Rockwell sees profit hitting P1b

Share price of Rockwell Land Corp. rose 236 percent Friday in its maiden listing, after saying it expects net income to break the P1-billion level this year. The stock reached a high of P7.71 per share before closing at P4.90 apiece. Rockwell Land listed all outstanding 6.22 billion common shares at a listing price of P1.46 apiece. It listed the shares by way of introduction after Manila Electric Co. declared a 51-percent property dividend for its 51-percent stake in the company. Rockwell Land president Read more [...]

Track results: day late and $ short

The results of the Class 4 District 5 track meet held in Jefferson City on Saturday were not listed in the newspaper on Sunday because of a glitch in our awful computer system that failed to read the fractions in some of the events. Because I spent most of the meet typing this information up, here are the boys and girls results (after another 30 minutes of formatting because posting anything on this blog is still a nightmare). Listed are the final team standings, the top four finishers in each event Read more [...]

Bank-owned homes decaying around city

Racial bias at work? The National Fair Housing Alliance in Washington in a 2012 report, “The Banks Are Back – Our Neighborhoods Are Not,” says vacant and poorly maintained bank-owned properties are a national crisis. Further, the advocacy group says, banks are taking care of properties in wealthier, whiter neighborhoods, while those in predominantly poor and minority neighborhoods are falling apart, dragging down areas that were already struggling. “While (bank-owned) properties in predominantly Read more [...]

Evans Claims Men’s Discus Title at SEC Championships

May 12, 2012 Day Three Results BATON ROUGE, La. - Andrew Evans said he felt lucky. Luck or no luck, the sophomore from Portage, Mich., should feel like a champion.Evans threw a mark of 181-09/55.40m in the men's discus finals Saturday at the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Track Field Championships held at Bernie Moore Stadium in Baton Rouge, La., and took home the men's discus title. It is the fifth-straight men's discus title for Kentucky at the SEC Championships, something Evans is very Read more [...]

New Olympic ticket sales include athletics

13 May 2012 Last updated at 14:20 GMT Applicants snap up tickets to watch the men's 100m final and the chance to see Usain Bolt Men's 100m final and other athletics seats are being snapped up by people who previously missed out on London 2012 Olympics tickets. A million applicants who failed in the first buying round are able to apply for up to four tickets for one session Read more [...]

XiDeLang eyes dual listing in Hong Kong

KUALA LUMPUR (May 13, 2012): Malaysian listed XiDeLang Holdings Ltd, a China-based shoemaker, is eyeing a dual listing on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the company said, in an apparent bid to raise its valuation in line with regional peers. XiDeLang, voted by Forbes as one of Asia's best companies with under US$1 billion in revenue in 2011, has been quoted as saying it was disappointed with the valuation it had fetched on the Malaysian bourse. One of XiDeLang's peers, Anta Sports Read more [...]

Moss Avenue home listed with the Central Illinois Landmarks Foundation

Jeremiah Baughman was so excited to get the Central Illinois Landmarks Foundation plaque for his historic Moss Avenue home that he didn't stop to find drill and screws before hanging it - he used duct tape. "I'm not sure where I'm gonna put it," Baughman, 28, said on a recent weekday morning while standing on his spacious front porch viewing the plaque tacked beside the front door. "I plan to install it permanently this weekend." Baughman, a first-time home owner, purchased the house in November. Read more [...]