Monthly Archives: March 2012

Ghostly events as horror movie is filmed at Rookery House in Birmingham

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Mar 11 2012 by Ben Goldby, POLTERGEISTS and psychic investigators have been spotted in a historical Birmingham house. But would-be visitors to Rookery House in Erdington can relax a little – the spooky guests were part of a spine-chilling movie filmed at the council property. The cast and crew, however, have warned that they DID experience some mysterious goings on while they worked in the 18th century venue. The Casebook of Eddie Brewer stars Ian Brooker, Read more [...]

Where are distressed homes 100% of listings?

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All 13 of Portola Hills listed homes for sale as of March 1 were distressed properties, according to ReportsOnHousing.com. The biweekly housing market report from Steve Thomas' ReportsOnHousing.com also found 16 new Portola Hills deals opening escrow in the past 30 days. By Thomas's math, Portola has a "market time" of 0.81 months vs. 0.57 months found two weeks earlier vs. 2.58 months seen a year earlier. Countywide, latest market time was 2.02 months Read more [...]

Listing: SEC approves NSE’s waivers for oil, multinational firms

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By MICHAEL EBOH LAGOS — The Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, weekend, approved the Nigerian Stock Exchange’s, NSE, revised listing rules which seek to grant certain waivers for oil and gas firms, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, SMEs, and other multinational companies. In the new rules, mineral companies, comprising mining, oil and gas companies are exempted from fulfilling the requirements that a company seeking listing on the Mainboard must be in operation for at least three Read more [...]

WWE News: Retired pay-per-view title advertised as returning

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WWE is advertising the No Way Out pay-per-view on the official website. The listing is under the "shows" and "events" menu. [Thanks to Dot Net reader Chris Newman] Powell's POV: It's worth noting that the event is not listed on the "events" listing at the bottom of the main page. However, that listing only has 11 titles listed and WWE has 12 pay-per-view events scheduled for 2012, so one can only assume that listing Read more [...]

Hotel Bentley listed ‘as is’ for $6.5 million

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ALEXANDRIA, La. (AP) - A Mississippi real estate company is offering a storied Louisiana hotel for $6.5 million, 'as is.' The Town Talk (http://townta.lk/xpAstU) reports that Paul Green Associates of Natchez say the 140,000-square-foot hotel will need renovation. The firm's website says the hotel has 172 rooms, including 13 deluxe suites. The hotel was built in 1908 by sawmill owner Joseph Bentley, the first person in Alexandria to own an automobile. Read more [...]

Candlelight events mark Japan disaster anniversary

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(AFP) – 11 hours ago  FUKUSHIMA, Japan — Candlelight ceremonies were held across Japan Sunday night, wrapping up a day of commemoration as the nation marked the first anniversary of its devastating earthquake and tsunami.More than 300 people gathered for "Candle Night" in front of local government offices in Fukushima city hours after around 16,000 people held an anti-nuclear rally in Koriyama, central Fukushima.Organisers laid out candles in the form of a Chinese character of "kizuna", Read more [...]