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Ah, August. Slow, muggy, quiet August. Time to shut down the computer, turn off the cell phone, and head to the beach with little more than sunscreen, a trashy novel, and a set of golf clubs.Or is it

Even as REITs -- especially those in the commercial and office-space market -- are expected to be the next big shoe to drop in terms of default rates as well as a topic of conversation as the Fed mee