Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- U-Store-It Declares First Quarter 2008 Dividend
- Game slides as directors offload shares
- Public Storage Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year Ended…
- EMC Aims for Cloud 9

U-Store-It Declares First Quarter 2008 Dividend
Maketwire – Maketwire (Communiqus de presse) – Feb 27, 2008
The dividend is payable on April 22, 2008 to common shareholdersof record on April 7, 2008. About U-Store-It TrustU-Store-It Trust is a self-administered and self-managed real estateinvestment trust. The Company’s self-storage facilities are designed tooffer affordable, easily accessible and secure storage space forresidential and commercial customers. According to the Self-StorageAlmanac, U-Store-It Trust is one of the top five owners and operators ofself-storage facilities in the United States. Forward-Looking StatementsCertain statements in this release that are not historical fact mayconstitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Section 27Aof the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities ExchangeAct of 1934. Such statements are based on assumptions and expectations thatmay not be realized and are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties andother factors, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy and some ofwhich might not even be anticipated. Although we believe the expectationsreflected in these forward-looking statements are based on reasonableassumptions, future events and actual results, performance, transactions orachievements, financial and otherwise, may differ materially from theresults, performance, transactions or achievements expressed or implied bythe forward-looking statements…
Although we believe the expectationsreflected in these forward-looking statements are based on reasonableassumptions, future events and actual results, performance, transactions orachievements, financial and otherwise, may differ materially from theresults, performance, transactions or achievements expressed or implied bythe forward-looking statements. Risk, uncertainties and other factors thatmight cause such differences, some of which could be material, include butare not limited to: national and local economic, business, real estate andother market conditions; the competitive environment in which the Companyoperates; the execution of the Company’s business plan; financing risks,including the risk of over-leverage and the corresponding risk of defaulton our mortgage and other debt; increases in interest rates and operatingcosts; the Company’s ability to maintain its status as a REIT for federalincome tax purposes; acquisition and development risks; changes in realestate and zoning laws or regulations; risks related to natural disasters;potential environmental and other liabilities; material weaknesses in ourinternal financial reporting; and other factors affecting the real estateindustry generally or the self-storage industry in particular. The Companyrefers you to the documents filed by the Company from time to time with theSecurities and Exchange Commission, specifically the section titled”Business – Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K,which discuss these and other risks and factors that could cause theCompany’s actual results to differ materially from any forward-lookingstatements. Contact:U-Store-It TrustChristopher P. MarrChief Financial Officer(610) 293-5700.

Game slides as directors offload shares
Telegraph.co.uk – Feb 27, 2008
Earlier this year, Petronas, the Malaysian state oil company, snapped up Star Energy – which was the UK’s largest independent gas storage company – in a £350m deal. • Consumer debt advice group Debts. uk soared 9 to 56½p after rival Fairpoint (which used to be known as Debt Free Direct) said it was looking to consolidate in the struggling sector. Companies such as Debts.

Public Storage Reports Results for the Fourth Quarter and Year Ended…
Free with registration – Business Wire – AccessMyLibrary.com – Feb 27, 2008
| Business Wire (February, 2008). — Public Storage (NYSE:PSA) announced today operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2007. The Company also announced that it had increased its cash di.

EMC Aims for Cloud 9
Motley Fool – Feb 27, 2008
It looks like Amazon wants to be the entire platform on which others build their Web-based businesses. Lost in the clouds And the roll call doesn’t stop there. There’s the Google (Nasdaq:.