Huntsman invites donors aboard announcement jet

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. will officially announce Tuesday that he's running for president -- and he's inviting donors to watch the speech and then head on a chartered plane to a rally in New Hampshire and back to New York City for a dinner. Huntsman's team sent out an invite today for the "Jon Huntsman Announcement Tour," that offers a VIP spot for donors at the big speech in Liberty State Read more [...]

Huntsman invites donors aboard announcement jet

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. will officially announce Tuesday that he's running for president -- and he's inviting donors to watch the speech and then head on a chartered plane to a rally in New Hampshire and back to New York City for a dinner. Huntsman's team sent out an invite today for the "Jon Huntsman Announcement Tour," that offers a VIP spot for donors at the big speech in Liberty State Read more [...]

City offices at 5 Broadgate for UBS will not be listed

16/06/2011 09:47:03 The culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has decided that the development of new City offices for UBS should go ahead.Despite calls from English Heritage to have 1-4 Broadgate listed, British Land is now able to forge ahead with its 5 Broadgate development.English Heritage previously said that the buildings at Broadgate Square make it "one of the most important and successful Read more [...]

Group objects to reservoir homes

16 June 2011 Last updated at 13:24 GMT The Victorian Society said the reservoir was one of Wales' largest listed structures A heritage group has joined a campaign opposing plans to build more than 300 homes in the basin of Llanishen reservoir in Cardiff. Reservoir owner Western Power Distribution has been trying for over nine years to build houses in the area. The Victorian Read more [...]

ITV bids for Rugby World Cup Final coverage

ITV has applied for consent to broadcast exclusive live coverage of the Rugby World Cup Finals Tournament 2011. The tournament will take place in September and October 2011, with coverage of the group stage beginning on 9 September and ending with the final on 23 October. In accordance with Ofcom's Code on Sports, the final of the tournament is a Group A event and all other matches are group B listed events. Ofcom's consent is needed for exclusive live coverage of these events. Ofcom has invited Read more [...]

More Homes Listed and Lingering, Data Show

By Nick Timiraos View inventory and price data by market. More homes hit the market in May but asking prices dropped, providing further evidence of a disappointing run for the spring sales season. Data from Realtor.com show that the number of homes listed for sale increased by 3.5% in May, the largest monthly increase of the year, to around 2.34 million listings. While more sellers typically list their homes for sale in the spring, inventories were down 14.3% from one year ago, Read more [...]

Aisling inquest: Manhole problem listed as ‘non-urgent’

A former employee of the Waitakere City Council has admitted to the inquest into the death of Aisling Symes that there were faults with its customer service system. The inquest has heard a call about a problem with the manhole cover near Aisling's home was made by a neighbour before she died from falling in the drain in October 2009. Former employee Martin Glover says the system used didn't allow the person who took the phone call to raise an emergency, so the manhole was listed as a non-urgent Read more [...]