North Iowa Today for Wednesday, July 20

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.  • CHARLES CITY — The Charles City Downtown Farmers Market is open 3:30 to 6 p.m. in Central Park. Read more [...]

Council puts Bath properties on the market

Buildings owned by Bath and North East Somerset Council in Long Acre on London Road have been put up for sale. The two buildings include a 1,700 sq ft Grade II Listed four-storey town house and a two-story 'shell' that has 1,485 sq ft of space. Both properties have a rear courtyard. The buildings are located less than a mile from Bath city centre and they have fallen into disrepair, so Colliers International has been appointed to look for potential buyers and leaseholders Read more [...]

Looks like a tough second quarter for listed firms

<!--GA_googleFillSlot("Business_Story_toptext");--> KUALA LUMPUR: Corporate Malaysia is not expected to show a good earnings report card for the second quarter despite Bursa Malaysia Bhd kicking off the earnings season with a good start by meeting market expectations. Analysts said the continuing trend of declining earnings over the last few quarters and a much weaker economy projected for the second quarter would work against listed companies bucking the Read more [...]

CapCo Earls Court scheme set to encompass Hammersmith & Fulham estates

Listed developer Capital Counties is to give a £15m deposit to Hammersmith Fulham council as part of a deal to include the West Kensington and Gibbs Green housing estates in its £8bn Earls Court regeneration scheme. The council last night agreed with EC Properties, a Capco subsidiary, to explore proposals to redevelop the 760 council houses in the west London suburb, despite resistance from the estates’ residents.The deal involves EC Properties paying the council a non-refundable deposit Read more [...]

It’s time to mingle with the neighbors: National Night Out

It’s time to chat up the neighbors, barbecue, relax and bolster your neighborhood’s safety in one fell swoop. National Night Out will take place form 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2, with block parties striking up in neighborhoods of West Salem, and possibly other locales throughout Polk County. The Independence NNO event was canceled last year due to staffing shortages, and it appears the city plans to forego it again this summer. In Salem, the city’s website notes: “The event is an opportunity Read more [...]

Combined net profit of listed firms down 22.6% in Q1

Consolidated revenues rose 10% to P857.78B By: Doris C. DumlaoPhilippine Daily Inquirer The combined net profit of publicly listed Philippine companies shrank 22.6 percent in the first quarter to P106.98 billion from a year ago as earnings by the industrial, holding firms and services sectors faltered. In a Philippine Stock Exchange study culled from the first quarter financial statements filed by 228 of 247 listed firms, the financial performance of corporate Philippines Read more [...]

Up for bids: Washtenaw County tax foreclosure auctions are under way

An undeveloped lot at Rivergrove Village in Ypsilanti Township.Washtenaw CountyStarting bids represent the outstanding back taxes and fees owed to the county, said Treasurer Catherine McClary. Sales funds go into a single restricted account to cover all associated expenses with the year's tax foreclosures, she said, with the goal to avoid ending up in the red. Losses at the foreclosure auction eventually affect the municipality that received advance tax payments. In 2010, when 33 properties headed Read more [...]