Monthly Archives: April 2011

Sale of Lotos Unlikely in 2011

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Article's tools: SHARE: Facebook LinkedIn MySpace Poland is unlikely to privatize listed fuel group Lotos by the end of 2011 but, when the process gets going, a potential investor will be expected to announce a tender offer on 100% of Lotos shares yet keep the company on the WSE, deputy Treasury Minister Mikolaj Budzanowski told reporters. "I expect the investor to announce a tender offer on 100% of shares but keep the company on the stock exchange," he added. Poland Read more [...]

Europe’s listed poker websites dealt a winner

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Europe’s leading listed gambling companies reaped the benefit of Friday’s crackdown by US prosecutors on online poker, claiming that trust in those operators had been damaged beyond repair.Shares in bwin.party climbed nearly a third, closing at 170p, a rise of 39p, while 888 Holdings rose 20 per cent, Playtech by more than 7 per cent and Sportingbet by nearly 5 per cent. Read more [...]

My space: Simon Toyne, author

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Clock This is from a smart 'car boot’ sale from France where you can buy amazing family heirlooms and antiques that people clear out of their attics. This clock has a chime not unlike that of Big Ben. It’s carved wood, from the Thirties and it works Chrysler Building We went recently to New York and we could see this building from our hotel window. It’s actually a jigsaw, which took us a whole afternoon to assemble, like a flat-pack Print My wife gave this to me as a 40th Read more [...]

County to have eBay-like property sale

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TIPPECANOE COUNTY, Indi. (WLFI) - If you like shopping online, you're in luck. You'll soon be able to buy certain properties in Tippecanoe County online. The county will be setting up a Commissioner's Sale online that will sell tax certificates for properties that haven't sold in tax sales. Commissioner Tom Murtaugh said 25 to 30 properties will be listed on the county's website. He said the sale will work a lot like eBay. People make bids on a property. He said the minimum bid would be about 10 Read more [...]

Nintendo Wii listed for $170 at all major US retailers

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Well folks, it's not quite May 15 just yet, but it seems that big box retailers have already begun offering discounts on the Nintendo Wii, dropping the price from $200 to $170. It's not exactly a full-on, official price drop -- not yet, at least -- but it certainly looks like one is imminently approaching. As indicated last week by a leak at Target and corroborated by listings on the websites of GameStop, Toys 'R Us, and Best Buy, various versions of the Nintendo Wii console bundle Read more [...]

Survey shows church buildings play ‘key role’ – but urgently need maintenance

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Survey shows church buildings play 'key role' – but urgently need maintenance The results of the National Churches Trust Survey, published today, establish new and up-to-date facts about the state of the UK’s church buildings.   The survey, the most comprehensive of its kind, was open to all of the estimated 47,000 churches, chapels and meeting houses in the UK. It has found that these buildings play a key role in local life as venues for volunteering and community Read more [...]

North Iowa Today for Monday, April 18

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For other fun events, go to www.globegazette.com and click on the Entertainment link. To suggest events to be listed here, please e-mail specifics to judy.delperdang@globegazette.com. You can also post them in the online Events Calendar by following the posting prompts. • CLEAR LAKE — Waldo and the “Save the Earth Search” will be offered at 6:30 p.m. at the Clear Lake Public Library for youngsters through fifth grade. Call 641-357-0315 to register. • Read more [...]

Heritage to Fight Tullow’s Uganda Tax Claim

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BY ALEX MACDONALD LONDON—In the latest turn in a longstanding multiparty tax dispute, London-listed Heritage Oil PLC said Monday it will vigorously defend itself against a claim from Tullow Oil PLC seeking $313.45 million for alleged breach of contract in Heritage's sale of some of its Ugandan interests to Tullow. Independent upstream-exploration company Heritage Oil, and its subsidiary Heritage Oil Gas Ltd, said it received a claim filed in a U.K. court which alleges that it breached Read more [...]

SONG ENTERS OAKS PICTURE

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Aidan O'Brien took the wraps off another one of his stable stars over the weekend as Fame And Glory returned to the fray in the Listed Vintage Crop Stakes. The former Irish Derby winner got his season off to a winning start but he was made to work for victory in a race where he had plenty in hand on his rivals on official ratings. Off the track since finishing fifth in the Arc de Triomphe, Fame And Glory did have to contend with a Group 1 penalty here and it is worth remembering that he did get Read more [...]

SmartGlass International @ Kentish Town Sports Centre

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In October 2006, the London Borough of Camden’s Executive agreed £23m funding to refurbish and renovate the Kentish Town Sports Centre. Previously known as the St Pancras Public Baths, the grade II listed building located in North London was originally built in 1898 to provide the community with public baths, swimming baths and a wash house. The proposed development would create a modern sports facility consisting of two swimming pools, a learner pool, a gym, ten self-contained flats and four Read more [...]