Monthly Archives: May 2011

Food & Wine Events: East Bay and Beyond

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Moe's Cookbook Series -- 7:30 p.m. May 25. Bay Area pop-up chef Suzanne Drexhage will discuss her favorite cookbooks during this new discussion series, moderated by Stanislaw Sobolewski, a Moe's cookbook buyer for the last decade. The series includes guest speakers, featured books and food samplings. 2476 Telegraph Ave., Berkeley. 510-849-2087.Olson's 15th annual Cherry Festival -- 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. May 28-29. This annual festival at historic Sunnyvale cherry stand features orchard tours, cherry Read more [...]

Zotac’s Z68 mini-ITX boards listed for sale in Japan – VR

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  Finally some none AMD motherboard news in the shape of two new mini-ITX boards from Zotac with Intel's Z68 chipset. The boards haven't even been officially unveiled by the company as yet, which we would expect to happen next week at Computex, but both boards are already listed for sale in Japan. The first of the two boards is the Z68ITX-WiFi and as with most of Zotac's mini-ITX boards, there's really very little missing. In fact, we'd say that this is one of the most feature packed mini-ITX Read more [...]

Listed firms’ earnings forecast revised up

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Asia Plus Securities has raised its forecast for listed company earnings growth to 18% for 2011 following stronger-than-expected first-quarter results. The brokerage, which had previously had a 12% target for earnings per share (EPS) growth, also raised its year-end target for the Stock Exchange of Thailand by 10-15% from 1,053 points previously. CEO Kongkiat Opaswongkarn said the second quarter typically represented a lull for the Thai stock market, with trading likely to pick up again Read more [...]

Glencore recovers on first official day of trading

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Glencore’s shares recovered some ground on the first day of official – or “unconditional” – trading at the London Stock Exchange but remained below the initial public offering price of 530p.

The multibillion-dollar listing of Glencore, whose shares started trading on the grey market last week, is the largest in London and the third largest in Europe. The Switzerland-based company will start trading today for the first time in Hong Kong.

Elizabeth Taylor’s home for sale

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The pool at Elizabeth Taylor's Bel-Air home. (Credit: Mossler Properties) (CBS) Finally you can own a piece of Hollywood history while getting rid of that $8.6 million that's been burning a hole in your pocket. Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor's Bel-Air home is for sale. Pictures: Elizabeth TaylorPictures: Elizabeth Taylor's glamorous styleSpecial Section: Remembering Elizabeth Taylor Mossler Properties has listed Taylor's ranch home with "treetop views across Los Angeles." The home, which Taylor Read more [...]

Top duo set for Saval Beg clash

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Leading Ascot Gold Cup contenders Fame And Glory and Rite Of Passage are set for a mouthwatering clash in the Seamus Rosemary McGrath Memorial Saval Beg Stakes at Leopardstown on Sunday.Aidan O'Brien's multiple Group One winner Fame And Glory is stepping up from middle-distances this season and outclassed the opposition on his return to action in the Vintage Crop Stakes at Navan.The Dermot Weld-trained Rite Of Passage picked up the stayers' crown at the Royal meeting 11 months ago, but Read more [...]

GaysDays.com: A destination for everything Gay Days

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What started 21 years ago has grown into a week, May 31 – June 6, 2011, of park hopping, pool parties, shopping, and sunning. There's something for everyone. Gay Days has evolved from a one-day walk in the park to one of the top 3 GLBT vacation events in the world with over 150,000 attending. We’re proud that this year Gay Days was named one of the top 100 events in Florida, and one of the top 7 in Orange County. Attend some of the Gay Days events listed Read more [...]

Distressed homes key in Buena Park, Cypress markets

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Every two weeks, Orange County broker Steve Thomas publishes a report on the supply of local homes for sale. Here's what the latest report -- as of May 12 -- has to say about Buena Park … 182 residences listed in brokers' MLS system with 47 new deals opening in the past 30 days. By Thomas's math, this community has a "market time" (months in would take to sell all inventory at current pace of new escrows) of 3.87 months vs. 3.55 months found two weeks earlier vs. 1.62 months seen a year earlier. Read more [...]

Cornwall’s listed buildings feature in new database

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24 May 2011 Last updated at 12:19 GMT In addition to castles and stately homes, the list also includes headstones and phone boxes Cornwall has been named as a "listed building hotspot" in a national historic database. The county has more than any area in the south west. The table published by English Heritage reveals there are 12,430 protected buildings, monuments, ship wrecks, Read more [...]