http://realfinadvice.com Business news Wed, 10 Mar 2010 10:03:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Developer: NorthSide Regeneration LLC/McEagle Properties Total projected cost: $8.1 billion Time frame: Spring 2010 through 2030 Size: 1,490 acres What will it be: A proposed mixed-use development across parts of St. Louis' downtown and near north side, with an estimated 10,000 new houses, 4.5 ... http://realfinadvice.com/northside-%e2%80%94-by-the-numbers/ The Federal Reserve, which is urging Congress to let it keep its bank supervising role, may lose oversight of smaller state banks to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., Democratic Senator Jack Reed said. “What seems to be emerging is the consolidation” of two Treasury bank agencies “with ... http://realfinadvice.com/fed-may-lose-oversight-of-small-state-banks-to-fdic-reed-says/ The number of Americans filing for initial unemployment insurance surged to just below the 500,000 level last week, and have climbed more than 12% over the past two weeks, the government said Thursday. There were 496,000 initial job claims filed in the week ended Feb. 20, up 22,000 ... http://realfinadvice.com/jobless-claims-up-12-in-past-2-weeks/ A new Illinois non-traded real investment estate trust (REIT) bought the Pleasant Hill Commons shopping center in Kissimmee for $12.4 million in cash. Inland Diversified Kissimmee LLC, a related entity to Oakbrook, Ill.-based Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust Inc., bought the 70,642-square-foot Publix-anchored shopping center from Winter Park-based MCP ... http://realfinadvice.com/pleasant-hill-commons-sells-for-124m/ American taxpayers, if you believe in stereotypes, are scurrying around this time of year, rummaging shoeboxes for receipts and other paperwork to support itemized tax-deduction claims. In reality, most taxpayers, including me, don't bother itemizing deductions, which must be reported on a tax form called "Schedule A" ... http://realfinadvice.com/tax-savings-can-be-substantial-through-standard-deduction/ The nation’s two largest hospital chains signaled today that they are actively seeking acquisitions in the year ahead. Prime targets: Nonprofit hospitals whose investments were hit hard by the sour economy. In back-to-back earnings calls with analysts, Nashville-based HCA Inc. and Franklin-based Community Health Systems Inc. both said they ... http://realfinadvice.com/chs-plans-acquisitions-hca-nabs-texas-hospital/ Google moved quickly over the weekend to try to contain mounting criticism of Buzz, its social network, apologizing to users for features widely seen as endangering privacy while announcing product changes to address those concerns. Todd Jackson, product manager for Gmail and Google Buzz, wrote in a ... http://realfinadvice.com/anger-leads-to-google-apology-over-buzz/ San Antonio area cable companies are gearing up for 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Starting Friday, Time Warner Cable and GVTC Communications will offer content from NBC Universal’s 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. The cable companies will show more than 835 hours of programming, the most ever for a Winter ... http://realfinadvice.com/time-warner-gvtc-plan-olympics-packages/ Texas Governor Rick Perry is crediting a $352,800 investment from the state with wooing a Hollywood production to the Lone Star State that ended up creating 900 jobs and attracting more than $5 million in capital investment. Perry said the HBO biopic "Temple Grandin" was shot in Texas as ... http://realfinadvice.com/perry-touts-incentive-programs-starring-role-in-bringing-film-to-texas/ Driven by growth in insurance services, outpatient medical care and physician services, operating income rose 13 percent or $130 million for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center for the six-month period ending December 31, the hospital network announced on Friday. During the same period, operating revenue rose $216 million ... http://realfinadvice.com/upmc-operating-income-revenue-rise/