In March 1999, New York University Salomon Center in assocIatIOn with the Department of Finance at NYU Stern held a one-day conference on the impact of real estate cycles on the real estate industry both from a domestic as well as an international perspective. The conference featured the leading research on this topic in the United States, Europe and Asia. Currendy, the real estate industry is at a critical point. New development projects around the world are being put on hold given recent developments in the international capital markets. The industry is hard hit by the decline in real...

Morphdorph is a tale of the first three years in the life of Morpheus, a dog from the breed known as Basenji. This breed comes from Central Africa and is known for its inability to bark, its penetrating stare, high degree of intelligence and especially for its ability to be sneaky and sometimes mischievous. The tale presented is the authors perspective of what his dog, Morpheus, is thinking and experiencing during his early years of life. The story begins with the birth of Morpheus, takes the reader through his adoption by his human family and then through the first years in his adopted home....

In March 1999, New York University Salomon Center in assocIatIOn with the Department of Finance at NYU Stern held a one-day conference on the impact of real estate cycles on the real estate industry both from a domestic as well as an international perspective. The conference featured the leading research on this topic in the United States, Europe and Asia. Currendy, the real estate industry is at a critical point. New development projects around the world are being put on hold given recent developments in the international capital markets. The industry is hard hit by the decline in real...