Mere $110 Million

By JOSH BARBANEL Extell One57 tower on West 57th Street in a rendering It may be the most expensive home listing ever in Manhattan: $110 million for a glass-walled penthouse overlooking Central Park on top of what will soon be the borough's tallest residential building. The prize for that eye-popping price tag is a six-bedroom apartment covering 10,923 square feet at One57, a tower under construction by Extell Development Co., on West 57th Read more [...]

Winchester’s Five Most Expensive Sold Homes in 2011

Click on the photo at right to look at a photo gallery of the five most expensive homes that sold in Winchester in 2011. 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. SINGLE FAMILY 3 Robinson Circle List Price: $3,000,000 Price: $2,600,000 Sq. Feet: 6,499 Style: Colonial Garage: 2 Parking: 6 Rooms: 10 Bedrooms: 4 Baths: 4.5 Listed By: Nannette Read more [...]

New Year’s Eve 2011 Events

TUCSON - With Christmas over, the countdown to 2012 has begun! Here's a list of some of the events happening this New Year's Eve: -Casino Del Sol - New Year's Eve with KC and the Sunshine Band "Join us as KC gets our party going at Casino Del Sol this New Year's Eve. If anyone knows how to do a NYE party, it's KC the Sunshine Band. They have made more appearances on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve" than any other musical artist in the program's history! Dinner Show Read more [...]

New nicotine patches on subsidised medicine list

THE federal government's crusade against smoking will continue into the new year with more nicotine-replacement drugs listed for subsidy on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. From Sunday, two new lower-strength nicotine patches, of 14 and 7 milligrams, will be part-funded by the government. Higher-strength patches are already listed on the scheme, the register of medicines subsidised by the government to make them affordable for patients. A drug to combat blood clotting Read more [...]

Dozen tech events India can’t expect in 2012

BANGALORE, INDIA: India has never faced shortage of fortune-tellers. In fact, the country with more than one billion aspirations is incomplete without some soothsayers, who 'dive' into our future and 'fish out' something interesting about us.In the run-up to the 2008 general elections, two such 'prophets' predicted the BJP-led NDA to assume power with a thumping majority. The UPA proved them wrong, en route to getting mired in a slew of scandals, including 2G and 3G. Now, there is no more G left Read more [...]

AgriNurture moves to sell shares to US giant Cargill

In a filing to the local bourse yesterday, AgriNurture said it requested for a voluntary suspension on the trading of its shares from Dec. 29 until Jan. 2 “in view of the impending announcement on the pertinent investment agreement concerning Black River’s investment...� The annoucement will be released to the public “any time� within the trading suspension. AgriNurture further said the Philippine Stock Exchange had granted the request for a trading suspension. This, Read more [...]