MYOB up for sale for $1.3 billion

Posted August 18, 2011 00:20:00 Accounting software firm MYOB is up for sale by its private equity owners and is attracting interest from British based Sage Group. (Simon Palan) Source: Lateline Business | Duration: 2min 35sec Topics: accounting, company-news, australia Transcript TICKY FULLERTON, PRESENTER: Accounting software firm MYOB is set to become the latest Australian company to fall into foreign Read more [...]

Blue Bunting: More to come

Brushing CD winner in the following Listed Galtres Stakes 12 months ago but has struggled in all three starts in Group company since and looks up against it. Crystal Capella A winner of eight of her 15 starts, including three Group Twos the latest of which came on her seasonal reappearance and was, arguably, a career best performance although there is a suspicion that the result flattered her. Drop to ten furlongs didn't suit in the Nassau where she was three and a half lengths behind Midday and Read more [...]

Marin home sales, prices, dip in July – Marin Independent

The median price and total sales of Marin single-family homes dipped slightly in July compared with the same month in 2010 while the median condominium price fell more sharply despite more condo transactions, according to new figures from the county assessor's office.Single-family home sales totaled 166 in July, down from 171 in a year earlier, and the median sale price fell from $810,000 last year to $790,000 this year."We're not plummeting by any means, that's for sure," said Justine Fairey, a Read more [...]

Snow Fairy: A class act

Brushing CD winner in the following Listed Galtres Stakes 12 months ago but has struggled in all three starts in Group company since and looks up against it. Crystal Capella A winner of eight of her 15 starts, including three Group Twos the latest of which came on her seasonal reappearance and was, arguably, a career best performance although there is a suspicion that the result flattered her. Drop to ten furlongs didn't suit in the Nassau where she was three and a half lengths behind Midday and Read more [...]

Pepper Fest set this weekend

2011 Pepper Fest button The North Hudson Pepper Festival is scheduled Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 19-21, at Pepper Fest Park in North Hudson. The three-day celebration honors the community’s Italian heritage and includes great Italian food, a carnival, parade, queen coronation, spaghetti and hot pepper eating contests and much more. Read more [...]

FOR SALE: One school, slightly used

The former Rock Springs Elementary School officially has been listed for sale, one year after 115 Reedsburg School District voters gave the board permission to sell it at the district's 2010 annual meeting. At the district's 2011 annual meeting Monday night, district administrator Tom Benson informed about a dozen members of the audience - most of them district employees - that Evergreen Realty has listed the property for sale for $549,000. The asking price was a far cry from the Read more [...]

UCLA FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Quarterback Richard Brehaut listed as day to day after …

A day after taking a big step forward, UCLA quarterback Richard Brehaut took a hobbling step back. Brehaut suffered a sprained foot late in Monday's afternoon practice, and was held out Tuesday and listed as day to day. His status for Saturday's scrimmage is in doubt. Brehaut said he felt pain after his foot bent awkwardly on UCLA's artificial turf twice Monday and was walking gingerly off the practice field, but really noticed the injury when his foot swelled after he took off his cleats. Brehaut Read more [...]