Canadian listing on cards

Infrastructure funding doubts Food prices up in May CTU seeks answers over trade agreement Reserve Bank leaves rates on hold Bids for Far North prospecting sought Policyholders approve insolvency scheme Mine appeal set for October Sustained growth in wind generation backed Read more [...]

Shortage of homes for sale creates fierce competition

LOS ANGELES The newest problem for the slowly improving housing market isn't a shortage of serious buyers, it's a shortage of good homes./pp Would-be buyers are packing open houses and scrambling to make offers on properties before they are even listed. Bidding wars are erupting. And real estate agents are vying fiercely to represent the few sellers that do exist./pp Housing inventory has sunk to levels not seen since the bubble years. The number of American homes with a "for Read more [...]

Beyond the Hedges: Sales pending for two notable houses

As island real estate brokers report a busier-than-usual start to the summer, sales are pending for two Palm Beach properties with price tags of $6 million or more, according to recent status changes in the Palm Beach Board of Realtors Multiple Listing Service.One is in Midtown, a landmarked 1927 house that has been on the market for four years at 153 Clarke Ave. Offered in 2010 at nearly $7 million, the Mediterranean-style house with pecky-cypress ceilings and Cuban tile floors was last priced at Read more [...]

U.K.-Listed Film Production, Sales Firm Content Media to Go Private

LONDON – U.K. AIM listed sales, finance and production banner Content Media Corp., headed by John Schmidt,i s to de-list from the stock exchange and take the company private.Content Media Agrees to Buy 50 Percent Stake in Alex Gibney's Jigsaw ProductionsCannes 2012: Content Film Nabs Worldwide Rights to 'The Machine' The company told the market Thursday of its plans saying that the costs and obligations of being being listed the U.K.'s small cap market outweigh the benefits. The company, Read more [...]

Shortage of homes for sale creates fierce competition

LOS ANGELES — The newest problem for the slowly improving housing market isn’t a shortage of serious buyers, it’s a shortage of good homes. Would-be buyers are packing open houses and scrambling to make offers on properties before they are even listed. Bidding wars are erupting. And real estate agents are vying fiercely to represent the few sellers that do exist. Housing inventory has sunk to levels not seen since the bubble years. The number of American homes with a “for sale” sign hit Read more [...]

LogRhythm Listed as “Champion” in Info-Tech Research Group’s … – Virtual

LogRhythm, the leader in cyber threat defense, detection and response, today announced it has been listed as a “Champion” in Info-Tech Research Group’s Security Information and Event Management Vendor Landscape report. According to Info-Tech Research Group, LogRhythm is credited with having a comprehensive SIEM solution and was deemed “Exemplary” in management of security events, reduction of compliance complexity and Read more [...]

Dunes sagebrush lizard will not be listed as endangered species – Las Cruces Sun

Click photo to enlargeSANTA FE - The dunes sagebrush lizard will not be listed as an endangered species. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service decided today against federal protection for the lizard, which exists in four counties of southeastern New Mexico and four others in West Texas. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has scheduled a news conference for later today, but the federal government's position is that voluntary conservation agreements to save the reptile are working well. Through these Read more [...]

Irish property pair seek to file for bankruptcy in UK

An Irish couple who built up a €1bn (£800m) portfolio of luxury property, stretching from London to Washington DC and Stockholm, will attempt to file for bankruptcy in London on Thursday.Brian O'Donnell, a high-profile Dublin corporate lawyer, and his psychiatrist wife, Mary Patricia O'Donnell, are accused of being among the Irish "bankruptcy tourists" fleeing to the UK to use Britain's more lenient bankruptcy laws.The couple, from Killiney, Co Dublin, have relocated to a town house a stone's Read more [...]