Bloomberg U.S. commercial real estate prices dropped in January for the first time since 2010, a sign of weakening demand by investors after a six-year rally that pushed values to records. The Moody/RCA Commercial Property Price Index slipped 0.3 percent from December, Moody’s Investors Service said. The decline was led by office and industrial buildings, which each had a price ...

Bloomberg Two resort-style pools, with deckside cabanas. A beach volleyball court, professional-grade barbecues, and around-the-clock staff. Sounds like a good place for a college student to spend spring break—if she didn’t already live there. Purpose-built student housing such as the Stadium Centre apartments—the 710-bed complex described above, a short walk to Florida State University’s Tallahassee campus—has become increasingly upscale over ...

Bloomberg ‘Bring your mother-in-law to work’ day, ‘take your baby on your business trip’ programmes; longer paid maternity leaves and subsidized day care — companies in India, especially multinationals and tech firms, are rolling out initiatives to keep women from dropping out of the workforce when they get married or have children. As India’s government also prepares to extend mandatory ...