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GPT Plans to Sell Number of Assets
Aug 29, 2008

Australia-based REIT GPT Group has been hammered lately--and not news reports indicate it may need to sell almost $8 billion of its assets to turn itself around. Total worth is pegged at $12 billion. According to Bloomberg News, the firm will be unloading property in Australia, Europe and the U.S.

 
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