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		<title><![CDATA[What's Next for Real Estate?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There?s been plenty of encouraging news about real estate lately, but that doesn?t mean we?re out of the woods yet. In fact, many economists believe that housing prices won?t really bottom out until the second half of 2010, and then will only move sideways for a while. Here's what you...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Banks Have Recognized Most Credit Losses: Goldman]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - U.S. banks have already recognized two-thirds of an estimated $2.1 trillion to $2.6 trillion in credit losses, but prime mortgage and commercial real estate would contribute more to the remaining losses, Goldman Sachs said.The brokerage raised its prime mortgage loss range to 5 percent to 6 percent and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 09:00:17 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fed's Lockhart: Need to Ensure Recovery is Durable]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ATLANTA, Georgia (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - The U.S. economic recovery is under way and policymakers should now focus on ensuring it is a durable one, a top Federal Reserve official said on Tuesday."Now that growth has resumed, the overall objective of economic policy should be to bring about a durable recovery and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:45:31 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Stuyvesant Town Woes May Pave Way For Loan Changes]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ilaina JonasNEW YORK (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - The joint venture that borrowed heavily to buy Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village in 2006 could be among the first to take advantage of changes in U.S. tax law that let borrowers seek payment relief, when it said last week that it could...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:00:42 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[RAIT Financial Trust Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions. And your first question comes from the line of David Fick of Stifel Nicolaus. Josh Barber &#8211; Stifel Nicolaus Good morning. It&#8217;s Josh Barber here with Dave. Jack, I was wondering if you can give us an idea what adjusted earnings would have looked like...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:14:08 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[CRE Prices Tick up for First Time Since '07]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[After plunging for more than a year, commercial real estate prices may be rebounding by Alain Sherter]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:14:46 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PrivateBancorp, Inc.  Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first call comes from Steven Alexopoulos &#8211; J. P. Morgan. Steven Alexopoulos &#8211; J. P. Morgan Larry, if we look at the $150 million increase in non performing assets X the share national credits, what portion of the increase is coming from the loans...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:05:17 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commercial Real Estate is the Latest Worry]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Behind all the good news about the economy, one thing is keeping bankers awake at night: commercial real estate is looming as the next asset bubble to pop. This comes just as residential real estate appears to have hit bottom and is rebounding. According to the National Association of Realtors,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 08:45:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[First Defiance Financial Q3 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions. Your first question comes from Eileen Rooney - KBW. Eileen Rooney - KBW If you could us the amount of that comp reversal that was in the compensation line. William Small It was approximately 800,000. Eileen Rooney - KBW What was the inflows into...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:08:09 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[How Big Lots Is Turning the Real Estate Bust into Its Own Boom]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bankrupt merchants have made ghost towns out of strip malls. Big Lots sees that as the best opportunity in years.    When the financial markets meltdown sent the U.S. economy into a tailspin late last year, Rob Claxton, senior vice president of marketing for discount retailer Big Lots,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commercial Real Estate Near Collapse?]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year, it was residential real estate that slammed the U.S. financial system. Now economists see another real estate collapse coming - this time in commercial property.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 06:06:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Corus Seized in Fourth-Largest Bank Failure This Year]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another big U.S. bank has gone under. The FDIC said late Friday that regulators have shut $7 billion-asset Corus Bank and that MB Financial Bank will purchased its deposits.    The company is the fourth-largest bank to close the year, trailing BankUnited ($12.8 billion in assets), Guaranty Bank...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:32:44 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Illinois Real Estate Exec Takes Minor Stake In New Republic]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ What is it with Illinois real estate magnates and their penchant for investing in money-losing publications? Michael Alter, the president of his family&#8217;s commercial real estate business has taken a 12 percent stake in liberal-leaning political mag The New Republic, Chicago Tribune reported via Romenesko. This is not Alter&#8217;s...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:17:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Our Next Financial Showdown: Commercial Real Estate]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://moneywatch.bnet.com/economic-news/blog/macro-view/our-next-financial-showdowncommercial-real-estate/957/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Updated August 19, 2009    The U.S. economy is not out of the woods, but important indicators are at least signaling the end of the freefall in the housing market. Our next worry may be commercial real estate, which has been going through the same cycle of falling...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:41:21 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[RAIT Financial Trust Q2 2009 Earnings Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-13071_23-329495.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Operator Instructions. And your first question comes from the line of David Fick of Stifel Nicolaus. Please proceed. David Fick - Stifel Nicolaus Good morning. Can you tell us what constituted the big fee jump and other income quarter-over-quarter? Scott Schaeffer Sure...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:19:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Huntington Bancshares Incorporated Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14037_23-324316.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from Matt O&#8217;Conner &#8211; Deutsche Bank. Matt O&#8217;Conner &#8211; Deutsche Bank As we look at the charge off level for the second quarter, is this the new kind of run rate to grow off from here or was...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:27:26 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[U.S. Bancorp Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-13071_23-323556.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Matthew O&#8217;Connor - Deutsche Bank. Matthew O&#8217;Connor - Deutsche Bank The past few quarters, I think you have been a little bit more explicit your charge-off guidance and this time you&#8217;re just saying will remain elevated. Any comments you want...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 11:57:13 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mercantile Bank Corporation Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14037_23-323084.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator  Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from Jon Arfstrom &#8211; RBC Capital Markets.  Jon Arfstrom &#8211; RBC Capital Markets In terms of the inflows into the non-performing category, do you have that from the previous quarter just so we can compare that? Robert Kaminski...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:02:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[M&T Bank Corporation Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14037_23-322792.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Your first questions from Steve Alexopoulos &#8211; JP Morgan. Steve Alexopoulos &#8211; JP Morgan Could you talk about what you saw on inflows and the credit size and classify for commercial real estate loans during the second quarter? Rene F. Jones ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:04:41 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Webster Financial Corporation. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://www.bnet.com/2462-14037_23-322061.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer Session Operator  Operator Instructions  Your first question comes from Mark Fitzgibbon &#8211; Sandler O&#8217;Neill & Partners, LP. Mark Fitzgibbon &#8211; Sandler O&#8217;Neill & Partners, LP Jim, you had mentioned earlier in the call that you intend to file a plan with the Treasury Department to repay...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:27:24 -0700</pubDate>
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