NEW YORK CITY-<i>Distressed Assets Investor</i> is a new interactive digital publication for commercial real estate, financial and investment professionals.

NEW YORK CITY-<i>Distressed Assets Investor</i> is a new interactive digital publication for commercial real estate, financial and investment professionals.

'I don't believe we'll have a jobless recovery.'

'I don't believe we'll have a jobless recovery.'

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This map making the rounds on the Internet lately shows every McDonald's in 48 of our 50 states. The people who made it, over at Weather Sealed, figured out that the two farthest McDonald's from each other in the contiguous US are in southwest South Dakota -- a 145-mile drive from each other.

At least one major chain is taking advantage of the demise of its main competitor. Bed Bath and Beyond, helped by the demise last year of Linens 'n Things, turned in a pretty good second quarter, posting a 14% profit increase, a 3% revenue jump and a same-store sales slide of less than 1%. That's a lot...

We all know that Walmart is known for its low-priced goods. And we've heard stories as well how Sam Walton, it's billionaire founder, was famous for his thriftiness, driving around an old pickup truck. But we had no idea that the boardroom in the company's headquarters looked like a public school's teacher's...