Monthly Archives: March 2011

Downtown’s Clark and Barlow store up for sale

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BLOOMINGTON -- The Clark and Barlow hardware store, a downtown fixture for more than 40 years, is for sale but remains open following the death of its longtime owner last year. Clark and Barlow and its 111-year-old building at 503 N. East St. went up for sale last month. The five-story brick building is listed with Peoria-based Maloof Commercial at $450,000; the business and inventory are also for sale. Joseph J. Sullivan, who also owned the Clark and Barlow Read more [...]

What if it hit Auckland?

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PAT BOOTH MATTHEW GRAY Question: What are the early lessons from Christchurch that we must now take into account urgently? "Tell Auckland to plan for the worst." The advice came from Takeo Ohara who lived through the terrible 1995 Kobe quake and, as executive director of his city's research institute for regional planning, oversaw the recovery. There are differences in scale – Kobe lost Read more [...]

Make a night out of International Women’s Day

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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY isn’t over yet. If you want to celebrate it this evening, you might check out any of the events listed below. Most are free and those that have an admission fee generally donate it to a good cause. Note: This is just a selection of events taking place this evening. If we have missed out any, please feel free to add them into the comment section underneath. Happy IWD! The National Women’s Council of Read more [...]

DC Mountain Lab up for sale

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DC Mountain Lab, Park City, Utah. After eight years housing professional snowboarders, hosting parties and serving as a backdrop for photo and video shoots, the DC Mountain Lab is up for sale. DC Shoes co-founder Ken Block, who bought the property in 2003, recently listed it with Sotheby's at an asking price just shy of $7 million. After deciding to sell, Block also began taking down all manmade obstacles in the terrain park, which opened in 2005, because of a scuffle with the homeowner's association. Read more [...]

Rightmove looking to list broadband speeds at properties

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Property website Rightmove is reportedly planning to publish the broadband speeds available at the one million homes listed on its website.According to a report in the Daily Telegraph, the online company will put the information on broadband speeds alongside other standard information, such as whether a house has a garage and its number of bedrooms.A source close to Rightmove said broadband access is becoming one of the top priorities for home buyers."By listing broadband speed with all the other Read more [...]

Rightmove to list broadband speeds of homes

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Rightmove are to add the estimated broadband speeds of the 1 million homes that it has listed on it’s website. According to a story that was run by The Telegraph newspaper they have learnt that Rightmove and BT are teaming up so that the estimated broadband speed of a home is listed down against the basic stats of a house, such as the number of bedrooms, garden or  garage. Along with the estimated broadband speed to be listed on Rightmove they will also be listing if the property is covered or Read more [...]

Yacht racing fans ‘could enjoy new social network’

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More News 08 March 2011New superyacht design revealedA new 28-metre superyacht design has been unveiled.07 March 2011Yacht racing: Barcelona World RaceYacht racing in the form of the Barcelona World Race is expected to finish this month - and one vessel is particularly noted to have the upper hand.07 March 2011Twizzle is a "remarkable" superyachtTwizzle has been described as superyacht of the week, the SuperYachtTimes.com reveals.04 March 2011Australia 'prime superyacht destination'Australia is Read more [...]

IT Insider: The listed energy plays for +$100 oil

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One of the side-effects of the unrest in North Africa is the jump we have seen in oil prices. As Libyan production and oil carried through the Suez canal are mainly destined for European markets, the impact has disproportionately affected European prices. Although we have not yet reached the levels we saw in summer 2008, Brent crude is up by about a third since the trouble started, while West Texas Intermediate is up about 10% – the two benchmarks have been diverging since the new year. Higher Read more [...]