And when I graduated, got a job at a big, fancy law firm -- nice salary, big office.

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Now the family is transforming the land surrounding the malls into high-tech office centers and fancy condominiums, the hope being that people will pay a premium to work and live near an SM mall.

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If two REITs are both run by managers who churn out great FFO growth, but one owns trailer parks and the other fancy office skyscrapers made of glass and steel, the latter will probably trade at a richer multiple.

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" The office of a Wall Street bond dealer, unlike the warrens of futures traders, had "fancy furniture.

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