Monthly Archives: March 2012

Living with history

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he-art cardiovascular and resistance equipment in the neighboring St James development Queen Mary's Place.Residents can enjoy tranquil duck ponds, golf courses, fine-dining restaurants, traditional country pubs and luxury boutiques and shops in sophisticated urban villages close by - Richmond Park and Richmond village, Barnes village, Wimbledon village and Putney on the River Thames. Roehampton House is only 11 kilometers from central London while the nearest railway station is at Barnes, just over Read more [...]

Ahern no longer listed for lucrative speaking events in US

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FORMER Taoiseach Bertie Ahern is no longer listed as a speaker on the website of the prestigious Washington Speakers Bureau.He had been available for hire along with others former politicians, including Tony Blair, George W Bush and John Major.Mr Ahern remained on the website as recently as this week, despite the findings of the Mahon Tribunal, which said he repeatedly lied about the sources of €275,000 in his bank accounts.His speaker's fee had been listed as at least €30,000.The former Read more [...]

Madonna tries to sell $28M Beverly Hills mansion

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Madonna has a new album to promote — and a luxury estate to unload. The pop star has put up her $28 million French Country-style mansion in Beverly Hills as a pocket listing, the Real Estalker reports. A pocket listing means a real estate agent has a contract to sell it, but it is not listed in the Multiple Listing Service or advertised. Madonna bought the property back Read more [...]

First US-listed hedge fund replication ETF celebrates third anniversary

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The IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF (nyse arca:QAI), the first US-listed hedge fund replication exchange-traded fund, has attracted USD200 million in AUM since it’s launch three years ago. “We launched the IQ Hedge Multi-Strategy Tracker ETF in March 2009 with the goal of making a whole new asset class available to the average investor,” says Adam Patti (pictured), CEO of IndexIQ. “Before the launch of QAI, hedge fund investing was generally limited to institutions and high net worth Read more [...]

Spearville working on new housing addition

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     The city of Spearville is busy working on a project that will add 12 new single family homes to the area, with an option to add an additional six to nine later.      "Housing is extremely short in this area," said mayor Ron Temaat. "Most houses sell before they're even listed in the market."      With such a shortage of houses, this new development should help reduce the problem.      The new development is being built on the south edge of town on south Main Street, according Read more [...]

Elton John puts two West Hollywood condos up for sale

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Rock icon Elton John and his partner, David Furnish, have listed their two condominiums in West Hollywood for sale, according to the Multiple Listing Service. The smaller of the two, with one bedroom, 11/2 bathrooms and 1,151 square feet of living space, is priced at $1.6 million. The larger, with the same number of bedrooms and baths in 1,831 square feet, is listed Read more [...]

At what point is a building beyond retrieval?

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Sir - I note with considerable displeasure the comments of Alan McIvor in relation to 30 Princes Street, Thurso, in the Groat dated March 9. As a representative of our heritage, Mr McIvor has put forward an "och well" attitude to the preservation of our history. This would-be historian should be ashamed of his lack of drive to save important buildings.It is not for the first time the guise of Thurso Heritage Society has resigned the preservation of a structure to the bin. What efforts were made Read more [...]