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Highmark Inc. - the nonprofit Pittsburgh health insurer that tried unsuccessfully to merge with Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia - will attempt an affiliation with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware . The deal must be approved by Delaware's Department of Insurance . Highmark serves 4.7 million people in several states, including West Virginia.

Hanover Real Estate Partners sells four California properties
Greenwich-based Hanover Real Estate Partners, which owns the Hampton Inn & Suites in Mystic, said it has sold four California properties on behalf of its affiliate, Dexter Street Limited Partnership.

Fitzgerald Fantastic in 7-4 Victory Over Rawhide
Justin Fitzgerald struck out a career-high 11 and allowed just one run over six dominant innings in San Jose's 7-4 win over the Visalia Rawhide on Friday evening at Recreation Park. Fitzgerald took a no- hitter into the sixth inning while Drew Biery hit a key two-out, two- run homer in the top of the fourth as the Giants earned a split of the four-game series.

Foreclosures in state hit Latino homes hardest
A review of the damage wreaked on California communities by the housing bust shows that Latino households suffered nearly 50 percent of the foreclosures and that loan defaults are concentrated in the state's Central Valley. That area, which includes the... California - Foreclosure - Central Valley - United States - Hispanic and Latino

Hanover Real Estate Partners Announces Sale of Four California Properties
GREENWICH, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hanover Real Estate Partners, a privately held real estate investment company focused on owning, managing and operating institutional grade commercial real estate assets across the United States, announced today that it sold four California properties on behalf of its affiliate, Dexter Street Limited Partnership. The sale, which closed on August 12th, included ...

San Jose Giants Homestand Preview: August 21st - 26th
SAN JOSE, CA- The San Jose Giants return home to kick off a six-game homestand Saturday, August 21st at 6:00 PM. The weekend begins with back-to-back cultural celebrations, starting with Italian Night, presented by Sons of Sicily, on Friday and followed by Japanese Heritage Night during Saturday's contest.

Fair lending group says high-cost loans hit minorities disproportionately
More than half of foreclosures in California are on properties purchased by blacks and Latinos -- borrowers who are disproportionately more likely to receive expensive subprime loans that are harder to pay off.

Edmund H. Shea, Jr. Dies at 80; Entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist Co-Founded Shea Homes and Helped Launch Hundreds ...
Edmund H. Shea, Jr., an entrepreneur and pioneering venture capital investor who led one of the nation's top tunneling companies and co-founded Shea Homes, one of the largest homebuilders in the country, died Aug. 13 at his San Marino home.

Foreclosure activity in U.S. falls in July
Although default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions dropped 10% compared with a year earlier, the number of filings rose 4% from June. Foreclosure activity in July was down, especially in California, compared with last year, according to data released Thursday. But nationwide it was up slightly from June.

July Foreclosure Rate: Homes Lost Up 6 Percent From Last Year
What's Your Reaction? PMZ Real Estate Agent Michelle Zeiter, left, walks into a bank owned home she is showing to clients Maurice McJimsey, center, and Irene Mello in Stockton, Calif.,