HPRT Properties closes on $175 million mortgage deal; proceeds will go toward paying down debt
HRPT Properties closes on $175 million mortgage Senior Housing Properties Trust begins offer of 4.5 million sharesNEWTON, Mass. — Senior Housing Properties Trust said Wednesday it commenced a public offering of 4.5 million shares. Ex-Bush Chief of Staff Andrew Card says he is considering running for Kennedy’s Senate seatNEWTON, Mass. — Former Bush White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card says he is “thinking very seriously” about running for the late Sen. Edward Kennedy’s vacant Senate seat. Hospitality Properties expands stock offer, and expects to gross $138M from sale of sharesNEWTON, Mass. — Hospitality Properties Trust on Tuesday increased its planned stock offering to 8 million shares at a price of $17.25 per share, implying $138 million in gross proceeds. Web site that covers Iran _ edited in Mass. _ gaining attention for reporting on Tehran unrestNEWTON, Mass. — The updates shot quickly onto the Tehran Bureau Web site as postelection chaos gripped Iran: angry street protests, random police beatings, a defiant warning from the ayatollah of more violence to come. Senior Housing Properties Trust raises quarterly dividend by a penny to 36 centsNEWTON, Mass. — Senior Housing Properties Trust said it raised its quarterly dividend by a penny to 36 cents. Helio Castroneves awarded pole for Sunday’s Iowa Corn Indy 250 after qualifying canceledNEWTON, Iowa — Helio Castroneves was awarded the pole for Sunday’s Iowa Corn Indy 250 after the qualifying session was canceled because water had seeped into the track. Hospitality Properties plans to sell 15 million shares to raise money to repay debtNEWTON, Mass. — Hospitality Properties Trust said Wednesday it plans to sell 15 million common shares to raise funds to repay debt. Iowa farmer wonders if mystery visitor was son who vanished from New York bakery 50 years agoNEWTON, Iowa — When a mysterious visitor showed up last fall at Jerry Damman’s Iowa farm, there wasn’t any reason for him to suspect it was the toddler son who long ago vanished from a stroller in front of a New York bakery. Obama visits plant that builds wind turbine towers, calls for ‘new era’ in energy explorationNEWTON, Iowa — President Barack Obama, standing Wednesday in the shell of a once-giant Maytag appliance factory that now houses a wind energy company, declared that a “new era of energy exploration in America” would be a crucial to leading the nation out of an economic crisis. Obama marks Earth day by calling for a ‘new era of energy exploration in America’NEWTON, Iowa — Marking Earth Day with a pitch for his energy plan, President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for a “new era of energy exploration in America” and argued that his proposal would help the economy and the environment at once. Obama talks up wind power, green jobs in Iowa, state that launched him toward White HouseNEWTON, Iowa — Marking Earth Day with a pitch for his energy plan, President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for a “new era of energy exploration in America” and argued that his proposal would help the economy and the environment at once. Obama talks up wind power in Iowa, state that launched him on the road to White HouseNEWTON, Iowa — Marking Earth Day with a pitch for his energy plan, President Barack Obama on Wednesday called for a “new era of energy exploration in America” and argued that his proposal would help both the economy and the environment. Obama delivers Earth Day pitch for alternative energy plan in return to IowaNEWTON, Iowa — President Barack Obama delivered an Earth Day pitch for his alternative energy plan and environmentally friendly jobs Wednesday in a return to Iowa, the state that launched him on the road to the White House. |