Thursday, May 12, 2011

Property Buyers Expand

Minneapolis, Dallas and Denver are enticing U.S. commercial-property investors as a rebound in demand spreads from prime markets along the U.S. coasts.

The cities had three of the four biggest gains in sales by dollar volume among major metropolitan areas outside the coasts in the first quarter, according to CoStar Group Inc. (CSGP), a Washington-based property-research firm. Sales rose 127 percent from a year earlier in Minneapolis, 108 percent in Dallas and 89 percent in Denver. Nationally, the increase was 47 percent.

http://www.bloomberg.com

Tuesday, May 10, 2011

McDonald’s April Sales Rise 6%

McDonald’s Corp. (MCD), the world’s biggest restaurant chain, said sales at stores open at least 13 months rose 6 percent in April as smoothies and McCafe beverages drew customers in the U.S.

Analysts projected comparable-store sales would rise 4.1 percent, according to the average of seven estimates compiled by Bloomberg News. Sales in the U.S. climbed 4 percent, the Oak Brook, Illinois-based company said today in a statement.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news