March: Mirth and Madness in the Garden & Calendar of Regional Gardening Events

March in the garden is both maddening and full of spring’s mirth. Even with our terribly low winter precipitation thus far, the garden and countryside are moving along – unfolding in flower, fruit and seed.We’re lucky that our relatively mild climate allows us to plant flowers, fruits and vegetables from seed almost every month of the year – but even so March may take high honors as the big seasonal Seeding – indoors and out.Good vegetables to direct seed outside this month include beets, Read more [...]

Real estate sales professionals beware: Written disclosures can be deadly

Print this Article Email this ArticleGet Our Monthly Newsletter! With the rise of real estate activity in the region, I thought it was appropriate to touch on a recent Massachusetts Appeals Court case which landed a direct "hit" on the activities of real estate brokers, namely how brokers make representations in connection with for-sale listings of real property. The case is DeWolfe v. Hingham Centre, 80 Mass. App. Ct. 765 (2011).In Dewolfe, the Read more [...]

Syrian leaders listed by UN for crimes against humanity

  THE United Nations has drawn up a list of the most senior officials in the Syrian regime, including, it is claimed, President Bashar al-Assad himself, who it says should be investigated for ordering ‘crimes against humanity’ and other gross human rights violations.   The sealed report prepared by the UN-appointed independent international commission of inquiry on Syria has been handed over to the UN high commissioner for human rights.   While it accuses both parties to Read more [...]

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Diabetes sales specialist lists 3BD in Walworth

Kirk L. McMullen and Gretchen E. McMullen have listed for sale a three-bedroom, 2.5-bath home at 4108 County Line Road in Walworth for $219,900.The 1,811-square-foot house was built in 1993. Linda Srodawa of 2.5% Real Estate Direct is the listing agent. Kirk McMullen is a diabetes diagnostic sales specialist at Bayer Healthcare. He previously was a commercial account executive at GG Fitness Equipment Inc. and was a professional athlete for the National Football League, where he has played with the Read more [...]

Listed Companies Under Probe

THE Securities Commission of Zimbabwe (SECZ) has launched investigations into suspected cases of share price manipulation involving three Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) counters, The Financial Gazette's Companies Markets (CM) can report. Sources said the capital markets regulator has undertaken a probe into the three counters after their share prices gained an average of 20 percent within a week last December. Market manipulation describes a deliberate attempt to interfere with the free and fair Read more [...]

Court orders halt of listing, Felda says to move on with it

Posted on February 25, 2012, SaturdayKUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia could delay a two billion listing of a state-linked palm oil firm as farmers’ opposition to the deal risks undermining the ruling coalition in fiercely contested national polls expected this year.The listing of Felda Global Ventures (FGVH), originally set for mid-2012, aimed to give Malaysia’s RM27 billion palm oil sector much-needed financial firepower to boost yields and expand when top producer Indonesia is gaining market share.But Read more [...]

Questions threaten sport institute’s legacy

By DAVID KLEPPER, Associated Press – 4 hours ago  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Created in 1986 to foster goodwill through sportsmanship, Daniel Doyle's Institute for International Sport now stands accused of not playing by the rules.Rhode Island officials want to know what happened to a $575,000 grant. A major state philanthropist says a signature purported to be his on a 2009 institute document is a forgery. In recent years the institute listed a board of directors that included a man who was Read more [...]

Land sale: Council cancels listing

Rotorua District Council and real estate company Ray White have agreed to cancel their listing arrangement for selling a surplus council-owned property in Horohoro to end any claims of a conflict of interest. The council is selling a piece of land which is on the market for $1.2 million. It was listed on the Ray White Real Estate (formerly Coopers) website with council chief executive Peter Guerin's wife Toni the agent in charge of the sale but that agreement was cancelled yesterday following Read more [...]

Sentiment reigns as the listing of Felda proceeds

TWO of my uncles were first-generation Felda settlers. Pak Uda Majid went to Bukit Ramun in Kulai and Pak Su Yonan to Chempelak, Labis, both in Johor. A farmer collecting oil palm fruits. , about 100 km (62 miles) north of Kuala Lumpur February 22, 2012. Malaysia could delay a $2-billion listing of a state-linked palm oil firm as farmers' opposition to the deal risks undermining the ruling coalition in fiercely Read more [...]