New York investors agree to buy large Florida farming company

MIAMI: A majority interest in one of the largest private landowners in Florida, agribusiness company Alico Inc, is being sold for $138 million to a group of New York private investors.

Activist Investors Backed by Large Funds Take on Big Targets

The world’s biggest fund managers are giving shareholder activists the muscle to take on larger companies from Dell Inc. (DELL) to Microsoft Corp. (MSFT)

U.S.-based stock funds gain $11.84 billion, most since January: Lipper

(Reuters) - Investors in funds based in the United States poured $11.84 billion into stock funds in the latest week, the most since late January, as investors overcame fears of a pullback in the Federal Reserve's stimulus, data from Thomson Reuters' Lipper service showed on Thursday.

Hotel Deals Forecast to Rise in ’13 on Debt Availability

Hotel deal volume probably will rise to $32 billion globally this year as sovereign-wealth investors, mutual funds and insurance companies provide the most debt for transactions since 2007, Jones Lang LaSalle Hotels said.