SHARE PRICES END FIRMER, CI UP THREE PCT - 2 (Bernama via Yahoo! Malaysia News)
Dealers said tension between Israel and Palestine has resulted in higher crude oil prices, which have also caused crude palm oil prices to shoot up.

Commercial real estate (BizJournals)
Two years ago, the biggest problem for the commercial real estate industry was the construction cost for new buildings. For 2009, the problem might be no new buildings.

Investors in UK commercial property will lose as much as 20% this year, according to the pricing of property ... (eFinancial News)
Investors in UK commercial property will lose as much as 20% this year, according to the pricing of property derivatives, suggesting that a recovery for the asset class is much further off than expected.

Grubb & Ellis Predicts a Challenging 2009 for Commercial Real Estate as Economy Weathers Recession (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Grubb & Ellis Company , a leading real estate services and investment firm, today released its 2009 Global Real Estate Forecast, which indicates that 2009 will be a challenging year for commercial real estate with the economy starting the year 13 months into what may become the longest recession since the 1930s.

U.S. commercial property in a downward spiral (International Herald Tribune)
With job cuts rampant and businesses retrenching, more empty office space is expected from New York to Chicago to Los Angeles in the coming year.

Dick Hogan - Commercial Property (The News-Press)
- Larry and Lorinda Close purchased a 1,584-square-foot commercial building on 0.62 acre at 19059 S. Tamiami Trail, Fort Myers, for $410,000. Michael Frye, CCIM, and Steve Spinosa of the Frye Commercial Group at RE/MAX Realty Group Commercial Division, negotiated the transaction.