Property sellers trim asking prices to secure summer sales

The number of properties for sale across the UK that have been reduced in price at least once by their owners to try to secure a sale is at a nine-month high, according to property website Zoopla.co.uk. 37% of UK properties currently on the market have seen their asking price reduced at least once since first being listed for sale, up from 34% just three months ago. With the average price reduction from the original asking price now at just under £19,000 (7.6%) house hunters can look for property Read more [...]

Some listed companies still without CEOs

<!--GA_googleFillSlot("Business_Story_toptext");--> PETALING JAYA: A handful of public listed companies remain “leaderless”, or are facing that scenario, as there is an absence of information of whether anyone will fill their chief executive officer (CEO) or C-level roles. Companies like Malaysian Resources Corp Bhd (MRCB), Silver Bird Group Bhd and Amanah Raya Bhd are running without a CEO or group managing director. On the other hand, national carrier Read more [...]

Unique open house planned in Ripley Sept 30

RIPLEY- Ripley Main Street Association and the Historic Preservation Commission of Ripley announced this week plans to showcase a number of houses and buildings located in Ripley's downtown area designated as Ripley's Historic District and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Ripley Main Street Director Libbi Bryant-Bennett and the Historic Preservation Commission President Josh Behm have planned an open house on Sunday, Sept 30, from 1 to 4 p.m.to give residents and Read more [...]

To Sell or Not to Sell?

To sell or not to sell… that is the question.  School is about to start, the summer is winding down, and suddenly you remind yourself that you were going to have your house listed for sale by the first of June…. and it just did not happen. Life got in the way and there was just too much to do. I have people calling me asking, "DID I MISS THE SELLING WINDOW?", "IS IT TOO LATE TO SELL MY HOME?"  Well, first of all, being a real estate agent, if you call and ask me that, of course I will tell Read more [...]

Listed firm not obliged to reveal internal advice

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Old Tredworth school threatened with demolition

AN old school could be demolished after urban guardians failed to win Listed status for the building. But Gloucester Civic Trust said the battle to save the former Hatherley Road Secondary School in Tredworth, Gloucester will continue. ​ THREAT: The site. Gloucestershire County Council, which wants to build 13 houses on the 111-year-old school site, closed down the day centre there last year Read more [...]

Swisher Hygiene Inc. Delays Filing of 2012 Second Quarter Report on Form 10-Q

Receives Lack of Compliance Notification From NASDAQ CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Swisher Hygiene Inc. ("Swisher Hygiene") (Nasdaq:SWSH) (TSX:SWI), a leading provider of essential hygiene and sanitation products and services, announced today that on August 15, 2012 it received a letter from NASDAQ indicating that it is not in compliance with the filing requirements for continued listing under NASDAQ Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) since its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, Read more [...]

Suburban park listed as sex predator’s home

STATE POLICE have allowed a sexually violent predator to register his address as a suburban community park that's a popular hangout for children - and the local police chief is not happy. "It's absolutely insane," Upper Darby Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood said. "The State Police should have asked him what bench he was sleeping on so we could find him." In 2003, Steven Sherlock, now Read more [...]