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Phoenix Association of Realtors
We projected 2017 would be a “good, but not great year” for merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in the real estate space, and what unfolded was quite significant, including the biggest brokerage acquisition in decades, an ongoing fight for California market share and a busy stint for large regional independent firms … Inman
CRETECH
On average, a company will spend $122 attempting to find a lost document, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. It’s also estimated that 7.5% of all company documents are lost completely.Drill that math down a bit further: if your company utilizes 10,000 documents, 750 of them will most likely be lost, costing your company around $91,500. Recreating lost docs will cost the company around $100,000, if you include time and supplies.The Happy Inspector mobile app is working to turn these numbers aro…
Phoenix Association of Realtors
Technology is so much part of our daily lives that almost all of the news we consume seems to connect to technology and its uses and abuses … Inman
Reuters – Business News
RIYADH (Reuters)- Apple and Amazon are in licensing discussions with Riyadh on investing in Saudi Arabia, two sources told Reuters, part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s push to give the conservative kingdom a high-tech look. A third source confirmed that Apple was in talks with SAGIA, Saudi Arabia’s foreign investment authority. Both companies already sell products in Saudi Arabia via third parties but they and other global tech giants have yet to establish a direct presence. Amazon’s disc…
San Diego Union Tribune General News Headlines
Chula Vista's Amazon offer puts city on world map Elaine Thompson / AP A man stands on a plaza on the Amazon.com campus in downtown Seattle as construction continues on three large, glass-covered domes behind him. A man stands on a plaza on the Amazon.com campus in downtown Seattle as construction continues on three large, glass-covered domes behind him. (Elaine Thompson / AP) Jeff Ristine With 238 proposals submitted for Amazon’s second North American headquarters, it would have been no su…
BizJournal – Retailing and Restaurant News
2017 was a significant year in Silicon Valley. The region saw plenty of protests, several big openings, and lots of small moments that left a mark. I was there to capture as many of them as I could. Click through the slideshow to check out some of the best images from an eventful year. And for more from our Year in Review coverage, check out the links below: 17 photos that capture life in Silicon Valley in 2017The IPO year that wasn't: Here are the winners and losers among 2017's 15 Ba…
Realty Check with Diana Olick (CNBC)
Amazon's search for a second headquarters outside Seattle is just the beginning of tech exodus from expensive coastal cities to cheaper inland locations, Redfin CEO Glenn Kelman said Wednesday. "Silicon Valley is going to leave Silicon Valley — that's already happened," Kelman told CNBC's "Power Lunch." "The technology companies, the Wall Street companies, they're chasing the talent, [and] the talent is chasing affordable housing." Kelman, head o…
NREI – National
UrWork, which says it’s valued at more than $1 billion, is preparing a major incursion against WeWork. (Bloomberg)—The “UrWork” brand is no more. WeWork Cos.’s Chinese rival is re-naming its shared-office service “ucommune,” a re-tool that may help it side-step potential legal hassles as it pursues a global expansion. URwork (Beijing) Venture Investment Co. retains its formal name but decided to drop the moniker from all of its hundred-plus locations after WeWork called off a trademark battle a…
Realty Check with Diana Olick (CNBC)
A new website will be a "launchpad' for start-ups. WeWork launched a website called Area 51 Paradise Ranch, which according to Wired will be a 'launchpad' for start-ups. View Original Article
New York Post – Real Estate News
Amazon's HQ hunt, Diller's pier park and other winners of the 2017 Golden Bricks By Lois Weiss View author archive email the author follow on twitter Get author RSS feed Name(required) Email(required) Comment(required) December 27, 2017 | 9:51am | Updated December 27, 2017 | 10:59am Modal Trigger Shutterstock MORE FROM: Lois Weiss FAO Schwarz is teaming up with manufacturers for its comeback Architecture firm falls in love with tower it designed Trump Tower makes play for boutique comp…
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