Joel S. Marcus, executive chairman of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, welcomes McGrath's appointment, expecting her strong financial skills and nearly three-decade REIT sector experience to add significant value to the board and for stockholders.

Home prices fell less than expected in April from a year ago and posted a monthly gain in another sign of a strengthening real estate market, according to a closely watched gauge released Tuesday.
The Case-Shiller index for the 20 largest housing markets in the U.S. saw a 1.7% annual price decline, compared to the Dow Jones estimate for a 2.4% decrease.
On a monthly basis, a national measure showed an increase of 1.3% while the 10- a...

CNBC’s Jim Cramer told investors on Tuesday to watch out for the losers, because there’s a lot of them this year. The safest spot for your money right now is tech -- otherwise, tread carefully.
“You stray, you lose,” Cramer said. “That’s the defining feature of this market, because if you stray from a small portion of the tech complex, you’re gonna be destroyed.”
The industries seeing losses on the mark...