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Analysts at Keefe Bruyette initiate coverage of Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE: WRI) with a “market perform” rating. The target price for WRI is set to $26. WRI shares fell 0.54% to close at $23.85 yesterday. More Analyst Ratings here

The rebels in Libya are in the middle of a life or death civil war and Moammar Gadhafi is still in power and yet somehow the Libyan rebels have had enough time to establish a new Central Bank of Libya and form a new national oil company.  Perhaps when this conflict is over those...

Brian Sozzi of Wall Street Strategies is out with a research note on the mall owners, and their response to online retailers. Is now a good time to buy shares? Sozzi writes that mall owners like Simon Property (NYSE: SPG) and Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) are ramping up investment in the malls...

Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (NYSE: EGPT) fell 8.11% on Wednesday, and it closed at $15.30. This was the third consecutive trading session that EGPT closed in the negative territory. VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short Term ETN (NYSE: TVIX) continued its downturn, and it closed its fifth...

FBR Capital Markets has initiated coverage on Developers Diversified Realty (NYSE: DDR) with an Outperform rating and $15.50 price target.

FBR Capital Markets has initiated coverage on Regency Centers (NYSE: REG) with a Market Perform rating and $45 price target.

According to reports from WinRumors, Microsoft today officially released the first major update, dubbed “NoDo,” for Windows Phone 7 to unbranded handsets. The company will be gradually releasing the update to all WP7 smartphone users over the next few weeks. According to the first few users who...

Seattle Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGEN) today announced that it has entered into a collaboration agreement with Abbott (NYSE: ABT) under which Abbott will pay an upfront fee of $8 million for rights to utilize Seattle Genetics' antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) technology with antibodies to a single...

Goldman Sachs is out with its report today on Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG), maintaining Buy. In a note to clients, Goldman Sachs writes, "We expect the shares to trade modestly higher on the news as the announcement adds further credibility and depth to an already proven leadership team at SPG...

Sydney, Mar 17, 2011 (ABN Newswire) - Murchison Metals Limited (ASX:MMX) (PINK:MUMTF) is pleased to report an after tax profit from continuing operations of A$3.3 million for the half year ended 31 December 2010. This compares with a net loss of A$20.3 million in the corresponding period of 2009....

According to headlines from Dow Jones Newswire, Agree Realty (NYSE: ADC) said it expects more loan defaults from the Borders(NYSE: BGP) bankruptcy, and subsequent closure of stores. At last check, shares of Agree Realty were up 14 cents to $23.63, a gain of 0.6%.

Regency Centers (www.regencycenters.com) (NYSE: REG) announces the opening of three newly developed grocery-anchored centers totaling 263,000 square feet – Market at Colonnade in Raleigh, NC, Harris Crossing in Wake Forest, NC and NorthGate Village in Greeley, CO. The three properties combined...

Perth, Mar 16, 2011 (ABN Newswire) - Murchison Metals Limited (ASX:MMX) (PINK:MUMTF) is pleased to advise it has formally executed its agreement with Resource Capital Fund V L.P. (RCF V) for the US$100 million Bridge Finance Facility that was announced to the ASX on 19 November 2010. RCF V is a...

Citigroup has published a research report on Regency Centers Corporation (NYSE: REG) after the company presented at Citi's 2011 Global Property CEO conference. In the report, Citigroup writes "REG's CEO, Hap Stein, commented the company remains focused on improving their shop space leasing which...

In a report published by Citi, Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (NYSE: SKT) presented at Citi's 2011 Global Property CEO Conference. Citi said that SKT's CEO, Steve Tanger, commented that the tenant community continues to express an interest to expand in the US and Canada, providing Tanger with a...