Monthly Archives: July 2012

Ambleside police station sells for £141000

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10 July 2012 Last updated at 19:43 GMT The former Ambleside police station sold for £141,000 The former police station in Ambleside, Cumbria, has been sold at auction in Manchester for £141,000. It was listed for sale alongside police buildings in Cockermouth, Cleator Moor and Kirkby Stephen. These failed to sell. The properties were being offered for sale by the Cumbria Read more [...]

Corporate E-Review: July 2012 — SEC Adopts Final Rules on Listing Standards …

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On June 20, 2012, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted new Rule 10C-1 under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act) to implement Section 952 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 (Dodd-Frank).1 The new rule directs U.S. national securities exchanges, including the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ Stock Market, to adopt listing standards regarding the independence of compensation committee members and the retention Read more [...]

Civic Society column – with David Winpenny

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Officiously to keep alive.’This cynical couplet is probably the Victorian poet Arthur High Clough’s most quoted piece of verse; the only other phrase you might recognise was quoted by Winston Churchill in the darkest days of the Second World War. In a BBC broadcast on April 27,1941, he quoted Clough’s ‘Say not the struggle naught availeth’; the poem’s last line, ‘But westward, look, the land is bright’ was taken to be a glance towards America and possible help in Read more [...]

London 2012 Olympics: BBC closing in on agreement to screen future Olympic …

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Sir Roger Bannister was first up in blazer and tie, avoiding the Moonie pyjamas that all other torch bearers have had to wear. Sir Steve Redgrave, the bookmakers’ favourite, then rowed with the flame in Henley, though Coe was on his way to Windsor by then to greet the flame along with the Queen. All three are in the running, but director Danny Boyle may be thinking more creatively than this stellar shortlist. White elephant could be left to graze in Park The interminable Olympic Read more [...]

Report: Westchester Residential Sales on the Rise

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Statistics for residential real estate sales in Westchester County showed a 13 percent year-over-year increase for the second quarter of 2012, according to the Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service. Realtors participating in the Westchester-Putnam division of the Hudson Gateway Multiple Listing Service reported 1,788 closed residential sales in Westchester County, and 177 sales in Putnam County, during the second quarter of 2012. By the numbers: In Westchester, single family house sales led the Read more [...]

Villagers back plans for soldiers’ £200m recovery centre at hall

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RESIDENTS have welcomed plans to turn a stately home into a rehabilitation centre for wounded servicemen and women. Plans to convert grade-II-listed Stanford Hall, Stanford-on-Soar, near East Leake, into the £200 million Defence and National Rehabilitation Centre went on display at the hall on Saturday. At the public event, which showed people what facilities the centre would have, Richard Beeby, of nearby Rempstone, said he was very impressed with the plans. The 56-year-old farmer Read more [...]

OTC and NASDAQ-listed Companies Join to Webcast Live on July 12th at …

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NEW YORK, July 10, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- BetterInvesting (NAIC), PR Newswire, and MUNCmedia today announced the agenda of the upcoming RetailInvestorConferences.com, the monthly online investor conference series. Individual investors, institutional investors and analysts are invited.Pre-registration is suggested to save time: There is no fee for anyone to log-in, attend the live presentations, and ask questions.LINK: www.retailinvestorconferences.com red "register/ watch event Read more [...]

Las Vegas Housing Market Enjoys Fifth Straight Monthly Price Gains in June

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Las Vegas, Nevada Based on statistics released today by the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors (GLVAR), existing home prices in June increased for the fifth straight month, as the supply of local homes listed for sale continues to tighten."We haven't seen local home prices go up for this long since 2004," said GLVAR President Kolleen Kelley, a longtime local Realtor. "Banks are putting far fewer homes on the market than they did in past years. This is leading to a very tight housing supply Read more [...]