Monthly Archives: January 2012

Alleged scam could have hiked neighbors’ taxes, affected sales

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PANAMA CITY BEACH — Before a federal grand jury indicted five people for allegedly skimming more than a million dollars off the top of inflated home loans, the prices on the nine properties listed in the indictment turned some heads. Bay County Property Appraiser Dan Sowell’s assessments determine how much tax a homeowner will pay. Recent home sales in a neighborhood carry the most weight in his determination of an area’s median home value, and the Read more [...]

MEGA Graphite to Complete IPO and Canadian Listing

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OAKVILLE, ONTARIO, Jan 17, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- MEGA Graphite Inc. (MEGA), announced today it is on target for the end of the first quarter to have a stock exchange listing by way of an Initial Public Offering (IPO). The process for a public listing is well underway and the proceeds of the offering will be used for increasing production capacity at the Uley Graphite Mine in Port Lincoln as well as developing Read more [...]

Would you want a clipboard- wielding jobsworth telling your parents it’s time …

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By Brenda AlmondLast updated at 11:44 PM on 17th January 2012 Elderly people have a hard enough time in modern Britain. The private pensions crisis, the scandal of neglect and abuse in the NHS, the erosion in the value of their savings and the crippling cost of care are all increasing problems for older generations at the very time in their lives when they are at their most vulnerable.But now an insidious new source of pressure is looming on the horizon — the growing belief within the Government Read more [...]

Donald McCain demands racing resist any more changes to Grand National

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Donald McCain, whose family name is synonymous with the Grand National, has called for the latest alterations made to the race to represent "a line in the sand". The trainer, who triumphed at Aintree last year with Ballabriggs and was speaking here at his Cheshire yard on Tuesday, urged racing to start standing up for itself.McCain, whose late father Ginger trained Red Rum to win the race three times in the 1970s, believes Ballabriggs has a legitimate chance of becoming the first horse since Read more [...]

Portland-Area Home Prices Down, Sales Activity Up In 2011

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Source: Elliot Njus The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.) -- Portland-area home sales volume fell to $5.2 billion in 2011, the lowest level in 11 years. Increased sales activity couldn’t make up for a continuing decline in prices. The Regional Multiple Listings Service reported 19,682 homes sold in 2011, a 4 percent increase compared with 2010. But the median price for the year, $221,000, was 7.9 percent lower than in 2010. The year also saw fewer potential sellers putting their home on the Read more [...]

Lenoir City veterans building listed on national registry

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<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 4-->LENOIR CITY — An East Tennessee building constructed to honor military veterans is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.The National Park Service extended the designation to the Lenoir City War Memorial Building, according to The Associated Press. The structure was built in 1951, initially to honor veterans of World War II.The building has served a number of purposes over the years, including hosting dances, serving as the headquarters for Read more [...]

Sims Metal Management Makes a 20 Percent Strategic Investment in Chiho-Tiande …

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CHICAGO SYDNEY, Jan 17, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Sims Metal Management Limited, the world's largest listed metal and electronic recycling company (SimsMM), today announced that it has made a significant minority investment in Chiho-Tiande Group Limited (CTG) (hkg:976), a Hong Kong listed and fast growing metals and electronics recycler with operations in the People's Republic of China and Hong Read more [...]

Houston’s real estate rebound: Home sales finish up in 2011 with seven …

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Houston’s housing market rebounded impressively in 2011 as the city registered a four percent gain for the year, according to annual totals released Tuesday by the Houston Association of Realtors (HAR). The supply of homes for sale dropped sharply, further strengthening the local housing market. Only 42,083 properties were listed for sale at the end of 2011, down 14.1 percent from a year earlier. "2011 ended on a very promising note," said Wayne Stroman, HAR chairman and President of Stroman Read more [...]

Darwins’ former home may be listed

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Darwins' former home may be listed 8:00am Tuesday 17th January 2012 in Hartlepool News Skip social links Print Email Comments(0) THE former home of John and Anne Darwin, the notorious canoe fraudsters, could be listed as a building of special historic interest by a council. Also likely to be listed by Hartlepool Borough Read more [...]