Monthly Archives: April 2012

Church, couple from Maui listed as owners of land where boulders fell

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HONOLULU - The state has determined that the boulders that tumbled down and crashed into houses in a Honolulu mountainside neighborhood came from private property.Honolulu Department of Emergency Management officials met with affected residents over the weekend and told them the land above their Kalihi houses is owned by Church of Christ of the Redeemed of the Lord and William and Shirley Jacinto of Maui.Boulders crashed into several houses Thursday night, leaving two uninhabitable and forcing Read more [...]

Spain debt sale, German data boost European shares

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Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:18pm BST * FTSEurofirst 300 up 2.0 percent * Spanish bond yields ease after bill sales * Barclays leads London-listed banks on broker comment By Tricia Wright LONDON, April 17 (Reuters) - European shares rallied on Tuesday, with banks leading gains, after a well-received Spanish debt auction, an upbeat German economic sentiment reading and positive U.S. corporate earnings releases boosted investor sentiment. The FTSEurofirst 300 index closed Read more [...]

Axing zero rate of VAT on alterations to listed buildings will hit churches …

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Archbishop of Wales Barry Morgan has made a direct plea to Chancellor George Osborne to abandon a tax change which could cost congregations an extra £800,000 a year. Both the Archbishop and the Welsh Government fear that plans to axe the zero rate of VAT on alterations to listed buildings will put the future of some of Wales’ most celebrated sites at risk. The Treasury insists it is fixing an anomaly which allowed millionaires to install swimming pools in listed buildings VAT-free, but anxiety Read more [...]

Kashua event removed from I-Week schedule

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Tufts Friends of Israel (FOI) was criticized last week both within and outside the Medford/Somerville community when an on-campus lecture to be given today by Sayed Kashua, a prominent Israeli-born Palestinian author and journalist, was listed as part of its I-Week schedule. I-Week, which is hosted by FOI and Tufts Hillel, is a series of events and lectures celebrating Israel's 64th birthday and Yom Ha'atzmaut, or Israeli Independence Day, according to FOI co-President Erica Feldman, Read more [...]

Report: Sellers’ Asking Prices Rose in March

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By Nick TimiraosHere’s a sign that sellers are feeling more optimistic about their prospects this spring: median asking prices in March jumped by 5.6% from a year ago, and were up 1% from February, according to a report released Tuesday. The jump in median asking prices comes amid a sharp drop in the number of homes listed for sale from one year ago. While listing inventories in March rose by 1.5% from February, they were still 21.5% below last year’s levels. Click for interactive Read more [...]

House-listings scarcities at ’05 levels

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The inventory of houses listed for sale was the smallest since mid-2005. Based on the current demand from buyers, the market had a 3.72-month supply of houses listed for sale. A six-month inventory is considered a normal balance between buyers and sellers."These factors also indicate a shift toward favoring sellers, and the downward slide in inventory means a downward slide in the number of choices available to buyers," said Stephen Baker, chairman of the board for the association.Of three categories Read more [...]

All-you-can-eat oysters, Cherry Blast — best events in DC this week

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Both Hank’s Oyster Bar locations will offer all-you-can-eat bivalves on Saturday. (Courtesy of Hank’s Oyster Bar)Every week, the Going Out Guide publishes an e-mail newsletter with our recommended events for the days ahead. If you don’t subscribe, here’s a peek at what you’re missing. If you’d like to sign up, go to washingtonpost.com’s Newsletters page; the Going Out Guide is listed under the “Local Sports” header. Starting Thursday Ai Weiwei’s zodiac The Read more [...]