Monthly Archives: May 2012

Elvaston Castle gets three new events as council tries to find an owner for it

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A FILM festival launch this evening will be one of at least three major events to take place in the grounds of historic Elvaston Castle for the first time this year. But its owner, Derbyshire County Council, says it is not making a special effort to hire out the park. ​ Elvaston Castle will be used for a number of new events this year. Tonight is the launch of the Summer Nights Film Festival, with a screening of Women Read more [...]

Australia Home Sales ‘Stabilizing’ as Listings Drop, SQM Says

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Australian homes listed for sale are “stabilizing” as stock levels dropped in all capital cities in April, according to SQM Research Pty. Homes offered for sale in Australia’s eight state capitals fell to 371,470 from 387,958 in March, the Sydney-based research group said in an e-mailed statement. Sydney had the biggest drop, with listings slipping 12.1 percent, while Hobart and Adelaide had the smallest, at 2 percent and 2.5 percent respectively. Read more [...]

Should listed property be part of your retirement savings?

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JOHANNESBURG - Proponents of equity investing over the long term point to the fact that it is the best performing asset class after tax and inflation. This is certainly true for discretionary investments, but lacks substance when it comes to investments within a retirement product such as a retirement annuity, preservation fund or living annuity fund. Local property returns are NOT taxed in these vehicles, and as a result have delivered equity beating returns (at significantly Read more [...]

King County home prices rise with fewer houses for sale

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More homebuyers chased slim pickings in King County last month, sending house prices to their highest level since December 2010. The median price of single-family homes sold last month was $360,000, up 9 percent from March and nearly 3 percent from April 2011, according to statistics released Thursday by the Northwest Multiple Listing Service. It was the second month-over-month gain in median price. There were 1,769 houses sold in King County last month, 15 percent more than a year earlier. "We're Read more [...]

Moody wins 2 events at Majette Invitational

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Talk about it MINOT — Dickinson High junior Ali Moody won two events Thursday at the Majette Invitational. She won the long jump with a leap of 15 feet, 11 inches and the high jump at 4-11.Madi Deibert was second in the triple jump (35-5½) and third in the high jump (4-9).Cienna Levorsen equaled her season-best in the pole vault with a leap of 9 feet.Dickinson hosts the Coca-Cola Invitational at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at the Badlands Read more [...]

BNP nears end of asset sales as profit rises

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By Lionel Laurent and Matthieu Protard PARIS | Fri May 4, 2012 8:22am BST PARIS (Reuters) - BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA), France's No.1 listed bank, said on Friday it had almost wrapped up its plan to sell assets and cut debt to strengthen financial firepower after its first-quarter profits were boosted by the sale of shares in Klepierre (LOIM.PA). Euro zone-focused BNP, one of the world's biggest banks by assets, has been retrenching from its international Read more [...]

DigitalRoute Listed in 2012 Red Herring Top 100 Europe

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STOCKHOLM, May 3, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ --DigitalRoute® announced today that it has been listed in Red Herring's Top 100 Europe. The list identifies the year's most promising private technology ventures in Europe.The Red Herring editorial team selects from the most innovative companies across Europe. Nominees are evaluated on quantitative and qualitative areas such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management and execution of strategy. Nominee companies Read more [...]

Local event website going national

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WILMINGTON, NC (NEWS RELEASE) -- ListMyEvent.com is marketed as a quick and easy way to list or find any event anywhere. ListMyEvent.com is a local event site on a national level. Users are able to benefit from easy-to-use features, personal URLs, and upcoming phone apps…all absolutely free. This is a great tool to share and get the word out (with pics) about special events, fundraisers, bingo, yard sales, conferences, or whatever else the event may be. If it's an event...if it can be defined by Read more [...]

Realtor: Homes for sale found for rent on Craigslist – WALA

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FOLEY, Ala. (WALA) - Baldwin County Real Estate agent, Deborah Benton has the nickname "Lucky." She's had the fortune of selling properties that otherwise wouldn't move. But recently, "Lucky" Denton's properties have been the target for some unlucky renters. Benton, a 16-year real estate veteran, said she has had at least three calls from people interested in renting some of her listed properties. The problem she said was the properties aren't listed for rent; they're listed for sale. "I had a phone Read more [...]