Workshop presents sports tourism

   Photo by Jessica VaitisMayor Marilyn Hatley studies the projector during a presentation by Gary Loftus. The presentation on sports tourism and its economic impact in North Myrtle Beach was well received by the mayor and the rest of the city council.By Jessica VaitisThe North Myrtle Beach City Council met on Monday night to view a presentation on the potential economic impact of sports tourism in the city. The report, prepared by Gary Loftus, director of the BBT Center for Economic and Community Read more [...]

Superyacht Sceptre for Sale with Sparkman & Stephens

Superyacht Sceptre was originally designed by Sparkman Stephens, heralded as their finest design from the early 1990s. This aluminium world cruising ketch was launched in 1991 by Camper Nicholson with interior styling by revered designer, Andrew Winch. Sceptre is a high performance sailing yacht which not only looks good but is considered to be a world class yacht, featuring system upgrades, striping, bottom paint and all new topsides after her refit in 2010. On deck she features a centre social Read more [...]

Steam Thanksgiving Sale Includes Batman, Deathspank, Audiosurf

To celebrate Thanksgiving, Steam reduced the price on a few games. As of this writing (9:20 AM EST), Audiosurf, Deathspank, Defense Grid and Batman Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition are on sale for another three hours. If you’re a PC gamer and haven’t bought any of the games listed below, make sure you do! * Audiosurf -- $2.50 * Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition -- $10.20 * DeathSpank -- $10.04 * Kane Lynch 2: Dog Days -- $5 * Indie Story Read more [...]

Golf club goes in forced sale

Bear Creek Golf Club in Strathroy is one of Robert Vanier's former assets. The new owner, Santo Carino of North York, says he plans to add improvements to the venerable facility. (CHIP MARTIN, The London Free Press) Another former asset of Onco Petroleum pitchman Robert Vanier has been sold. Bear Creek Golf Club in Strathroy was sold to a North York man for $1.65 million under power of sale by mortgage holder Libro Financial. Libro held a $2-million Read more [...]

Dearest millionaire’s row for sale

THE world's most expensive row of terraced houses has gone on sale for a collective, wallet-busting price tag of around 400million. Uber-exclusive Cornwall Terrace in Regent's Park, London consists of eight double-fronted mansions each with an asking price of between 29 and 60million. But despite the sky-high price and having to pay up to 2.5million stamp duty, Cornwall Terrace is in the City of Westminster where residents pay the capital's second lowest council tax bill. Mansion Estate Read more [...]

Updated VW Eos now on sale – News

Prices start at £22,895… …and top out at £31,820 New look and new technology Volkswagen's updated and face-lifted Eos convertible is now available to order, with prices starting at £22,895.Prices are listed with VAT at 20%, although buyers ordering before the January increase should be able to get the 17.5% rate. Find out how to beat the VAT rise here.The car adopts the VW look Read more [...]

AMT unveils wish list

Improvements to the Vaudreuil-Hudson commuter train line: $677 million. A reserved bus lane for Pie IX: $312 million. Studies into the extension of thebluelineeastfromSt. Michel: $91 million. Those are among the figures -some new, some much higher than last year's -in the Agence metropolitaine de transport's three-year capital works plan, made public yesterday. The 178-page plan is a wish list published annually by the AMT, the provincial agency that operates Montreal commuter trains and coordinates Read more [...]

Mark Wahlberg Attached To Star In Black Listed Neo-Noir ‘Broken City’

Plan Is For Allen Hughes To Direct The week leading up to Thanksgiving is always a quiet one, and this week was no exception—there’s been very little news to go round. So thank the god of movie blogs for Mark Wahlberg, who seems to have caused about 75% of all news stories this week. He’s not in “The Crow!” He is in David O. Russell’s “Uncharted!” He thought “The Happening” was a giant piece of shit too! And, even on Turkey Day itself, the artist formerly known Read more [...]

De Blonay and Gibbs call for QE2 in Europe

Seasoned financials managers Guy de Blonay and Philip Gibbs believe the ‘quick fix’ that Europe needs is further rounds of quantitative easing and not increasing the size of the European financial stability facility. This they feel is the only answer for the European Central Bank, a move that they believe will be good for both the euro and the recovery of the European economy. However, De Blonay, does not believe that we will see the end to the single European currency any time soon, ‘the Read more [...]

NHF adds five new active ingredients to drug list

News NHF adds five new active ingredients to drug list Subsidies for Insulin Analogues up 300 per cent Friday, November 26, 2010 THE National Health Fund (NHF) says it has added five new Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients that treat eight of the 15 chronic illnesses on the Individual Benefits Programme . The new additions are deflazacort, lamotrigine, tramadol, zinc hyaluronate Read more [...]