Equity Residential News

Its concurrent nomination in the - CHICAGO-- --Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog.

MINNEAPOLIS-- --The General Mills Board of Directors today declared a 4-cent increase in the quarterly dividend rate to $0.47 per share, payable Aug.

In addition, Zacks Equity Research provides analysis on Exxon --One of the quickest ways to gauge whether a company is creating assets or gobbling up investor's cash is to look at their Return on Equity .

Reader M.B. of Oakland, after absorbing an article on five attractive real estate investment trusts by David Landis in the July issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine, wonders if she should swap strip mall REITs by selling Kimco Realty, long on my list, for Simon Property Group, for one of Landis' picks.

Armed with a Fannie Mae loan and a ready-to-invest-in-the-current-market attitude, Post Investment group has become active once again with its buy of the 296-unit Vista del Lago from Equity Residential.

After 17 years, Tony n' Tina are heading on their honeymoon. The Route 66 Theatre Company will present the Chicago premiere of HIGH FIDELITY...THE MUSICAL, in its first major production since its Broadway run in 2006.

Fitch Ratings has assigned a 'BBB+' rating to Torchmark Corp.'s new $300 million, 10-year senior debt issuance.

NEW YORK-- --President Barack Obama will throw out the first pitch at the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 14 at Busch Stadium in St.

WHEATON, Ill.-- --First Trust/Four Corners Senior Floating Rate Income Fund today decreased its regularly scheduled monthly common share distribution to $0.0375 per share - CLAREMONT, Calif.-- --The application deadline for the 2009 Peter F. Drucker Award for Nonprofit Innovation is quickly approaching with submissions due July 1 at 3pm EDT.

Bridgescale Partners , California-based growth equity firm providing expansion capital to later-stage technology companies, is expanding its focus and operations to include the Eastern United States and Canada.

Vinnie over at Deal Architect and others are venting at the cellular telcos. The issues du jour are: - high cost of international roaming - locked SIM cards - the cost to upgrade - inability to buy unlocked phones like the iPhone - etc.

Obie and Lucille Lortel Award winner David Cromer returns to the role of Stage Manager in his critically acclaimed Off-Broadway staging of Our Town June 19 at the Barrow Street Theatre.

Cannella Response Television , a Burlington company that describes itself as the country's largest buyer of time for infomercial advertisers such as the Ab Coaster and John Alexander's Foreclosure Fortunes in 14 Days , is looking to expand through acquisition with a new infusion of capital.

A dozen former and current Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University professors have scored their first win in a suit against a developer who they claim promised to build a Cambridge condo development.

Below are BroadwayWorld.com's most popular articles from Thursday, June 11, 2009.

Photo courtesy of CBRE [enlarge] J.B. Matteson of California and Griffin Capital purchased the 344-unit Waterford at the Lakes apartment complex for $32.45 million from Equity Residential, according to CB Richard Ellis, which represented the seller.

PEMBROKE, Bermuda-- --RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. today announced the appointment of Jeffrey D. Kelly as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective July 6, 2009.

Real-estate investment firm Griffin Capital of Los Angeles purchased the 344-unit Waterford at the Lake apartment complex in Kent from Equity Residential of Chicago for $33.8 million.

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Stock hedge funds climbed an average of 7.1 percent in May, their best monthly performance in more than nine years, according to Hedge Fund Research Inc .