London Luxury-Home Prices Drop in Month for First Time Since March 2009 - Bloomberg
Luxury-home prices in central London declined in July for the first time in 16 months as the recovery persuaded more owners to sell, broker Knight Frank LLP said. Prices of properties costing at least 1

Nuance, One51, Google, Tudou, `Paul the Octopus': Intellectual Property - Bloomberg
Vlingo Corp. , whose products help mobile telephones recognize voice commands, sued rival Nuance Communications Inc. alleging infringement of five U.S. patents. Vlingo, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is

What Does Luxury Mean to You? - Huffingtonpost.com
If you had all the riches in the world, what would you do with it? Would you up your lifestyle, or hoard your cash? Buy a new house, upgrade your car, or take an around-the-world vacation? Maybe you'd pay off your debts

Acacia Subsidiary Forms the Acacia Intellectual Property Fund L.P. and Receives - Bradenton Herald
Acacia Research Corporation (Nasdaq:ACTG) announced today that a wholly-owned subsidiary has become the General Partner of the newly formed Acacia Intellectual Property Fund, L.P. An institutional investment

Brangelina Purchase Luxury Home in Italy - AceShowbiz
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have expanded their property empire by investing in a multi-million dollar mansion in Italy. The Hollywood couple has reportedly added to their property portfolio by paying $40 million for a

High-end home distress: Foreclosures, short sales catching up to luxury properties - Birmingham Business Journal
The trend of short sales, foreclosures and walk-aways from distressed mortgages is moving from outlying, middle-class cities to the mansions of Paradise Valley and Scottsdale. Beth Jo Zeitzer, president of ROI Properties

Behringer Pays $66M for 392-Unit Uptown Property - Daily News Article - GlobeSt. com
1111 Post Oak Blvd. HOUSTON-Behringer Harvard Multifamily REIT I Inc. has acquired Uptown Post Oak, a 392-unit apartment community in Uptown, for $65.5 million. The purchase price was disclosed in the Dallas-based REIT

Rentxpress.com - Renting Property in Italy: New Legislation Makes it Easier - Forbes
ROME, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Italy is on the cusp of passing a revolutionary law that fixes tax rates at 20% of rental income, a far cry from the currently onerous tax that amounts to 40% of rental income