New shows going on sale: Buddy Guy, Flo Rida, Uproar Festival … – The Star-Ledger

Paul NatkinBuddy Guy performs in New Brunswick on Sept. 11, with tickets going on sale Friday morning. The following are concerts and other events for which tickets are going on sale soon, listed by sale time. Unless otherwise noted, call (800) 745-3000 or visit ticketmaster.com. FRIDAY, 9 A.M. • Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown. Doodlebops, Caillou, Aug. 6, $20 to $35. Steve Vai, Sept. 8, $39 to $59. Hugh Laurie and the Copper Bottom Band, Sept. 12, $49 to $79. Tickets on sale via Read more [...]

Rising up to the listing challenge

<!--enpproperty 2012-06-15 12:28:41.0George HudsonRising up to the listing challengeRising up to the listing challenge2411049783Cover Story2@europe/enpproperty--> Getting onto stock exchange in London involves two-way process With Chinese companies Rare Earth Global, Naibu and Auhua Clean Energy recently failing to raise as much money from UK investors as they had hoped, some in the City of London argue that the outlook for Chinese companies wanting to list on the London Stock Exchange's Read more [...]

Walter with chances in two states

Guy Walter has pinpointed Balmont's spring carnival form last year and an improving Ipswich surface as reasons the mare can make her presence felt in the Gai Waterhouse Classic.Balmont is yet to fire in five starts this year but Walter took enough out of her last-start effort to be optimistic ahead of the Listed 1350m event on Saturday."I thought her run at Eagle Farm in the Dane Ripper Stakes was very good on an unsuitable (heavy) track," Walter said.Balmont was beaten 2-1/2 lengths into seventh Read more [...]

May home sales rebound to highest level since late 2007

The Associated PressA home for sale in Portland.The Portland housing market made its strongest showing in years in May as home sales continued to rebound and sale prices -- by all measures -- turned into positive year-over-year territory. The 2,098 homes sold in May were the most reported by the Regional Multiple Listing Service since August 2007. The month's numbers, released on Thursday, even beat a tax credit-fueled buying frenzy in mid-2010. The number of sales represents a 20.4 percent increase Read more [...]

FMU baseball listed in final national stats

FLORENCE -- Numerous Francis Marion baseball players were listed in the final 2012 NCAA Division II baseball statistical report, while the Patriots ranked highly in several team categories. In the team rankings, the Patriots ranked among the Top 20 in three statistical categories: fifth in total hits (658), ninth in fewest walks allowed per nine innings (2.68), and 13th in sacrifice bunts (59).  Francis Marion also ranked 25th in earned run average (3.42), 28th in runs Read more [...]

Why can’t we stop ripping the heart out of old houses?

By Bel Mooney PUBLISHED: 00:44 GMT, 15 June 2012 | UPDATED: 00:44 GMT, 15 June 2012 Poor Annie Reed Henderson. As reported in the Mail this week, every day, for ten nightmarish years, she’s endured the sight of scaffolding and the sound of hammering as the neighbouring house is gutted.Building materials deface the garden and overflowing skips litter the street. Why? Simply because somebody else is — Lord help us! — ‘remodelling’ a house. Mrs Henderson’s neighbour bought Read more [...]

Calamos Closed-End Funds to Transfer Exchange Listing to NASDAQ

NAPERVILLE, Ill., June 14, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Calamos Investments is changing the listings of its five closed-end funds to The NASDAQ Global Select Market, an exchange of The NASDAQ OMX Group Inc., from the New York Stock Exchange effective July 2, 2012.The common shares of Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund (NYSE: CHI), Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund (NYSE: CHY), Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund (NYSE: CSQ), Calamos Global Total Return Fund (NYSE: Read more [...]

For sale: NJ “Housewives’ Melissa and Joe Gorgas’ homes in …

Melissa and Joe Gorga. Courtesy AP Images. Yes, you, too, can party like one of “The Real Housewives of New Jersey.” Or, at least like one of them used to party. Melissa and Joe Gorga’s Jersey Shore House is now on the market for $520,000, down $15,000 from when it was first listed on Feb. 17. Listing agent Joseph Cassese confirmed Thursday that the three-bedroom, two-bath waterfront home at 11 Mermaid Road in Toms River is the very same place that we saw in last week’s “RHONJ” episode, Read more [...]