City commissioners approved a point of sale system for the Turkey Creek Golf Course during Monday’s meeting. Turkey Creek golf professional John Hastert informed commissioners that the system should be much more reliable for tracking fees, reports and data, as well as coordinating tournaments. The cost of the system is $10,000. Commissioners were also informed by Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Anne Hassler that Biking Across Kansas has listed McPherson as a stop on its 2011 route. Read more [...]

BY SE YOUNG LEE Over the decades, South Korea's government has repeatedly inserted itself into the financial sector. Now it is having a hard time getting out. Government officials say they are formulating a plan to sell Seoul's 57% stake in Woori Finance Holdings Co., which is valued at $5.8 billion as of Monday's closing market prices. Woori Finance Chief Executive Officer Lee Pal-seung told reporters last week that the government had other potential ways to sell the shares, including Read more [...]

Last updated at 14:16, Monday, 31 January 2011 A landmark country house in west Cumbria will be sold for a knock-down price at auction after failing to sell. Mockerkin Hall, at Mockerkin, near Cockermouth, will go under the hammer at an Auction House Cumbria sale at Carlisle Racecourse on February 24. The Grade II-listed property will carry a combined guide price of £300,000 – £200,000 for the hall, an adjoining barn and coach house and £100,000 for the former Read more [...]

(UKPA) – 1 hour ago The long-awaited sale of the Tote has moved closer to the finishing line as the Government announced the next stage of its £200m auction.John Penrose, Minister for Tourism and Heritage, said a short-list of bidders had been drawn up after receiving 18 takeover proposals for the State-owned betting group. The statement from the Department for Culture Media and Sport did not reveal the suitors, but added that another update is due in the spring.Favourites are said to include Read more [...]