The North American Securities Administrators Association might step up restrictions on small-time investors in real estate funds, reports The Wall Street Journal. First Solar plans a new manufacturing plant in Southeastern U.S., according to CNBC.

Madrona Venture Group, a fixture of the Seattle tech scene since the dot-com days, is opening its first office in California.

Weakening demand is shrinking an imbalance with housing supply and likely means that price growth will slow sharply over coming quarters, economists led by Jan Hatzius said in a research note on Tuesday.

China’s distressed-debt managers have been in turmoil as aggressive lending to embattled developers and unchecked expansion into other areas during the sector’s boom years has beset the $730 billion funds with heavy credit losses.