Ventas News

Real estate investment firm Cohen & Steers believes that two heads are better than one when it comes to managing a global portfolio.

Mark Fields, president of the Americas at Ford Motor Co., said yesterday that the automaker met its goal of cutting 15 percent of its North American salaried costs by last Friday.

In April 2007, health care facilities owner Ventas had what might be called a "senior moment." In a good way.

Kindred Healthcare earned $21.7 million in the second quarter, reversing a loss of nearly $62 million from a year earlier after a huge loss on the sale of assets to Ventas.

TSX: VTR TORONTO, June 18 /CNW/ - Volta Resources Inc. is pleased to announce results from its recently completed reverse circulation drilling program on its 100% owned Kampti III permit in southernmost Burkina ...

A Morgan Keegan analyst has downgraded the shares of Ventas and four other health-care real-estate investment trusts, predicting investors will sell shares of the companies as the U.S. economy recovers. via The Courier-Journal

ResCare, a Louisville-based provider of services to the elderly and people with disabilities, said yesterday that its profits increased 18 percent during the first three months of the year, compared to the same ... via The Courier-Journal

T. Richard Riney - EVP, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel and Secretary Debra A. Cafaro - Chairman, President and CEO Richard A. Schweinhart - EVP and CFO Raymond J. Lewis - EVP and Chief Investment ... via Seeking Alpha

“If I were Greg Fischer, I wouldn't want the public to know I had been investing in the same companies I was openly criticizing either. Maybe that's why he waited so long to file his PFD.”

Latest press release from the Lunsford camp: Greg Fischer Claims Record is "An Open Book" Yet Fischer files his financial disclosure form 11 days late; reveals investments in Ventas & Kindred LOUISVILLE - In a ... via The Kentucky Democrat

“Our goal is to have an initial NI 43-101 resource calculation on the Gaoua deposits completed following the next aggressive diamond drilling campaign.”

TSX: VTR TORONTO, May 1 /CNW/ - Volta Resources Inc. is pleased to announce that the Company and Freeport-McMoRan Exploration Corporation have agreed to amend their Earn-In Agreement with respect to the Gaoua ... via Canada NewsWire

“We have important relationships here”

Louisville's Ventas Inc., the nation's second-largest health-care real estate investment trust, will start calling Chicago its corporate headquarters next month. via The Courier-Journal

A California company has asked a federal judge for permission to argue that an unfair auction allowed Louisville-based Ventas to buy a Canadian owner of assisted-living communities for $2 billion. via The Courier-Journal

A California company has asked a federal judge for permission to argue that an unfair auction allowed Louisville-based Ventas to buy a Canadian owner of assisted-living communities for $2 billion. via The Courier-Journal

Shares of Louisville-based Ventas and other health care property owners gained today as a report from real estate investment firm Grubb & Ellis Co. via The Courier-Journal

The presentation will be audio-webcast and may be accessed through the Company's website at http://www.ventasreit.com/ . Any written materials accompanying the presentation will also be available on the ... via Earth Times

“I want to make sure they have the best meatloaf and the best lemon meringue pie.”

In her more than 15 years in the seniors housing sector, Lisa Brush has gained experience at the large and small ends of the industry, with the privately owned and the publicly traded sides, and with properties ... via Commercial Property News

“Should Sunrise 's creditworthiness erode, its ability to obtain construction financing could be affected, possibly affecting the Sunrise-Ventas development pipeline, though we believe Ventas can mitigate this risk”

With the new position, Ordan joins former Mills CFO Richard Nadeau, who serves as Sunrise 's CFO. via SNL Financial

Phoebe Wood, Brown-Forman's vice chairman and chief financial officer, will retire at the end of April and be succeeded by Donald Berg, a 19-year company veteran. via The Courier-Journal

Louisville-based Ventas will replace Thornburg Mortgage in the S&P U.S. REIT Composite index after the close of trading on Monday, Standard & Poor's said. via The Courier-Journal

Ventas Inc. has appointed James "Denny" Shelton and Robert D. Reed to its board of directors. via Louisville Business First