Monthly Archives: April 2012

UK property prices ‘hit record highs’

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UK property prices 'hit record highs' 16th April 2012 | BACK     PRINT The average price of newly-offered properties has hit a record high, according to new figures. The statistics, released as part of the annual House Price Index from property firm Rightmove, suggest that the average UK property is now listed for sale at £243,737, a sum 0.5% above the previous record set in May 2008. In other figures laid out in the House Price Index, the number of houses offered for sale has also Read more [...]

Canada March Existing Home Sales (Text)

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Following is the text of the national resale housing activity from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA). According to statistics released today by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA), national resale housing activity edged higher in March 2012. Highlights: •Home sales rose 2.5% from February to March. •Actual (not seasonally adjusted) activity stood 1.6% above levels in March 2011, the smallest year-over-year increase since last Read more [...]

Internet censorship listed: how does each country compare?

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Censorship of internet content can take many forms and ranges from governments blocking the dissemination of political opinion to blacklisting pornographic and pirate websites. The OpenNet Initiative is a collaboration between three groups – the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk school of global affairs, Harvard University's Berkman centre for internet society and the SecDev Group in Ottawa – that investigates internet filtering around the world. ONI principal investigator Read more [...]

Home values dip, but market appears ready to move on

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Despite signs of healing, Houston's housing market struggled to pull itself out of a drawn-out slump in 2011. Home values dipped last year, as distressed properties weighed on prices and weary sellers accepted low offers just to move on. The median price per square foot for a single-family home in the Houston area fell 2.3 percent to $71.26, the first notable decline after several flat years, according to a home-price analysis commissioned by the Houston Chronicle. For much of 2011, home Read more [...]

Poland – Factors to Watch on April 16

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WARSAW, April 16 | Mon Apr 16, 2012 2:09am EDT WARSAW, April 16 (Reuters) - Here are news stories, press reports and events to watch, which may affect Poland's financial markets on Monday. ALL TIMES GMT (Poland: GMT + 2 hours): GTCING Pension Fund wants Warsaw-listed real-estate developer GTC to raise its capital by about half its original plan and issue up to 50 million news shares, less than the 100 million planned earlier, GTC said in a statement on Friday.PZU Read more [...]

The £450m toll of Osborne’s Heritage Tax: How it hits churches, other listed …

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The Church estimates the move will cost congregations £20million a yearTreasury says it will stop millionaires making improvements to their properties without paying VAT because they live in a listed building By Jason Groves PUBLISHED: 22:15 GMT, 15 April 2012 | UPDATED: 22:51 GMT, 15 April 2012 George Osborne’s plan to impose a ‘Heritage Tax’ on listed buildings would rake in almost half a billion pounds – with nearly a quarter coming from the Church of England.Figures Read more [...]

Vallejo grow houses posing new threats to firefighters, neighbors – Vallejo Times

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The call comes in - a Vallejo home is on fire. Firefighters rush to the scene, observe blacked-out windows and smoke pouring from the chimney. Inside, utter darkness, perhaps a bag of fertilizer by the door. Two recent residential fires that turned out to be rented homes converted into marijuana-growing facilities have prompted the Vallejo Fire Department to assess what could be a new threat for firefighters and the city, department Battalion Chief Dave Urrutia said. Urrutia responded to one of Read more [...]

Events mark Titanic centenary worldwide

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Agencies/London Alex Aarouaon from Chicago, whose great, great, great grandfather died on the Titanic, touches the plaque of 1,512 names of those who died from the Titanic after its unveiling during the 100th anniversary commemorations and memorial dedication of the Titanic disaster in Belfast, Northern Ireland, yesterday Wreaths were cast at sea and a memorial garden was unveiled yesterday in events worldwide to remember the more than 1,500 people who died in the sinking of the Titanic Read more [...]