Shares of Equity Office rose $3.42, or nearly 8 percent, to $48.14 yesterday.

On the other hand, you take a company like Equity Office, they can't conceivably have the same kind of interest.

Equity Office has reduced its 2002 earnings estimate by 7 percent, to $3.18.

Equity Office is the nation's largest office landlord, with nearly 600 buildings across the country.

The battle for Equity Office started much earlier than any headline suggested.

Equity Office has adopted a number of strategies to try to turn itself around.

The national program now accounts for 29 percent of Equity Office's revenues, company officials said.

Equity Office owns 543 office buildings with 103.1 million square feet of space.

Under the transaction, Equity Office will go from being a publicly held company to a private one.

Equity Office owns interests in 543 buildings across the nation.