Love Your Looks likely to win European Breeders´ Fund Upavon Fillies´ Stakes …

Love Your Looks likely to win European Breeders´ Fund Upavon Fillies´ Stakes (Listed Race) Perpetuating her excellent podium record, the Mike Murphy trained bay filly, Love Your Looks, will be able to bring home the ace title of the European Breeders´ Fund Upavon Fillies´ Stakes (Listed Race), a high-profile Class 1 race that is set to take place at Salisbury racecourse on Wednesday, August 15. To reach the finish line, the four-year-old veteran runner will have to cover the distance Read more [...]

Ten beer events from August 16 to August 31, 2012

Ask me a question. WASHINGTON, August 15, 2012 — Beer is a social beverage. Drinking a beer can be quite pleasurable, but enjoying it in a convivial atmosphere with similar-minded friends and strangers alike can create fun times and great memories. To that end, twice each month, After Hours publishes a calendar of notable beer events covering Maine through North Carolina. Here in the second half Read more [...]

One of Harry M Miller’s hand-me-downs – a 1920s F. Glynn Gilling Woollahra …

A 1927 Woollahra manor home last sold in 1968 by the entreprenuer Harry M Miller has been listed for September 11 auction. The F. Glynn Gilling-designed house, which sits on 1,365 square metres, was built for Justice Allen Maxwell and his wife, Sadie. He was initially a judge in the District Court in the late 1920s, then in the Suprme Court from 1934 until he decided to retire, becoming the chairman of Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd (ATN-7) in 1955. The five-bedroom, five-bathroom Edgecliff Read more [...]

Focus Media plans Nasdaq de-listing

<!--enpproperty 2012-08-15 09:29:11.0He Wei in ShanghaiFocus Media plans Nasdaq de-listingFocus Media plans Nasdaq de-listing,FountainVest Partners Co Ltd,China Everbright Ltd,Carlyle Group LP11022002Companies2@webnews/enpproperty--> The Chinese digital media business, Focus Media Holding Ltd, is planning to de-list itself from Nasdaq in the largest ever such move. The decision follows on a series of attempted management buyouts of Chinese companies in recent months, many of which had seen Read more [...]

Repair heritage homes, even for social housing

Among the many properties in Toronto Community Housing Corp.’s portfolio are 40 significant heritage buildings that have been allowed to fall into severe disrepair. Both the city and TCHC need to give priority to repairing these buildings before they fall into further decay.The TCHC response thus far has been that these heritage buildings will not receive repair priority despite being highly valuable – and irreplaceable historic properties. There is no doubt TCHC is facing financial challenges, Read more [...]

Events bring quick cash to homeowners

Print this Article    Email this Article     CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For Dustin Read, the upcoming Democratic National Convention in Charlotte seemed like a surefire way to make extra money.An estimated 35,000 people — from delegates and journalists to scores of protesters and police — will be flocking to North Carolina's largest city to attend the three-day convention in early September. He figures some of Read more [...]

BSE plans a listing in 2013

Following in the footsteps of the upstart rival Multi Commodity Exchange, the Bombay Stock Exchange – Asia’s oldest bourse – plans an IPO next year. The bourse’s listing will be the first such since the Securities and Exchanges Board of India passed a rule in April allowing the practice, subject to certain constraints, including that they list on a different exchange and that 51 per cent of the company be publicly held. The first Indian exchange to list was MCX, which earlier this year Read more [...]

Just Listed: Homes on the Market in Centreville

The following Centreville homes came on to the market during the past week. Click on the addresses below for more information about each property. If you are a Realtor or a homeowner with a property on the market, feel free to add a photo to the gallery or information in the comments section below. Happy house hunting! 14738 Gatwick Sq., London Towne community, $285,000, three beds, three and a half baths 6825 Stone Maple Ter., Compton Village community, $308,900, three beds, two and a half baths  6263 Read more [...]