Resource America history

Starting in 1968 he began to sell limited partnerships of the corporation and its two operating subsidiaries: Lafayette Funds and Oil & Gas Funds.

In December 1976 the SEC filed a civil complaint against Resource Exploration alleging material misstatements and omissions connected to the sale of partnerships.

After changing the name of the company to Resource America in 1989, Cohen began to display his ability to think outside the box.

He started Off Wall Street in 1990, gaining early recognition for a report critical of TCBY, whose stock plummeted by 75 percent.

1995: Fidelity Leasing is acquired.

In October 1997 Resource America filed papers regarding its proposed REIT, Resource Asset Investment Trust, indicating that it intended to limit its ownership stake to less than 10 percent.

Description Each February since 1998, poets, musicians, and tellers of tall tales descend upon Astoria, Oregon, for the Fisher Poets Gathering, a weekend filled with stories, songs, camaraderie, and reverence for the fishing way of life.

Revenues exceeded $140 million in 1999, resulting in net income of $18.4 million.

Although the company appeared to be reverting to its earlier existence as an energy company, with most of its activity in 2001 involving new drilling and the acquisition of oil and gas rights, it would not be surprising to see Cohen eventually take Resource America in an entirely new direction.

Since 2004, Resource has sponsored a range of investment vehicles, including limited partnerships, joint ventures with institutional partners, publicly traded and non-traded REITs, and interval funds.

The Emma Mærsk entered service on the Europe to Asia route in 2006.

Throughout the 2007 season, the Rock Star and the Iowa hawkeye, with four other deck hands, a lead fisherman, and a deck officer, worked 12-hour shifts in two teams.

$633 million raised through the REIT’s close on December 2013

The Emma Mærsk represents the sixth generation of containership, also called the New Panamax class, because it will be able to travel through the new Panama Canal after it opens around 2014.