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Trump’s signature NAFTA rewrite could actually dampen US growth, new analysis finds

President Donald Trump this month hailed his signature rewrite of North American commerce rules as the “best and most important trade deal […]

Affordable Waterfront Mixed Use Luxury Residential Community Development on Gold Coast, NJ

Projected Capital structure: $272MM ($97MM equity, $175MM debt 65% LTC at 7%) 497,000 gsf (282 residential units 330k nsf / […]

Timeless Residential Condo Tower Development Opportunity in Union Square, Manhattan

Projected Capital structure: $174MM ($69.6MM equity, $104.4MM debt 60% at 7%)   105K gsf (55 residential units 74K nsf, retail […]

New Jersey Gold Coast Mixed-Use (Shopping Mall-Office-Hotel-Senior Center) Development Project

Situated in the core of the New York metropolitan area, the Project site directly faces the Upper West Side in […]

Value-Added Hospitality Repositioning Opportunity, Midtown South, NYC

Projected Capital Structure: $39.8MM ($8MM Equity 95/5), ($24MM Pref. Equity), ($8MM Debt) 50,000gsf (115 keys) This is a private equity […]

The No. 1 job in America with ‘NO experience necessary’ pays $100,000 a year — and it’s not in Silicon Valley

Can you have a job with high satisfaction that also pays six figures? What about first-time job hunters? The answer […]

The Natural Gas Nation Every Exporter Is Targeting

Germany’s economy is the biggest and most dynamic in Europe and its gas demand makes it Gazprom’s largest customer in […]

The Water Wars that Defined the American West Are Heading East

CAMILLA, Ga.—Water stress, a hallmark of the American West, is spreading east. The shift is evident on Casey Cox’s family […]

Trump Has Already Lost His Pricey China Trade War, Paul Krugman Warns

Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman warned Sunday that President Donald Trump is handing China what it wants as the nations a trade war that has cost Americans billions […]

Wall Street doubles down on China while corporate America now moves the other way

The trade war has caused corporate America to rethink its long-term commitment to doing business in China: Some 40% of […]