The lack of affordable housing is threatening school administrators’ ability to attract and hire employees. So now the University of Vermont and a number of schools across the country are tackling the housing crunch head-on with a new strategy...

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National chains that feature gas stations, like Wawa, 7-Eleven, Shell, Speedway and Cumberland Farms, are attracting a new generation of net lease investors.

The $4 billion dividend “could be a massive improper giveaway to certain shareholders,” Washington D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine said Wednesday on CNBC’s Squawk Box, in announcing that the AGs had asked Albertsons to pause the payout.