Monthly Archives: September 2011

Old Town, old history

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For nearly 125 years, Old Town College Park has stood its ground. As generations of students traverse its well-trodden roads and dozens of city businesses open and shutter, the 125-acre neighborhood situated between the College Park Metro Station and the downtown bars has maintained its authentic charm — and city and county officials said they want to keep it that way. The Prince George's County Planning Department has nominated the area to be listed in the National Register of Historic Read more [...]

Business and Community Events Appeal to All Interests, Now Listed On New My …

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My Booking Manager, provider of a registration and booking service for corporate, business, government and non profit event coordinators, today launched its new website. The My Booking Manager website can be used to access a broad range of events and functions catering to a wide range of interests. "We are all familiar with first aid training for physical injuries", Mr Herrmann, Managing Director of My Booking Manager said, "but given that each year 1 in 5 Australian adults will experience mental Read more [...]

Home sales surged in August, while prices fell

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Local home sales shot up in August by the largest percentage in years, while home prices continued to sag, according to a new report. Last month's sales rose 36.4 percent in King County and 28.3 percent in Seattle from August 2010, when the market was still hung over from the expiration of a home-buyer tax credit, the Northwest Multiple Listing Service reported Tuesday. Pending sales, which don't all close but can be the best indication of recent activity, were up by 33.8 percent in the Read more [...]

Stand by my Man

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Autumn is here which means it's time for Doncaster's St Leger meeting - the final classic of the season. The meeting kicks off on Wednesday for four days of competitive action, with the St. Leger the highlight of the meeting on Saturday. WednesdayThe day's feature race is the Listed Scarborough Stakes over 5 furlongs, a race open to all ages. Medicean Man is the highest rated for Jeremy Gask. The horse was desperately unlucky last time out at the Shergar Cup meeting when Read more [...]

Make squatters criminals and let an Englishman’s home become his castle again

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By Mike Weatherley, Conservative MpLast updated at 1:02 AM on 7th September 2011 Just imagine coming home from your summer holiday, slipping the key into the front door . . . and finding that the locks had been changed. At that point, as incomprehension and anger set in, you might become aware that thumping dance music was coming from an upstairs bedroom while the TV blared in the lounge.And finally your eye might settle on the hand-written note pinned to the door, brazenly stating Read more [...]

LMS Capital split over asset sale strategy

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Shareholders holding about 35 per cent of LMS Capital, including its chairman Robert Rayne, have called for the London-listed private equity fund to be broken up as the best way to maximise returns.The company rejected the proposal on Tuesday, a move described by some analysts as “extraordinary”. The conflict illustrates the difficulties faced by listed private equity funds as a result of market turmoil. Read more [...]

A wake-up call

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MYSORE: By stopping the demolition of the house of writer R K Narayan on Monday, the Mysore City Corporation has saved the government from an embarrassment. For the government is yet to issue a gazette notification on protection of structures with heritage value. In 2005, the heritage commissionerate in co-ordination with MCC listed 222 properties with heritage value, including the house of RKN. As the process needed formulation of a policy, the commissionerate framed the rules under the Town and Read more [...]

Scheduled Event Risks Ahead: Choppy, Volatile Market Likely

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Between now and the end of the year, there are several important events scheduled by governments, central banks and courts that are likely to create strong positive or negative price movements in the US and European stock and bond markets, and probably other markets in sympathy. These dates could prove critical and determinative of at least short-term price movements, and in some cases longer-term prices: September 4: German regional elections September 7: German court decides legality Read more [...]