Comet to raise GH¢62m from public for expansion

You Are Here: Home » General News » Comet to raise GH¢62m from public for expansion Comet Properties Limited, a real estate developer, has launched its Initial Public Offer (IPO) to raise GH¢62 million through the sale of 61.8 mil­lion shares at GH¢1.00 per share. When the offer goes through, it will be list­ed on the Ghana Stock Exchange and will become the first real estate firm to list on the Accra bourse. The company secured a provi­sional approval from the Ghana Read more [...]

Feature: Leeds’ most prolific gigging band of 2010

To see out the year 2010, we've been running a fun quiz with our Twitter and Facebook followers to guess which band or solo musician played the most gigs in Leeds during 2010.We also ran the quiz on the Leeds Music Forum.The idea was simple: we asked our friends at Leeds Gig Guide to review all Leeds listings submitted between 1st January 2010 and 31st December 2010, crunch the numbers and to produce a top 10.Only listings submitted to Leeds Gig Guide were allowed to count, so if a band, promoter Read more [...]

Raphael again listed among world’s best hotels

The historic Raphael Hotel by the Country Club Plaza has been listed as one of the 500 best hotels in the world for the second consecutive year by readers of Travel + Leisure magazine.The 126-room hotel at 325 Ward Parkway also will be joining a new Marriott marketing program called the Autograph Collection in February. The Raphael will be among a small number of independent hotels in the program, which allows it to participate in the Marriott.com reservation service, Read more [...]

More Chinese state-owned firms to be publicly listed

Update at 1355 hrs (IST) Global News / MarketsMore Chinese state-owned firms to be publicly listed BEIJING: The Shanghai municipal government will speed up the listing of state-owned enterprises to ensure greater transparency in the functioning of these entities, which together own assets worth about $191 billion. It is imperative to continue to press ahead with the work of helping qualified companies or their core businesses go public in the New Year, the head of the Organisation Department Read more [...]

Electric showing anticipated in Carrington

Electric Dreams was a first-up winner at the corresponding New Year's Day meeting last season but her Randwick performance on Saturday holds much more significance.The speedy mare is targeting a first black-type success in the Listed Carrington Stakes (1100m) and trainer Joe Pride believes it is within reach for the daughter of Redoute's Choice."It's very important for her tomorrow," Pride said."Two other Listed races she has run in (June Stakes and Sheraco Stakes) she has run into some pretty Read more [...]

New Year honours: Business as usual despite ‘big society’ call from Cameron

David Cameron asked that a majority of awards should go to those committed to serving their local communities. Photograph: Carl Court/AFP/Getty ImagesDavid Cameron has enlisted the New Year's honours for his "big society" campaign, instructing that awards should prioritise those committed to serving their local communities – though officials last night conceded that today's list contains the same proportion of local philanthropists as ever.The list includes Kathleen White, who has worked Read more [...]

Wrexham review of the year – The Leader

From fury over plans to shake-up children’s services at the Maelor to the shock resignation of Wrexham Council’s chief executive, there was plenty to keep us talking in the second half of 2010. Reporter Rebecca Cole looks back at the people and events which made the news in an eventful six months July - VANDALS targeted parked cars in a spate of catapult attacks in Gresford. In two incidents at least four vehicles were hit as ball bearings were fired from a car on Chester Road. It Read more [...]

Ryan after eighth Gilgandra Cup

Champion country hoop Greg Ryan chases his eighth win in the Gilgandra Cup aboard talented mare General's Sniper on Sunday.The Dubbo-based perennial Australian, NSW and country premiership winner teams with trainer Tracey Bartley on the four-year-old half-sister to $2.6 million earner Sniper's Bullet.Ryan began his Gilgandra Cup (1600m) spree aboard Top Sodbuster in 1995 and followed with Satin Reserve (1996), Double The Ton (1998), Northern Glow (2000), Nepelle (2001), Antonia's Music (2002) Read more [...]