April 4, 2012 11:32 pm
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Burger King cooks up plan to regain a listing
Justice Holdings Ltd, which floated on the London Stock Exchange last year under the chairmanship of the former City Minister Lord Myners, will pay $1.4bn (£882m) to acquire a 29 per cent stake in the burger chain from its current owner, the New York private equity firm 3G Capital.Lord Myners said that Justice had looked far and wide for something to buy with its £900m cash pile, but settled on an investment that had been staring it in the face since the beginning. Justice backer and board member Read more [...]
The rise of the $10000 house: Real estate bust means thousands of super-cheap …
By
Michael Zennie
PUBLISHED:
00:04 GMT, 3 April 2012
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UPDATED:
08:41 GMT, 3 April 2012
Willow Tufano, age 14, captured the country's attention when she purchased a house for $12,000 and offered it for rent -- becoming perhaps the country's youngest landlord. But real estate experts say there are thousands of other houses across the country selling for unbelievable bargain-basement prices, thanks to a glut of foreclosures and the mass of houses without buyers on the market. The Read more [...]
Cabinet Approves Revamped Jamaica 50 Programme
Written by JIS
Minister of Youth and Culture, Hon. Lisa Hanna announced on April 4, that Cabinet has approved the revamped Jamaica 50 Programme, which is now budgeted lower than the proposed programme of the previous administration.
Outlining Read more [...]
Sell Your Home Without an Agent and Save Money
CHICAGO, April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
ForSaleByOwner.com will offer homeowners tips for saving thousands of dollars by self-listing their homes in an upcoming segment of home improvement program "Designing Spaces" on Lifetime TV. In the episode airing Thursday, April 12, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. [CST], ForSaleByOwner.com tours a Florida home currently on the market and addresses Read more [...]
Historic cinema has listing upgraded from B to A
A historic cinema previously threatened with demolition has been recognised for its national importance.
The former Odeon Cinema on Clerk Street has been upgraded from a category B to a category A-listed building by heritage body Historic Scotland.
Said to be the only remaining ‘semi-atmospheric’ cinema in Scotland, the building is now deemed one of around 10,000 examples of “national or international importance, either architectural or historic, or fine little-altered examples of some Read more [...]
The rise of the Tiny House Movement
Could you live in a much smaller house? Should you live in a much smaller house?
Over the last few years – and especially since the start of the property crisis and financial downturn – the idea that we can be just as happy living in a (much) smaller home has been gaining ground in the USA. It’s an extremely democratic movement with a number of eloquent advocates such as Jay Shafer, Kent Griswold and Michael Janzen but no real leader, all of whom are suggesting that living small is not Read more [...]
Obama campaign leaves Mitt Romney trailing as focus shifts to November
Barack Obama is quietly accumulating a powerful army of field organisers and volunteers, giving his bid for a second term in the White House a substantial head start over his Republican rivals.In crucial swing states across America, the Obama re-election campaign, backed by the Democratic party, is already in full battle mode with more than 200 offices open, staff hired and thousands of election events underway. By contrast, all four Republican candidates – including the increasingly dominant Read more [...]
What if you can’t sell your home?
By Alina Dizik
NEW YORK |
Wed Apr 4, 2012 12:08pm EDT
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Brent Moreland and his wife, Amanda, put their first home on the market last fall, they tried everything to make the Knoxville, Tennessee, two-bedroom townhouse look good to buyers.
They took impressive photos with the help of a professional photographer friend, went online for furniture staging ideas and even created a blog to help get the word out through social networks.Almost Read more [...]
Tengion Announces Listing Transfer from NASDAQ Global Market® to NASDAQ …
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., April 3, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Tengion, Inc. (NASDAQ: TNGN), a leader in regenerative medicine, today announced that its application to transfer the listing of its common stock from The NASDAQ Global Market® to The NASDAQ Capital Market® has been approved by NASDAQ. This transfer will be effective at the opening of business on April 4, 2012, and the Company's common stock will continue to trade under the symbol "TNGN." The NASDAQ Capital Market is a continuous Read more [...]