NEW YORK CITY-Jonathan Rudes, president of Delphi Real Estate Advisors LLC and co-chair of the Real Estate Technology Forum, tells GlobeSt.com brokers here are reluctant to jump aboard initiatives that require sharing information.

LOS ANGELES-The President tells an angry governor that the feds won't limit prices energy providers can charge for power. Separately, a federal appeals court rejects an effort to force government intervention.

ORLANDO-Robert W. Miller, senior vice president, CB Richard Ellis Inc., Orlando, says deals are being done faster using the Internet but they are not closing in cyberspace. Michael Heidrich, a vice president at Realvest Partners Inc., flatly rules out Web deals.

HOUSTON-A valve manufacturer and a tire supplier have found new warehouse spots in the city. The two deals total 17,997 sf in the ongoing race for Houston's industrial space. Nutron heads to northwest Houston and Big State Tire goes to a northern suburb.