Monthly Archives: March 2012

Tim Duncan Listed ‘DND-OLD:’ Spurs Sit Star Forward Due To Age

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The San Antonio Spurs wrapped up a frenzied three-games-in-three-nights stretch by shutting down the Philadelphia Sixers in the second half on Sunday, only giving up 11 points in the fourth quarter. Among those watching the Spurs put the clamps on the 76ers was veteran star Tim Duncan. The 35-year-old was given the night off. No, Duncan was not sidelined by any particular injury. Of course, the official box score at NBA.com does list a condition that likely won't be Read more [...]

Pending home sales surge; price jump yet to be seen in Champaign County – Champaign/Urbana News

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CHAMPAIGN — This year has the early markings of a rebound in home sales, according to data from the Champaign County Association of Realtors. In February, 106 sales were closed, up from 95 a year earlier. Plus, there were 208 pending sales, up from 134 a year earlier, figures from the association's Multiple Listing Service show. For the first two months of the year, sale closings were running 2.6 percent ahead of the same time last year, and — perhaps more remarkably — pending sales were Read more [...]

Listing prices mean nothing

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The concept of an asking price is becoming virtually meaningless in today’s real estate market. Is that because the market is moving so fast and realtors are so out-of-touch that they can’t price homes properly? Let’s hope not. In a world where the real estate industry is justifying commissions which are close to 5% of the sale price of a home, that wouldn’t look too good on the profession. I think we can assume most real estate agents are more astute than that – they don’t list Read more [...]

The Palestine Securities Exchange (PSE) Announces the Fourth of April its …

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RAMALLAH, Palestine, March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ï" Ahmad Aweidah, Chief Executive Officer of the Palestine Exchange announced the listing and trading date of the PSE on the fourth of April 2012. The listing ceremony will be held in Ramallah on the fifteenth trading anniversary of the Palestine Exchange. The PSE listing is the first in 2012; the number of listed Read more [...]

Homes to bring in high earners are step closer

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PLANS are being drawn up for executive homes on greenfield land to entice wealth-creators to Stoke-on-Trent. Two sites in Penkhull and Hanford have now been earmarked for the scheme by Stoke-on-Trent City Council. ​ Council leaders believe the city's lack of higher value family homes is weakening its ability to attract top earners. But residents living near the locations have given a Read more [...]

Iowa’s lobbying free-for-all

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© 2012, Des Moines Register and Tribune Co.Special-interest groups and public entities have spent more than $1 million to wine, dine and entertain Iowa lawmakers, state officials and visiting dignitaries in the three most recent legislative sessions, a Des Moines Register analysis of lobbyist spending shows.The events ranged from informal muffin and coffee breakfasts costing less than $200 to lavish parties with shrimp, roast beef, imported cheeses and unlimited cocktails, where special interests Read more [...]

ASX Unveils Higher Listing And Secondary-Raising Fees

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SYDNEY (Dow Jones)–ASX Ltd. (ASX.AU) plans to increase fees for listings and secondary raisings with a view to funding better equity research on smaller companies.

Improving coverage of such companies will help generate more investment in Australian stocks, according to the bourse operator said in a letter last week to clients advising them of the changes.

It said it would start by investing A$1 million to fund …

Ex-PM’s Salisbury house not ‘vanity project’ says curator

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26 March 2012 Last updated at 05:14 GMT Stuart Craven has dedicated more than 25 years of his life to the home of former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath "I looked after the grounds, the house and than eventually him in his later years," says Stuart Craven the curator of Sir Edward Heath's Wiltshire home. Arundells, in Salisbury, was the first and only house owned by the former prime Read more [...]