Home Sales in Needham: Sept. 9-15

Click on the photo at right to look at a photo gallery of homes that sold in Needham and surrounding communities from Sept. 9-15. The same information without photos is available below in an easy-to-scan list. In the market for a new home? Be sure to check out our House Hunt column on Fridays for open houses in your area. 96 GLENDALE RD., NEEDHAM  List price: $1,740,000  Sale price: $1,727,500  area: 6,073 sq. ft. Style: Colonial, single-family Garage: 2 Parking: 4 Rooms: 13 Bedrooms: 5 Baths: 5.5 Listed Read more [...]

New electrical engineers, master electricians listed

MANILA, Philippines — The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announced Thursday that 1,519 out of 2,618 Registered Electrical Engineers and 742 out of 1,905 Registered Master Electricians passed the Electrical Engineer Licensure Examinations given by the Board of Electrical Engineering in Manila, Baguio, Cebu, Davao, Iloilo, Legazpi, and Zamboanga cities this September. The PRC said that 21 also applicants passed the technical evaluation for the upgrading as Professional Electrical Read more [...]

140 listed companies in Paris Midcap Event

NYSE Euronext and CFB Communication team up for 11th Midcap Event22 23 September 2011, 8.15 am to 6.00 pm at Palais Brongniart in Paris Paris, 14 September 2011 - NYSE Euronext (NYX) and CFB Communication today announced the 11th annual Midcap Event, to take place on September 22 and 23 at Palais Brongniart in Paris. The session is once again expected to bring together 140 companies listed on NYSE Euronext's European market and over 400 investors from across the euro zone.The Midcap Event was created Read more [...]

Trinity River Refuge has listed waterfowl and big game hunt opportunities

Trinity River Refuge has listed waterfowl and big game hunt opportunities Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge has listed the 2011/12 Waterfowl hunt and Big Game hunt opportunities on its updated website with a new application procedure. Lottery applications for Waterfowl and Big Game hunting will only be accepted between September 3 and October 1, 2011. Both hunts will be by lottery draw.The new application can be downloaded at http://southwest.fws.gov/refuges/texas/trinityriveror Read more [...]

Austin residents attempt to rent out rooms for ACL

The Austin City Limits Festival always gives the city a chance to show off a little to out-of-town visitors, but with the rise of sites such as CouchSurfing, AirBnB and Craigslist that connect travelers with places to stay, it’s not just downtown and South Congress that get attention anymore. Austinites are taking festival-goers into their homes and beneath the surface of the city’s eclectic exterior, and whether they’re simply offering guests a place to crash or cooking them breakfast Read more [...]

New Central Minnesota Arts, Entertainment Website Launched [AUDIO]

aroundthecloud.org ST. CLOUD – If you’re looking for a night out on the town, there’s a new website available that promises to be a one-stop place for arts and entertainment options. The website aroundthecloud.org launched last (Wednesday) night. Spokesman Dennis Whipple says the website lists events happening in Stearns, Benton, Sherburne and Wright counties. Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also Read more [...]

Siemens Delays Osram Lighting Unit IPO as Markets Retreat

September 14, 2011, 3:08 PM EDT By Benedikt Kammel (Adds company comment in fourth paragraph.) Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Siemens AG delayed an initial public offering of its Osram lighting unit that was planned in the coming weeks, following a slump in global equity markets. Siemens is “firmly holding” to the planned sale, the Munich-based engineering company said in a release. It didn’t specify when a new opportunity Read more [...]

World Trade Center Listed as Destination in Google Flight Search

Google’s Flight Search feature is barely a day old, so it’s only fair to forgive it for minor hiccups and glitches. And although it’s obvious that this gaffe was completely unintentional, it’s somewhat fitting that a service that had such a hard time getting off the ground (sorry) runs into a problem right out of the gate. Earlier this morning, a reader of the Sydney Morning Herald first spotted the fact that Google Flight Search was listing the World Trade Center in its search Read more [...]