Elpida becomes 1st Japanese listed company on Taiwan stock market

TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Major Japanese memory chip maker Elpida Memory Inc. listed its depositary receipts Friday on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, becoming the first listed Japanese company on the bourse. The company's Taiwan Depositary Receipts ended the first day of trading at NT$21.70 dollars, or around 60 yen, up 40 cents from the initial public offering price of $21.30. The receipts allow investors to own a certain number of shares in Elpida. By becoming a public company, Elpida is aiming to expand Read more [...]

Westfield and Union County, NJ Open Houses for Feb. 27, 2011

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5 Things: Build a Car, Create a Storybook

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America’s most expensive homes

Candy Spelling, widow of television giant Aaron, has listed the Manor, Los Angeles' largest, and arguably most opulent, house up for sale at US$150-million, out-pricing every other listed home in the country. Just down the street the owner of a sprawling classical style marble mansion is asking for US$125-million, making it the second most-expensive home in America. Yet another home for sale is in the triple-digit millions, a massive but secluded US$100-million Lake Tahoe ranch.You'd never know the Read more [...]

Truman State makes list of 100’best value colleges’

KIRKSVILLE, Mo. -- Truman State University was cited as one of the nation's 100 "best value colleges" for 2011 in a listing produced by The Princeton Review in cooperation with USA Today. The list included 50 public colleges and universities, including Truman State, along with 50 private colleges. The selections were based on criteria covering academics, cost of attendance and financial aid. Truman State was the only public college in Missouri making the list. Washington University in St. Louis Read more [...]

Weekend House Hunt: Minnetonka

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Events listed for Feb. 27

Sun, February 27, 2011 Soup kitchen: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Seventh-day Adventist Church, 10-17th Ave. SW.Magic City Youth Baseball will hold registration for the 2011 season: noon to 3 p.m., Minot Municipal Auditorium's Room 201. Teams will be available for youth ages 9 to 15 in the Cal Ripken and Babe Ruth divisions. Metro and Vista American Legion Team registration will also take place for players ages 17 to 19. New players must bring a copy of their birth certificate as proof of age. Read more [...]

Glazers deny United sale while strong figures revealed

The Glazer family today denied fresh rumours of plans to sell Manchester United, at the same time the football club revealed its strong merchandise sales. Discussions have never even taken place and Manchester United isn’t for sale – the owners aren’t entertaining any offers either, confirmed the publicly listed company. New results showed that revenues of £156m, up 8% when measured against a year earlier, were achieved for the six months leading up to December. Commercial sales of Read more [...]

Android Market Listed in the Android Market, Paradox Ensues

Take a minute to mosey on over to the Androidify page at the Android Market website. Peak under at the “More from Developer” heading. Notice anything strange? A link to an Android Market page for the Android Market. Alas, clicking that link brings us to a “Not Found” page. We won’t be downloading the Android Market from the Android Market anytime soon.So what gives with this strange paradox? Is the ability to install the Android Market on other platforms coming soon? Doubtful, since you’d Read more [...]

Open Houses in Arlington this Weekend

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