Town’s listed bridge is restored

30 May 2011 Last updated at 07:41 GMT By Steven Fairclough BBC Wales news The bridge is believed to be the source of the town itself The 15th Century bridge which gives the town of Bridgend its name is receiving a facelift. Traditional methods are being used to restore the Grade 2-listed building and its cobbles so pedestrians can keep Read more [...]

Biggest Loser: Anybody Trying to Sell a $10 Million Home in Greenwich, Conn.

"Fallingwater," "Mar-a-Lago," "Graceland": Any home grand enough to have a name, you have to figure, is going to be pricey; and "Point of View" in Greenwich, Conn., doesn't disappoint: the 6-bedroom, 20,000-square-foot mansion overlooking Long Island Sound has an atrium, a library, a gallery and an indoor pool that, with the touch of a button, converts into a ballroom. The 175-foot suspension bridge connecting Read more [...]

Memorial Day events listed

All events Monday, May 30:Memorial Day ceremonies. American Legion Post 912, Pratt Street, Rouses Point. At St. Patrick's Cemetery, Rouses Point, 9 a.m.; Maple Hill Cemetery, Route 11, 9:20 a.m.; St. Joseph's Cemetery, Coopersville, 9:40 a.m.; and Dodge Memorial Library, Rouses Point, 10 a.m. A light luncheon served at 11 a.m. at Post 912.Memorial Day Solemn Tour of Crown Point Cemeteries. 9 a.m. to noon. Crown Point. Honors military veterans.Annual Wreath-laying Ceremony. 11 a.m. Fort Ticonderoga, Read more [...]

Parkland’s price raises questions

David and Nancy Dawson were unable to sell their picturesque, 348-acre Knox County spread of pastures and woods when it was listed for $1.24 million in February 2009. They had purchased the land in 2006 for $695,989, but the couple found no one amid a depressed real-estate market willing to pay seven figures for a property, along with a house and outbuildings, that the county auditor valued at $734,740. No one except the Knox County Park District. Prompted by the district's longstanding interest Read more [...]

Vaccine Prices Listed For Driving Down Cost

For the first time, UNICEF is publicising what drug manufacturers charge it for vaccines, with the world’s biggest purchaser of life-saving immunisations hoping to set off a price war in the face of rising costs. Posting what it actually paid individual drug manufacturers for 16 vaccines purchased over the last decade Friday, UNICEF hopes the move will reduce vaccine prices, enabling it to vaccinate more children, thus saving more lives. A few Western Read more [...]

Couple gunned down

A young woman believed to be pregnant with her second child was killed along with her boyfriend after a gunman opened fire on the couple early yesterday in a courtyard at a Sheepshead Bay housing project. The bullets began flying about 5 a.m. at the Sheepshead Bay Houses on Avenue W near Nostrand Avenue, police said. Crystal Sweet, 22, was shot three times in the head and neck and pronounced dead at the scene, police said. Her boyfriend, Timothy Walter, who had a long Read more [...]

Camlin stake sale deal with Kokuyo to be announced today

In a move that will pave the way for Japan’s Kokuyo Co Ltd to become a strategic investor, Mumbai-based Camlin Ltd will announce a stake sale with it tomorrow. Kokuyo is a 100-year-old stationery, furniture and design group with a $3-billion annual turnover. Camlin already has a distribution tie-up with Kokuyo in notebooks.  Click here to visit SME Buzz    Also Read Read more [...]

Five in hospital, one arrested after crash

IRVINE – Five people are in local hospitals after the vehicle they were in collided with a pickup early Sunday, police said. Irvine Police Lt. Henry Boggs said the collision occurred at about 1:15 a.m. when the five people – in a Mercedes-Benz – collided with a Toyota pickup at the intersection of Irvine Boulevard and Culver Drive. A Read more [...]

Real Estate Report – 30/05/11

This week we continue our series looking at suburbs with the highest median prices in 2010, with a focus on two suburbs in Tasmania. We speak with Stephen Davies, Director of Urbis Heritage about buying property that may be heritage listed in the future. And in our tax tip we look at claiming managing agent’s fees.NewsAustralian construction activity picked up in the first three months of this year. The value of construction work done in the March quarter rose 0.7 per cent from the December quarter Read more [...]

Lesson behind JCY listing story

<!--GA_googleFillSlot("Business_Story_toptext");--> Vital to assess risks when investing in highly cyclical sector THINK twice before buying shares of a company that will not include the issuance of new shares but the sale of existing shares by its original shareholder(s) during the company's initial public offering (IPO) exercise. A common piece of advice parted to investors when fishing for new stock investments is if a company that is to be listed offers Read more [...]