Residents return to fire-stricken areas

Numerous residents in fire-stricken Arizona communities have been allowed to return to their homes in the past week. While the majority of homeowners in the area affected by the Wallow Fire returned to find their residences intact, residents in the area affected by the Monument Fire are baffled as to why some homes were unaffected when their vehicles and neighbors' houses were consumed by flames.Monument FireThe Monument Fire has burned more than 29,000 acres but was listed at being 59 percent contained Read more [...]

Bosses in line for asset sale pay rise

Bosses of partly privatised state-owned enterprises can expect a boost in pay if asset sales go ahead. The top paid SOE power company chief gets $1.3 million a year - well short of the $1.72 millon the head of the country's biggest listed energy company, Contact, got in the 2009-2010 year. If re-elected, National plans to sell 49 per cent of Meridian Energy, Mighty River Power, Genesis Energy and coal miner Solid Energy. The taxpayer stake in Air New Zealand would also be reduced from 75 per cent. The Read more [...]

Hiraizumi gets listed as Heritage site

The ancient Buddhist temples and landscape of Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture, have won approval as a World Heritage cultural site at the ongoing UNESCO meeting in Paris, government officials said Sunday. Recognition: A "kusudama" ball is opened by (from right) Shunwa Yamada, senior monk at Chusonji Temple; Myokyu Fujisato of Motsuji Temple; and officials in Hiraizumi, Iwate Prefecture, to celebrate the town's approval as a World Heritage cultural site Sunday. KYODO The decision by the U.N. Read more [...]

MFs mostly ‘yes-man’ investors in companies?

NEW DELHI: Mutual funds enjoy significant voting power in key decisions of listed firms as their major non-promoter shareholders, but mostly act as yes-men or remain indifferent when proposals are put to vote by the companies. A host of the fund houses, including leaders like ICICI Prudential and Reliance Mutual Fund, have disclosed this passive stance after being pushed by the market watchdog Sebi to make public their votes as shareholders of various Read more [...]

Investec Considers Selling Its Swiss Private Banking Business, Lender Says

Investec Plc (INVP), which owns a private banking business and money manager that operates in South Africa, Australia and the U.K., said it’s considering selling its private banking unit in Switzerland. “We’re in the process of looking at selling our Swiss private bank,” spokeswoman Ursula Nobrega said by mobile phone today. The move is “in line with the continued efforts to realign” that business, she said, declining to comment further. The Read more [...]

Title to back up in Civic Stakes

Joe Pride is looking to strike while the iron is hot with Takeover Target Stakes winner Title set to back up in Saturday's Listed Civic Stakes at Rosehill.After causing an upset in the Listed feature at Gosford on Friday with Title, Pride was unsure whether to stick to his original plan of backing the horse up in the Civic Stakes.But after monitoring how Title pulled up from his tough victory, where he sat three wide on the speed, Pride said it was all systems go."He's seems to have come through Read more [...]

Will changes benefit city?

You're probably not going to see an oversized FOR SALE sign stuck into the gridiron or hanging down from the side of the South Bend Marriott.But the College Football Hall of Fame next month will be listed for sale nationally, opening the property up to a much wider audience than it has been marketed to so far.And the Marriott Hotel property will be sold, which means a new operator in time will hang a new banner on the prominent building that Read more [...]

Drenalin entered for two states

Talented sprinter Drenalin could bypass the Glasshouse Handicap at Caloundra on Saturday in favour of a surprise trip to Sydney for the Civic Stakes at Rosehill.Trainer James Lyons will nominate Drenalin for the Listed races at both venues and will leave a decision on where the five-year-old starts until as late as possible.Lyons believes the Glasshouse Handicap (1400m) is a race best suited to horses on the way up which fits in well for Drenalin who has started only twice this campaign."I Read more [...]

House Hunt: Newly-Listed Capitola Homes Are Cheapest in Months

For months, we brought you weekend open houses in this space. For the fourth week in a row now, we've switched things up and are showing you the most recently-listed houses in the area. Let us know which you prefer. The average price in the area of these newly-listed homes is $628,145, down from $810,532 last week. The cheapest area to buy in of these new listings is Capitola, at an average price of $416,000. Meanwhile, the most expensive area is the Opal Cliffs neighborhood of Live Oak, at Read more [...]

Census finds that long-term rentals are harder to find in Clatsop County

It’s harder to find a house for long-term rental in Clatsop County than it was 10 years ago. But if you want to rent a house for a weekend, your chances are better than ever. And if purchasing a home in Clatsop County is a goal, this may be the time to peruse the real estate listings.  According to the U.S. Census Bureau, rental housing vacancies throughout the county have tightened up considerably over what they were in 2000. But seasonal home rentals Read more [...]