Real Estate investment going up in the U.S. Say what?

By: Eran D. Grossman Yes that’s right.  With growing concern about a commercial real estate bust and home prices continuing to fall, real estate stocks are soaring.  What you say? Shares of Real Estate Investments Trusts, a/k/a REITs, are lucrative investment vehicles thus far in 2010.  The IShares Dow Jones Real Estate exchange-traded fund, which owns about seventy-five real estate

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Will the real Leeds owners please stand up?

By Charles Wanguhu In the current financial crisis the role of offshore havens have been placed in the spotlight and quite rightly so. The lack of transparency in their dealings has meant that these centres have not only been used for tax evasion, money laundering, but also as bases for special purpose entities. The role of British offshore havens has

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Mauritius: More Than Sun, Sand and Surf

Ah! The beautiful island of Mauritius……..Ah! It is January and for many in the northern hemisphere winter has fully excreted its cold, snowy and unyielding grip. This is the time when the winter blues set completely set in. It is when we daydream, drift off and wish for sunnier and warmer climes. Ah! The beautiful island of Mauritius, a green

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