Monthly Archives: January 2011

Eskom CEO Dames to 'Take Forward' Success of Bond Sale

Posted on by Listify Me
January 21, 2011, 3:21 AM EST By Carli Lourens (Updates U.S. treasuries in sixth paragraph, rand in last.) Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Eskom Holdings Ltd. is encouraged by the demand for its $1.75 billion bond sale, the first dollar- denominated notes sold by the South African power utility, and will take the success “forward” as it assesses future funding, Chief Executive Officer Brian Dames said. Demand for the bonds offered by the company, Africa’s Read more [...]

Ghost River Crossing sells for $4.2M

Posted on by Listify Me
The historic Ghost River Crossing, a well-known executive retreat and training centre near Cochrane, has been sold, the Herald has learned. Larry Shelley, president and chief executive of Coril Holdings Ltd., confirmed the company has bought the property. Chairman of Coril is prominent Calgary businessman Ron Mannix. The company also owns the Hyatt Regency hotel in downtown Calgary. "Ghost River is a very special place and has been operated as an executive retreat for a number of years. Our Read more [...]

TV show creator’s former home for sale

Posted on by Listify Me
Listed for sale in Dana Point's Lantern Village is a home for sale that was originally built by the creator of the 1980s television show "The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin," according to listing agent Samantha Gorrell of ZipRealty. The creator, Ken Forsse, initially invented the animatronic, talking teddy bear Teddy Ruxpin and later the TV show involving the bear. He also first built the home for sale at 34341 Amber Lantern Street. Read more [...]

TV show creator's former home for sale

Posted on by Listify Me
Listed for sale in Dana Point's Lantern Village is a home for sale that was originally built by the creator of the 1980s television show "The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin," according to listing agent Samantha Gorrell of ZipRealty. The creator, Ken Forsse, initially invented the animatronic, talking teddy bear Teddy Ruxpin and later the TV show involving the bear. He also first built the home for sale at 34341 Amber Lantern Street. Gorrell says the home is "known Read more [...]

China’s Shouguang, Deripaska’s EuroSib move to list in HK-IFR

Posted on by Listify Me
HONG KONG | Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:03pm EST HONG KONG Jan 21 (Reuters) - China Shouguang Agricultural Product Logistic Park plans to apply to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in mid-February for a share listing, according to IFR. In another listing, Oleg Deripaska-owned EuroSibEnergo, a leading Russian hydropower utility, is bringing back its $1-1.5 billion postponed Hong Kong IPO to the market, IFR said. The company, an agricultural products market operator, Read more [...]

China's Shouguang, Deripaska's EuroSib move to list in HK-IFR

Posted on by Listify Me
HONG KONG | Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:03pm EST HONG KONG Jan 21 (Reuters) - China Shouguang Agricultural Product Logistic Park plans to apply to the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong in mid-February for a share listing, according to IFR. In another listing, Oleg Deripaska-owned EuroSibEnergo, a leading Russian hydropower utility, is bringing back its $1-1.5 billion postponed Hong Kong IPO to the market, IFR said. The company, an agricultural products market operator, aims to Read more [...]

Friday Papers: Amazon acquires Lovefilm for £200m – tips, comment and bids

Posted on by Listify Me
Financial Times * Amazon has acquired Lovefilm, the web-based DVD rental service, for close to £200 million. * Northern Foods is ready to walk away from its planned merger with Greencore if interloper Ranjit Singh Boparan puts up enough cash. * General Atlantic, the US private equity group, buys 20% stake in Kaspersky Lab, the Russian antivirus software maker. * China's Bright Food has walked away from talks to buy GNC, a US retailer of nutritional products, sources said. * Abu Dhabi awards the Read more [...]

Daniels listed in new presidential poll … but not near the top – WSBT

Posted on by Listify Me
A new ABC News poll lists Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels as a Republican who could win the presidential nomination for his party. The poll  shows Daniels is lumped in with several other possible candidates, many of them governors or former governors.  A the top of the list are former governors, Arkansas's Mike Huckabee, Massachusetts's Mitt Romney and Alaska's Sarah Palin.  All three have roughly 20 percent support indicating the race for the Republican Read more [...]

‘Best to work for’ list has 3 SA places

Posted on by Listify Me
Three San Antonio-based companies are ranked among the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in 2011 in the Feb. 7 issue of Fortune magazine, which will hit the newsstands Monday and appeared online Thursday.USAA is the top San Antonio-based company on the list at No. 17. NuStar Energy L.P. is No. 30, and Rackspace Hosting landed at No. 92.While San Antonio can claim to be the headquarters home for three companies on the list, entire states came up empty. They include Arizona, Indiana, Maine, Read more [...]

‘Best to work for' list has 3 SA places

Posted on by Listify Me
Three San Antonio-based companies are ranked among the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in 2011 in the Feb. 7 issue of Fortune magazine, which will hit the newsstands Monday and appeared online Thursday.USAA is the top San Antonio-based company on the list at No. 17. NuStar Energy L.P. is No. 30, and Rackspace Hosting landed at No. 92.While San Antonio can claim to be the headquarters home for three companies on the list, entire states came up empty. They include Arizona, Indiana, Maine, Read more [...]