Property sales on track to nearly double
Led by foreign buyers and real estate investment trusts, sales of office buildings in Manhattan hit $3.7 billion in the first three quarters of the year, compared with $1.9 billion for all of last year, according to a report released this week by Colliers

Global growth to slow says Economist Intelligence Unit; Eritrea to be 2011 growth leader
2011: country by country, just published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, predicts that growth trends in the New Year will diverge between the rich and developing world. Global growth will slow as fiscal stimulus is withdrawn and emerging markets will

VoIP phone hackers pose public safety threat
The demand stunned the hospital employee. She had picked up the emergency room’s phone line, expecting to hear a dispatcher or a doctor. But instead, an unfamiliar male greeted her by name and then threatened to paralyze the hospital’s phone

Drooping natural gas prices slow rush to ‘frack’
A series of reports by the Reuters news organization claimed that emails between executives at Chesapeake and its Canadian rival, Encana, showed the companies colluded to hold down prices on oil and gas properties. Both companies have denied any