Listed firms report slower profits in H1

<!--enpproperty 2012-08-14 09:36:13.0BEIJING -- Chinese listed firms recorded sharply slower growth in net profits in the first half of the year as the country's economy downshifted, according to companies' new semi-annual results. The combined net profits of 846 listed firms that have released earnings reports as of Monday, or more than a third of all listed firms in the country, climbed 1.74 percent year-on-year in the first half of 2012, calculations by financial data provider Wind Read more [...]

Nuisance properties listed online

The site includes the addresses and photos of all the properties that are being monitored by the city’s Nuisance Abatement Board. Most of the properties listed on the site earlier this week have had long problems with drug dealing, prostitution and other crimes, according to city records.

The site is accessible by going to http://www.flpd.org and clicking the “community” tab.

German listed companies comfortably top league of worst pension deficit ratios

Germany's companies may be the backbone of Europe's economic performance, but they also worryingly shoulder the highest pension deficit ratios on the Continent, according to analysis by Morgan Stanley. German companies take half of the highest 10 positions of European and British companies as ranked by their net pension liabilities as a proportion of their market capitalisation. The table, compiled by analysts at Morgan Stanley's European equity strategy team, shows Read more [...]

Account manager and sales rep list Spring home

Bryan J. Williams and Ashley E. Cirincione Williams have listed for sale a five-bedroom, 3.5-bath home at 3019 Lenora Springs Drive in Spring for $225,000.The 3,095-square-foot home in Canyon Lakes at Legends Ranch was built in 2007. Elizabeth Chappell of Keller Williams Realty is the listing agent. Bryan Williams is an account manager at Boral Roofing, a provider of clay and concrete roofing solutions. He previously served as a superintendent at Meritage Homes.He has a bachelor's degree Read more [...]

S’pore-listed Sakari plans to acquire six IUPs in RI

Paper Edition | Page: 13 A company listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX), Sakari Resources Limited, is planning to strengthen its coal mining business in Indonesia by acquiring several mining business licenses (IUPs).In an announcement published on its website and submitted to the SGX, Sakari said it had signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) — a non-binding document of partnership agreement — to acquire a 100 percent interest across six IUPs in Indonesia. The company said the IUPs Read more [...]

High Demand, Low Supply: A Shift in the Housing Market

Being a real estate agent has always been challenging. By and large, your livelihood is dependent upon other people making one of the biggest decisions of their life.  This weekend, I was looking for homes to show to one of my clients.  Here is the problem: many of the homes, even if they are listed as active, have multiple offers.  They won't become pending until one of the offers is selected and approved.  That can take several days to happen. Here is snap shot of what this looks like in Read more [...]

Just Listed: Homes on the Market in Chantilly

The following Chantilly 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! 14507 Transworld Ln., Meadows of Chantilly subdivision, $65,000, three beds, two baths 13858 Beaujolais Ct., Brookleigh subdivision, $174,900, two beds, one bath 43195 Center St., Read more [...]

Piecemeal Sale of Bulgaria’s Largest Non-Ferrous Plant Kicks Off

Bidders wishing to purchase certain assets of Bulgaria's bankrupted largest non-ferrous metal producer, the Lead and Zinc Complex (LZC, OTZK) in Kardzhali, have a month do so, as of Monday, August 13, 2012. This is possible after a private judicial enforcer listed for sale 50% of severely financially troubled largest non-ferrous metal works, the Lead and Zinc Complex. The sale surfaced Saturday on the website of private enforser Rosen Sirakov. The enforcer has taken up the measure after OTZK's main Read more [...]

Proteas listed for top awards

Cape Town - Hashim Amla and Vernon Philander have been nominated for two high profile awards in the annual ICC Awards' long list of nominees announced on Monday. The pair will compete for the ICC Cricketer of the Year as well as the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year, after 12 months of Read more [...]

Report: Taylor Swift Buys New House Near the Kennedy Compound

The girlfriend of Conor Kennedy reportedly is buying a Colonial-styled house across the street from the home of her boyfriend's grandmother. Rumor has it, Taylor Swift sets her eyes on a seven-bedroom waterfront estate in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. According to WHDH-TV, the home is listed for about $4.9 million and located across the street from the house of Ethel Kennedy, her boyfriend's grandmother. Read more [...]