Real Estate News - William L. Paul & Associates

2/10/2012 9:55 PM

Obama's budget request to Congress on Monday will forecast a deficit of $1.33 trillion in fiscal year 2012 and will include hundreds of billions of dollars of proposed infrastructure spending...Read More

China Funds Grease Rust-Belt Company

2/10/2012 10:47 PM

Nexteer Automotive, the largest remaining industrial employer in Saginaw, Mich., was on the verge of closing when two Chinese entities bought it and began investing in it...Read More

U.S. Trade Gap Widened in 2011

2/10/2012 7:01 PM

The U.S. trade deficit widened to $48.80 billion in December as rising consumer spending and restocking by U.S. businesses led imports to grow faster than exports...Read More

New Fed Call on Housing

2/10/2012 9:27 PM

Bernanke called for new policies to help the nation's weak housing market, calling it a significant factor holding back the recovery...Read More

Unrest Flares Ahead of Greek Vote

2/10/2012 9:54 PM

Simmering discontent among Greek politicians on Friday tested a deal reached just a day earlier to support austerity policies demanded by the government's international creditors...Read More

Spain Approves Key Labor Overhaul

2/10/2012 1:02 PM

Spain's government will lower the country's high dismissal cost as part of a crucial overhaul of rigid labor laws meant to lower its towering unemployment rate and spur economic growth....Read More

Renewable Firms Seek Tax-Equity Partners

2/10/2012 7:08 PM

The Obama administration is attempting to persuade U.S. corporations about the benefits of investing in renewable energy, in an effort to help the industry after a government grant program expired...Read More

Trade Data Give China Ammunition on Yuan

2/10/2012 8:32 PM

The broadest measure of China's global trade surplus fell to a several-year low in 2011, providing China with a stark counterpoint to the long-standing U.S. argument that the yuan is undervalued...Read More

Canada Trade Surplus Signals Shift

2/10/2012 11:17 AM

Canada's trade surplus with the rest of the world hit its highest level in more than three years in December, signaling that Canada's economy is shifting toward a reliance on exports to drive growth....Read More

IEA Again Cuts Oil-Demand Forecast

2/10/2012 7:27 PM

The International Energy Agency cut its 2012 oil-demand growth forecast for the second time in just a few weeks as Europe's economic outlook weakens...Read More

Wall Street Journal Videos:

China Funds Grease Rust-Belt Company

2/10/2012 10:47 PM

Nexteer Automotive, the largest remaining industrial employer in Saginaw, Mich., was on the verge of closing when two Chinese entities bought it and began investing in it...Read More

SEC Launches Inquiry Aimed at Private Equity

2/10/2012 10:05 PM

Federal regulators have launched a wide-ranging inquiry into the private-equity industry that examines how firms value their investments, among other matters....Read More

California Solar Deal Hits a Snag

2/10/2012 8:46 PM

A $1.36 billion government-backed deal for a Southern California solar farm has hit a snag and could be days from unraveling, all due to a local construction permit....Read More

Renewable Firms Seek Tax-Equity Partners

2/10/2012 7:08 PM

De Beers Warns on Diamond Demand

2/10/2012 7:12 PM

Demand for diamonds will be lower this year due to the dismal global economic climate, De Beers said. The diamond miner reported a rise in its full year 2011 earnings despite a difficult second half...Read More

Investors Rethink Rothschild Ouster

2/10/2012 7:18 PM

Indonesian investors behind London-listed mining company Bumi said they may reconsider their attempt to oust financier Nat Rothschild from the company's board...Read More

Regulators Close Two Banks

2/10/2012 7:20 PM

Regulators closed a bank in Illinois and another one in Indiana, bringing the nationwide tally of bank failures to nine for the year....Read More

Allstate Warns Agents of Tax Errors, Bonus Issues

2/10/2012 7:58 PM

Allstate warned its insurance agents Friday that it had discovered separate errors in their tax documents and the year-end reports that show data used to calculate their annual bonuses....Read More

Apple Sues Motorola in Latest Legal Spat

2/10/2012 6:06 PM

Apple sued Motorola Mobility on Friday in the latest legal maneuver involving alleged patent infringement....Read More

Insider Charges for Fund Manager

2/10/2012 8:46 PM

A California hedge-fund manager was charged with making a series of improper trades in Google and other tech companies based on inside information...Read More

Wall Street Journal Videos:

U.S. to Host Xi Jinping, China's Leader-In-Waiting

2/10/2012 6:52 PM

Remembering Journalist Jeffrey Zaslow

2/10/2012 6:14 PM

Why the World Needs America

2/10/2012 5:53 PM

2/10/2012 4:17 PM

Obama Proposes New Contraceptive Plan