Best of the Web 11/17: Meet the New Land Barron, Tiny Island Fav...

Courtesy StreetInsider.com News Articles  Tue, 11/17/2009 - 10:37

StreetInsider.com Best of the Web

  • The FDIC is the newest Land Barron after seizing over 150 failed bank and 5,000 houses, subdivisions, buildings, parcels and other foreclosed assets.

    For more than a year, the FDIC has been trying to sell Dresden Heights, a failed condo development.
  • The tiny island of Mauritius buys 2 metric tons of Gold from the IMF for $71.7 million as the latest example of countries diversifying away from the U.S....

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