYSE: LRY) with a Market Perform rating. In addition to Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Market Perform rating, it has a price target of $32 on the stock. Liberty Property Trust has interests in over 78M sq/ft of commercial...

Direxion Daily Real Estate Bull 3X (ETF) (NYSE: DRN) and ProShares Ultra Real Estate (ETF) (NYSE: URE) are trading down today, along with real estate sector. Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) trades 3.8% down, and Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP) dropped 3.2% so far. Direxion Daily Financial Bull...

By 1:25 pm, the Dow had slipped 95.15 points, or 0.93%, to 10,159.53 and the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index had fallen 10.93 points, or 0.99%. The Nasdaq composite index too was down after plunging 23.97 points, or 1.05%. The industries that are helping the market keep afloat today are:...