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Briefing - ASIA REAL ESTATE - Jan 9, 2007 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News) - UAE-based Amlak Finance, the largest publicly-listed Islamic finance company in the country, has announced its foray into international maket with plans to open an office in Cairo this month. Becoming the first UAE Islamic home finance house with an international branch, the company would operate under the name of Amlak Finance & Real Estate Investments as per the Commercial Register in Egypt.

BRIEFING - ASIA REAL ESTATE - JAN 9, 2007 (Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance) - UAE-based Amlak Finance, the largest publicly-listed Islamic finance company in the country, has announced its foray into international maket with plans to open an office in Cairo this month. Becoming the first UAE Islamic home finance house with an international branch, the company would operate under the name of Amlak Finance & Real Estate Investments as per the Commercial Register in ...

Real estate developer John Testerman Jr. dies (Knoxville News Sentinel) - John Wesley Testerman Jr., a Knoxville real estate developer and outdoorsman, died Sunday of a heart attack.

Real estate analysts take a look at crystal ball for 2007 (Sun-Sentinel) - Real estate is bound to be one of the most talked-about issues again this year.

Realize Big Returns with Real Estate (Derby Daily Reporter) - (ARA) - It's a buyer's market, which is great news for real estate investors. There are profits to be made just about everywhere you turn these days.

Second Annual Boot Camp for Dentists Promises to Get to the Root of High-Return Real Estate Investment (SYS-CON Media) - Recent American Dental Association figures indicate that only 6 percent of dentists nationwide retire comfortably at age 60. To help the other 94 percent achieve their retirement goals, investment expert Jerry Jones is running a real estate boot camp Feb. 16-18 in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Sydney loves a real estate story, but beware the "hot snow load" (Crikey) - "Through the roof: rents to soar 20%", screams today's SMH headline, playing to Sydney’s unending love affair with a real estate story, but there are a couple of contradictions breeding in the bricks’n’mortar patch.

Six Real Estate Lawyers Move Out From MoFo (Law.com via Yahoo! Finance) - A group of Morrison & Foerster real estate and land use partners are headed to 100-lawyer real estate firm Cox, Castle & Nicholson. The moves echo a trend that larger law firms are increasingly seeing, of less lucrative practices falling by the wayside.

SLU offers $10,000 real estate scholarship (St. Louis Business Journal) - Saint Louis University School for Professional Studies, through partnerships, is offering a $10,000 scholarship to cover the cost of its real estate and community development minor and certificate program.

Dune Real Estate and DiNapoli Capital Partners Complete Acquisition of the Hyatt Regency San Francisco (SYS-CON Media) - Dune Capital Management and DiNapoli CapitalPartners announced that they have completed the acquisition of the 802-roomHyatt Regency San Francisco in Embarcadero Center, from SHC Embarcadero LLC('SHC'). SHC is a subsidiary of Strategic Hotel Capital, LLC, a privatecompany whose principal shareholders are affiliates of Goldman, Sachs & Co.and investors advised by Prudential Real Estate Investors.