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May 9, 2008
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Loans

Drooling Vultures Circle Leveraged Loan Market: Mark Gilbert

By: Bloomberg News

Whenever carnage engulfs the global financial markets, the vultures circle the carrion. The next crop of offal may prove particularly toothsome for distressed-debt buyers, provided the scavengers ever get to land.



Banking

Citigroup Leads Wall Street Drive to Hurt Taxpayers

By: Bloomberg News

Taxpayers from Massachusetts to California are paying Wall Street banks to end derivative contracts gone bad as they exit the collapsing auction-rate bond market, with penalties in some cases topping $10 million and compounding the pain of rising borrowing costs.



Commerce Department
Trade

U.S. March Trade Deficit Narrowed More Than Forecast

By: Bloomberg News

The U.S. trade deficit narrowed more than forecast in March as imports dropped by the most in more than six years, reflecting the economic slowdown.



President George W. Bush
Economy

Tax Rebates Won’t Spark U.S. Economy, Survey Shows

By: Bloomberg News

The Bush administration’s tax rebates won’t prevent the U.S. economy from stagnating in the second quarter as soaring food and fuel bills hurt consumers, a Bloomberg News survey showed.



1401 Brickell
Real Estate

Banco Santander pays record for 1401 Brickell

By: Eric Kalis

The real estate arm of Spanish bank Banco Santander Central Hispano paid $114 million for the Brickell tower the bank currently anchors, setting a new South Florida office building record for price per square foot.



4701 Johnson Road
On Real Estate

Deal of the day

By: Eric Kalis

Coconut Creek building purchased

Miami-Dade parking lot dealt

Tamarac warehouse part of $515,000 deal



2615 Alhambra Circle
Tropical Transfers

A closer look

By: Vala Issa

Soccer player, model buy Gables home

Lighthouse Point property sells for $1.85 million

North Palm Beach home sells for less than in 2005



The Legislature

Condo rules get largest overhaul since 1991

By: Terry Sheridan

One tool of the new law, which becomes effective Oct. 1, makes emergency powers available to association boards following hurricanes.



The Legislature: Real Estate

Lawmakers end the session with little to show

By: Terry Sheridan

Florida’s 2008 legislative session will likely be remembered for a single issue: the budget.



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