Lower Fort Garry listed among best historic sites

Lower Fort Garry was built in 1830 by the Hudson's Bay Company, about 30 kilometres north of present-day Winnipeg. (Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site of Canada)Manitoba's Lower Fort Garry has been named one of the top 10 national historic sites in the country by Canada's History magazine. Described as the oldest stone fur trading post in North America, the fort is located about 30 kilometres north of Winnipeg on the western bank of the Red River. Making the list is quite an accomplishment, Read more [...]

HTC Desire 2, HTC Flyer and LG Star Tab Listed in Inventory Leak

February 7th, 2011 by Caroline If your head is not already spinning at the thought of the Mobile World Congress 2011 next week, it’s bound to be as a result of the newest pre-MWC upcoming devices leak. Snaps leaked from an inventory system appear to show that the HTC Desire 2, Pyramid and Wildfire S handsets, and the HTC Flyer tablet, together with the LG Star Tab tablet and Optimus 3D smartphone are in the pipeline. The guys over at FoneArena have got hold of the inventory photos Read more [...]

TSX-listed corporate dividends and distributions declared Feb. 7, 2011

TORONTO - Dividends or distributions were declared or updated on the followed listed issues on the Toronto Stock Exchange on February 07, 2011. O'leary Canadian Equity Income Fnd Trans Un (TSX:OCZ.UN): $0.08. Payable Jan 14. Record Dec 31. O'leary Bric-plus Incmgrowth Fund Transfr Un (TSX:OBF.UN): $0.05. Payable Jan 14. Record Dec 31. O'leary Canadian Equity Income Fnd Trans Un (TSX:OCZ.UN): $0.08. Payable Feb 15. Record Jan 31. O'leary Read more [...]

Realtors take pulse of midvalley market

While the real estate market in the upper Roaring Fork Valley showed signs of recovery in 2010, conditions remain a little tougher downvalley, mainly because of a beefy inventory of homes on the market.The Aspen Times met recently with representatives from the three biggest realty firms in the valley to take the pulse of the Basalt, El Jebel and Carbondale areas. The roundtable featured Greg Hunter of Morris and Fyrwald, Ted Borchelt of Chaffin Light Real Estate, and Patty Brendlinger of Mason Read more [...]

Little impact on economy or listed firms

Sentiment arising from the dispute effectively landed the composite Stock Exchange of Thailand Index in negative territory for most of the day yesterday. However, buying support hit the market in the last half hour, eventually pushing the index up 0.85 points on the day to close at 985.63. Kavee Chukitkasem, head of research at Kasikorn Securities, said the border problem would affect SET sentiment a little, but it would Read more [...]

Events listed for Feb. 10

Thu, February 10, 2011 Trinity Health Auxiliary will have a Wholesale Art Fair fundraiser: 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., Trinity Hospital Skywalk.Minot Area Team Wellness is sponsoring "Walk Minot" winter walks: The next walk will be Thursday at 10 a.m. inside Dakota Square Mall in Minot. The last winter walk planned will be Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. inside the Minot State University Dome. Walkers do not need to register ahead of time and there is no fee to join. Each walk will last about an hour, will Read more [...]

Pritzkers Prep Sale of Shipping Container Unit

BY ANUPREETA DAS AND GINA CHON One of America's wealthiest clans, the Pritzker family, is continuing to shed assets with the expected sale of Triton Container International Ltd. to private equity firms Warburg Pincus LLC and Vestar Capital Partners, said people familiar with the matter. The two buyout shops are close to a deal to acquire the shipping-container leasing company owned by Chicago's Pritzker family for about $1 billion, these people said. The Pritzkers, which Read more [...]

Portugal’s BCP mulls sale of Polish unit – sources

Mon Feb 7, 2011 11:41am EST * Millennium bcp tests market for possible Polish unit sale * Bidders may include Raiffeisen, BNP Paribas, Intesa or PKO * Bank Millennium shares surge more than 9 percent (Adds details, market reaction) By Maciej Onoszko and Adrian Krajewski WARSAW, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Millennium bcp (BCP.LS), Portugal's biggest listed bank, has looked at a possible sale of its controlling stake in Poland's sixth biggest bank, Bank Millennium (BIGW.WA), Read more [...]