LONDON-The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' latest residential housing survey shows that house prices are roaring ahead. Nearly 60 per cent of its residential estate agent members reported price rises in March

SPOKANE, WA-A Hilton Hotels Corp. franchiser opens the second Hilton Garden Inn in the area. The 120-room hotel adds to the brand's collection of more than 125 such facilities across North America.

SAN DIEGO-The Shidler Group has made its second large purchase of the month, this one a biotech campus in Sorrento Mesa in a deal valued at $62.5 million.

ATLANTA-Masterfoods USA of Cleveland, TN, a division of Hackettstown, NJ-based Mars Inc., is adding a new line, Cookies And, to its brand of chocolates. No major building construction was involved in the expansion of the Tennessee plant.