AIG in talks to buy Tokyo property for $3.5bln

A successful deal would be the world's largest property transaction since 1995, data firm Dealogic said, according to data it has compiled since that year. Itwould also underscore the improved outlook for the Japanese property marketafter more than a decade of falling prices

Regus "remains one of the most shorted stocks in the market." Sees little basis for this shorting on fundamentals. Notes takeover speculation returns from time to time, but believes the fundamentals alone are good enough to rerate the stock.

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