Real Estate News
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MetLife Inc., the insurer with a $493 billion investment portfolio, is boosting lending through privately negotiated transactions that provide more attractive returns than publicly traded securities.
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The British Broadcasting Corp., the world’s largest public broadcaster, received a bid of about 200 million pounds ($323 million) for its headquarters in west London, according to two people with knowledge of the sale.
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New York firefighters removed about a dozen gasoline cans and six generators from Zuccotti Park, where Occupy Wall Street protesters have camped for almost six weeks, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said.
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Consumer spending in the U.S. accelerated in September, helping the world’s largest economy skirt a recession.