Monthly Archives: May 2012

Facebook listed on Wall Street, starts trading with over 10% premium

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New York: Social networking site Facebook, whose 900 million user strength is only behind China and India's populations, went public on Friday as its much sought- after shares got listed at Nasdaq and the stock is trading at USD 41.10, much above its IPO price of USD 38 in early trade.What began in a Harvard dorm room as a platform to connect college mates in US eight years ago, Facebook today is valued at 109.36 billion after it raised a whopping USD 16 billion in a much-trumpetted IPO (Initial Read more [...]

House Hunt: Open Houses for May 20

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  JohnstonPatch accepts open house listings from agents and owners. Please e-mail information, in the format shown above, to joseph.hutnak@patch.com — or create your own listing using your Patch profile or Facebook account and posting it on our Announcements page. To see more information on the properties listed below, visit the Rhode Island Living website and enter the MLS number in the search box. 2 Spring Dr. MLS# 1009027. [Recently a Featured Home on JohnstonPatch.] Custom 3-bed, 1.5-bath Read more [...]

Swiss team thinking of Jersey

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(UKPA) – 4 hours ago  David Elsworth's Swiss Spirit justified 7-4 favouritism in the Bathwick Tyres Carnarvon Stakes at Newbury.The three-year-old had been narrowly beaten by the talented Valbchek on his Newmarket reappearance and travelled strongly in the hands of Derby-winning jockey Mickael Barzalona in the Listed event.Both Lethal Force and Samminder threw down challenges passing the furlong marker, but Swiss Spirit found plenty to wrest the spoils by a neck and the same.Trevor Harris, Read more [...]

Couple offers wedding gift to help sell home

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Selling a home in Calgary these days is a very competitive enterprise as demand in the housing market keeps rising.Any edge besides price point can be an attention-grabber leading to a possible sale.Rebecca and Dean Klug have come up with a novel idea in the hopes of selling their New Brighton home which is listed for $409,900."Paying It Forward! This home is the owners 1st matrimonial home they want to offer a $5k gift toward the wedding of the buyers of this home to keep the good karma going!," Read more [...]

Facebook listed on Wall Street

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Zeebiz BureauWashington: Pricing its IPO at USD 38 a share, Facebook, the highly popular social networking site that has over 45 million users in India, listed its IPO on NASDAQ, making it the largest tech IPO in history.It's reported to be the third largest US IPO ever, trailing only the USD 19.7 billion raised by Visa in March 2008 and the USD 18.1 billion raised by automaker General Motors in November 2010.The USD 38 IPO price is the rate at which Facebook's underwriters (including lead banker Read more [...]

House Hunt: Open and Just-Listed Homes

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This week house hunt offers Open Houses homes listed within the last seven days. Featured home include a charming three bedroom townhome on Highland Falls Drive priced at $95,000 in Hiram  and a beautiful four-bedroom new traditional home on Lovingwood Trail in Powder Springs for $425,000. Click on a picture in the photo gallery to see a listing description. Click on an address listed below and get directly linked to AOL Real Estate or the broker for the complete listing information. You'll Read more [...]

Osborne unveils £30m package to help churches

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The Chancellor, who has been in talks with Mr Baldry about the change, said he had committed in the Budget that churches would not be hit by the VAT change. Mr Osborne also had discussions with Bishop of London the Rt Rev Richard Chartres, representing the Church of England. He told the Commons: "I can confirm today that we have reached an agreement with the Church. "The Government will provide £30 million of grant to the Listed Places of Worship scheme. "That will Read more [...]

House Hunt: Open Houses, Just Listed Homes

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This week, House Hunt offers open houses and homes listed within the last seven days. Featured homes include a charming three-bedroom townhome on Highland Falls Drive priced at $95,000 in Hiram and a beautiful four-bedroom new traditional home on Lovingwood Trail in Powder Springs for $425,000. Click on a picture in the photo gallery to see a listing description. Click on an address listed below and get directly linked to AOL Real Estate or the broker for the complete listing information. You'll Read more [...]