$4 million could buy you 8 acres

The following update on local real estate information is based on Multiple Listing Service data as of Monday. Placentia inventory remains stable. More than a third of the active inventory is priced at $500,000 and higher. There was a slight increase in Yorba Linda inventory. Some 70 percent of the 16 new escrows last week had a list price of Read more [...]

TAB 50th Birthday Stakes Nominations 2011

Nominations are out for the TAB 50th Birthday Stakes, one of four listed events to be held at Flemington this Saturday on Australian Guineas Day. The race will be run over 1400m and worth $125,000, there are 16 runners plus four emergencies. Bart Cummings has had a fairly quiet Autumn season by his standards but that could change as he trains one of the biggest nominations in the field. Roman Emperor has been nominated for the Listed TAB 50th Birthday Stakes at FlemingtonRoman Emperor has Read more [...]

Alan Didak No.1 on list of AFL’s best South Australian players

Alan Didak is the best South Australian player in the AFL according to Jesper Fjeldstad.  Picture: Michael Klein Source: Herald Sun COMPILING a list of the "best" is always open to fierce debate - just ask colleague Mike Sheahan when he announces his top 50 AFL players twice a year. Adelaide Sunday Mail chief football reporter Jesper Fjeldstad is the latest to Read more [...]

Building housing historic NYC eatery is for sale

Associated Press NEW YORK — The owners of an Italian grocery and restaurant in business for more than 100 years have put their five-story building up for sale, but they insist that doesn't mean the eatery, where a researcher found the first U.S. reference to hero-style sandwiches, is going anywhere. The Manhattan structure that houses Manganaro's Grosseria Italiana and seven apartments has an asking price of $5.3 million. It was listed a few weeks ago, real estate Read more [...]

Managing redundancy: The human touch

People don't fear redundancy - they fear what redundancy means for them: loss of income, and its impact on them, their confidence and their families. Consider this "bigger picture" and look at ways of offering support to those who are leaving as well as those staying behind. In the local area there are a lot of resources and support available - a number of them free of charge:   The Responding to Redundancies scheme (R2R) offers sponsored careers advice and training to at risk employees Read more [...]