Monthly Archives: August 2011

Dual-listed gold play looks to be heading higher

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Troy Resources share prices, 1999-2011. WITH the gold price in the stratosphere as fear grips international financial markets, it may be an opportune moment for investors to look at the possibilities offered by gold stocks. This week Rob Shelley, director of Total Trading Concepts and a councillor with the Australian Technical Analysts Association, brings his analytic skills to bear on gold and silver Read more [...]

US Struggles as Biggest Seller of Homes in Buyers’ Market

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August 29, 2011, 1:03 PM EDT By Lorraine Woellert and Clea Benson Aug. 26 (Bloomberg) -- For sale or rent by motivated owner: 248,000 foreclosed homes. The U.S. government, which has become the nation’s biggest owner of residential properties, is looking for ways to reduce and manage its huge inventory without swamping the real estate market or exposing federal agencies to enormous losses. Government-run Fannie Mae, Freddie Read more [...]

Job Fair For Budweiser Events Center and Ovations Food Services

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The job fair will take place in the Executive Club Restaurant at Budweiser Events Center on Wednesday, August 31 from 3 - 7 p.m. All jobs are for either part-time, seasonal or event based hours. Listed below are a few of the employment opportunities and qualifications.   BEC Parking Staff: The Parking Staff is responsible to staff posts that may vary from event to event. These posts include cone setter/striker, ticket seller, directional staff, Gate A Cut-Off, Gate E Cut-Off, ADA Lot, Gated Lot Read more [...]

Rubicon Listed Among Inc. Magazine’s Fastest-growing Private Companies

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New York, NY, Aug 29, 2011 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) -- NEW YORK, August 24, 2011 -- Inc. magazine today ranked Rubicon Professional Services, a leading national provider of full-service energy management, consulting, engineering and construction management for mission-critical facilities, #668 on its fifth annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing Read more [...]

PGG Wrightson reports $30m loss

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Listed agriculture business PGG Wrightson (NZX:PGW) has slumped to a $30.7 million net loss in the year to June 30, after taking a $47 million hit on accounting adjustments. The result, which excludes PGG Wrightson Finance, is a big drop from last year’s $23.3 million net profit. Ebitda fell from $57.2 million to $49.4 million, despite revenue rising from $1.09 billion to $1.24 billion. However, the increased cost of sales, which rose from $827.2 million to $967.2 million, ate into the Read more [...]

Generation of homeowners stuck in first houses

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They're trapped, like so many members of their generation.Steve and Tasha McLaughlin have had two kids since they bought their two-bedroom "Brady Bunch"-style house in South Natomas seven years ago. They need more room, but they can't move: The house they bought for $256,000 is worth just $90,000, and an attempt to sell it failed."We are literally stuck," said Tasha McLaughlin, 33. "There's no light ahead." The McLaughlins and tens of thousands of others like them Read more [...]