Questioning privatization drive

 Is the gov’t willing to sell equity stakes in state-controlled companies or making excuses not to do so? Athens International Airport is among the projects that lies ahead for the privatization fund, as the government intends to extend its existing leasing contract within 2011. By Dimitris Kontogiannis Greece will be unable to meet its fiscal deficit targets as long as it views the public sector in general as the economy’s sacred cow and pursues economic policies leading to the crowding Read more [...]

Mandelson’s £8m mansion: New questions over former Labour minister’s wealth …

£8m home boasts wine cellar, atrium and elegant reception rooms By Andy Whelan and Martin DelgadoLast updated at 2:59 PM on 21st August 2011 Former Labour Minister Lord Mandelson is understood to have made an offer to buy an £8 million house in one of London’s most exclusive districts.The former Business Secretary, who once admitted the Labour Government was ‘intensely relaxed about people getting filthy rich’, is planning to buy the elegant four-storey Gothic Revival property, which Read more [...]

Hynes put Seylynn Village site up for sale

THE Seylynn Village site has been put up for sale nearly two years after zoning was approved for a high-density residential and commercial development.Hynes Development, the owners of the five-acre site at Mountain Highway and Fern Street near Highway 1, had a zoning amendment approved to build a 690-unit, two-tower development on the site in October 2009.Following approval, the company said they expected to start construction in the summer of 2010, but the company never sought a development permit Read more [...]

Target listed as shopping center anchor

Target is listed as the “featured anchor” on a marketing flyer for North Macon Plaza, a 400,000-square-foot shopping center at Bass Road and Starcadia Circle, next to Interstate 75.It’s being developed by Macon-based Fickling Co. and Atlanta-based Cousins Properties.Even though a photo of a Target store is shown on the first page of the flyer and the retailer’s name and trademark bull’s-eye logo are shown on an attached shopping center site plan and aerial map, Fickling and Read more [...]

Scott-Andrew House a Key Part of Middle River’s Tobacco Farming History

Several weeks ago, we talked about how in colonial times the economy of Maryland was founded and based upon the tobacco industry. This fact is no more evident than with the Scott-Andrew house located on Luthardt Road near Carroll Island Road. In 1725, a gentleman tobacco farmer by the name of Daniel Scott received a grant on 720 acres bordering Seneca Creek to continue his tobacco farming. He called his land “Scotts Improvement.” On his land, Scott constructed a 1.5 story gambrel-roofed Read more [...]

home calendar

Open House: Camelot Villa manufactured home community is hosting an open house featuring community-owned homes, bank-owned homes and resident-listed homes. More than 20 homes for sale with two, three and four bedrooms, and features such as decks, fireplaces, carports and more. Prices range from $10,000 to more than $50,000. Low interest rates and low down payments are available for qualified buyers. The event takes place today, noon-6 p.m. Camelot Villa is at 17111 Hall Road in Macomb. For more Read more [...]

Bharati listed in CBI FIR

The CBI has included Bharathi Cement Corporation as one of the accused in the FIR filed against Mr Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy in the illegal assets case. The CBI stated that the acquisition of Bharathi Cements by a French firm raised doubts for two reasons: one, the valuation was quite abnormal and second, the management of the firm was still left to Mr Jagan though there are other major stake holders. Mr Jagan’s wife, Ms Y.S. Bharathi Reddy, is the chairperson of Bharathi Cements. It is alleged Read more [...]

Rise in home sales stirs frail hope in Louisville Realtors – Louisville Courier

<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 11-->“You would think people would be literally lined up around the bank,” said Steve Adams, a mortgage loan officer with Stock Yards Bank.But falling rates aren’t motivating buyers — only those who want to refinance their existing loans, he said.High unemployment rates leave many would-be buyers unable to take advantage of the low rates. The unemployment rate is 9.1 percent nationally and 9.5 percent in the Louisville-Southern Indiana metro area. Few Americans Read more [...]

Don King sells Manalapan properties

Don King, the American boxing promoter, has recently sold his two contiguous properties in Manalapan for $15,950,000. The two main estates, with 17,726 square feet of living area, sold for $900 per square foot. Built in 1994, the properties have nine bedrooms and 10 bathrooms. Included are marble and carpeted floors, a wet bar and fireplace. The estates sit on more than three acres and 300 feet of waterfront on the Intracoastal with gardens, courtyards, Read more [...]