SICILY - What 1 Euro Can Buy

"What 1 euro can buy you in Sicilian real estate" PBS NewsHour 11/26/2019

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SUMMARY:  In Sicily and across Italy, towns are on the brink of extinction.  Locals have been leaving these picturesque communities, with their antique buildings and narrow roads, in search of economic opportunity, and few babies are being born there.  Some towns are trying to lure new residents with the prospect of cheap real estate.  Special correspondent Christopher Livesay reports on what one euro can buy.

KUSHNER - American for Sale

"Kushner family's real estate dealings land foreign-investor visa back in the spotlight" PBS NewsHour 6/15/2017

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SUMMARY:  Thousands of investors apply and participate annually in the little-known EB-5 visa program, designed to stimulate the U.S. economy through job creation and capital investment by foreign investors.  Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports that recently, one real estate business in particular has put it back in the spotlight; that of the family of Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law.

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