Best Business Stories for Oct 27, 2010

Real Estate
REITs posting strong earnings for the third quarter
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2527622520101026

Vornado's recent stake in J.C. Penney is very telling
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303891804575576440975185392.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

Commercial Real Estate Index Shows Promising Signs
http://www.reit.com/Articles/Commercial-Real-Estate-Index-Shows-Promising-Signs.aspx

Mortgages to Drop Below $1 Trillion to Low Since 1996
http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aFV4tBHWAxPU

CMBS and loan defaults: moving on up
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/10/27/382341/cmbs-and-loan-defaults-moving-on-up/



Economy
Scope of Fed’s QE2 comes under scrutiny
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/674df89e-e128-11df-90b7-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=rss&wpisrc=nl_wonk

Job Losses Outweigh Obama’s Successes
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/business/economy/27leonhardt.html?_r=1&wpisrc=nl_wonk

Did a Small Stimulus Doom the Democrats?
http://motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2010/10/did-small-stimulus-doom-democrats?wpisrc=nl_wonk

Why Has America’s Economic Recovery Stalled?
http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/feldstein29/English?wpisrc=nl_wonk



Banking
Banks Turn Their Reserves to Profit
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303891804575576504018521856.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

Shrinking Bank Revenue Signals Worst Decade of Growth
http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20603037&sid=aKNFRTuXhEo0



Equity Market
Insider Selling Volume at Highest Level Ever Tracked
http://www.cnbc.com/id/39850796

Brokers Flee Brokerages as Assets Show Broken Model
http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=awjr59xtWe8Q&pos=14

25th Sequential Stock Fund Outflow, $81 Billion Year To Date
http://www.zerohedge.com/article/25th-sequential-stock-fund-outflow-81-billion-year-date?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29

Nomura’s Janjuah Says Global Asset Bubble Is `Building
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/10/nomuras-janjuah-says-global-asset-bubble-is-building/

Disconnect: Main Street-Wall Street
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2010/10/disconnect-main-street-wall-street/

Credit Markets
Fed Easing to Signify End of Bull Market, Gross Says
http://noir.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aEp0zbdt2OTE&pos=6

Goldman and those 50-year bonds
http://ftalphaville.ft.com/blog/2010/10/27/384516/goldman-and-those-50-year-bonds/

Other
How to Schmooze Your Way to Business Success
http://www.bnet.com/blog/ceo/how-to-schmooze-your-way-to-business-success/5879

Finance Your New Business: Its Not as Complicated as You Think
http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/money/article/finance-your-new-business-its-not-as-complicated-as-you-think-tom-harnish

5 Ways to Rock the Show On the Road
http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/lifestyle/article/5-ways-to-rock-the-show-on-the-road-john-jantsch

3 Proven Ways to Increase Sales Without Going Broke
http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/money/article/3-proven-ways-to-increase-sales-without-going-broke-michael-periu

6 companies that prove bizarre ideas can be profitable
http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/crazy-small-business-startup-ideas-0651/1/

Landing Clients Is Hit or Miss
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303436904575570842639137342.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

Angels are making smaller investments in more mature companies
http://gigaom.com/2010/10/26/angel-funding-deals-are-up-dollars-are-down/

There Are 387 Million Ways to Fail. Do You Know How to Fail Well?
http://www.bnet.com/blog/smb/there-are-387-million-ways-to-fail-do-you-know-how-to-fail-well/2608?tag=drawer-container;load-section-river

How A-List Placement beat the downturn by increasing prices
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304510704575562600914616226.html?mod=dist_smartbrief

The philosophy of a personal-branding naysayer
http://www.inc.com/articles/2010/10/tim-ferriss-on-personal-branding.html

Big ideas from 5 big brands that "get" social media
http://mashable.com/2010/10/26/social-media-engaged-brands/

All the Consulting, (Almost) None of the Cost
http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/217463

Creating Amazingly Explosive Blog Growth
http://www.openforum.com/idea-hub/topics/managing/article/creating-amazingly-explosive-blog-growth-steve-strauss