Monthly Archives: May 2012

Listed firms offer bleak outlook

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<!--enpproperty 2012-05-15 07:54:06.0Huang YingListed firms offer bleak outlookListed firms offer bleak outlook1161355Business2@cndy/enpproperty--> Earnings expected to decline or fall into the red in first-half financial forecasts Almost half of the companies listed on the mainland's two bourses that have so far released financial forecasts for the first six months expect to see a decline in earnings or to fall into the red, primarily due to falling demand amid an economic slowdown. According Read more [...]

Homes In The Most Unusual Places

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see photoscaveland.us Click for full photo gallery: Homes In Unusual Places “Location, location, location” has long been a rule of thumb in real estate. Most often it’s a place with access to the water or a spread that sits in proximity to the latest business development. In Walter Cecil’s case, though, a prime spot on which to live wasn’t near a beachfront or a shopping complex. Fed up with the high cost of real estate in San Francisco, Cecil, an Read more [...]

What does Facebook’s stock listing mean for users?

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By Andrew Beatty (AFP) – 2 hours ago  WASHINGTON — If you are one of the almost one billion people who use Facebook, you are unlikely to notice any major changes when you sign in this weekend.Facebook's entry to the stock market -- expected Friday -- will be a timeline-shaking corporate event, but users may find nothing new to like or dislike.Expect the same babbling wall posts, ill-advised photos and links to the weird and wonderful dark corners of the Internet.But a few years from now, Read more [...]

Median Home Sale Prices Continue Rising Locally This Spring, Report Shows

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Refreshing news for local home-sellers is in the latest look at sale prices for homes and condos in four Metro Detroit counties. Median prices rose to $70,000 in Oakland, Macomb, Livingston and Wayne last month, a 1.6-percent rise from March. The new median is nearly 19 percent higher than in April 2011, says a report Monday from Realcomp II Ltd., a multiple listing service in Farmington Hills. Selling prices rose within each county, extending a four-month trend for 2012. Livingston County has the Read more [...]

Triangle home sales up 9 percent in April

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For sellers who have been at the mercy of bargain-hunting buyers in recent years, this is undoubtedly good news. “What we’re seeing now is a lot of houses with multiple offers on them and coming under contract in the first month on the market,” said Stacey Anfindsen, a Cary appraiser who analyzes MLS data for area real estate agents.The improving market conditions have also exposed a new dynamic in the Triangle market that can be best described as a tale of two listings.“You’ve Read more [...]

Listed companies forecast sluggish H1

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<!--enpproperty 2012-05-14 15:34:25.0Huang YingListed companies forecast sluggish H1China,listed company,listed firm,financial performance2411045889Markets2@europe/enpproperty--> Of the 845 listed companies on Shenzhen and Shanghai stock exchanges that have released their financial performance forecast in the first half of 2012, 45.4 percent of them reported a fall or a loss in earnings and 7.9 percent of them are expected to suffer losses for the first time, according to statistics ending Read more [...]

House from ‘Stepmom,’ ‘Bounty Hunter’ Under Contract

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The local real estate market has seen a good amount of sales activity over the past few weeks—the area registered 40 new pending deals ("under contract") and 31 new title transfers. Included in the list of pending sales is our featured home, "Glenholme," the beautiful, 1854 second empire victorian home at 501 North Broadway in Upper Nyack.   The setting for several movies—including the 1998's Stepmom (Julia Roberts, Susan Sarandon) and 2010's The Bounty Hunter (Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler)—this Read more [...]