Monthly Archives: August 2012

Amla and Philander short-listed for top ICC honour

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Amla and Philander were named alongside Australia captain Michael Clarke and Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara in the short-list for the coveted accolade. Both players shone during the voting period, which included all international matches between August 4, 2011, and August 12, 2012. Amla made 915 runs, at an average of 65.35, in 10 Tests over the 12 months, including two centuries and four Read more [...]

Banks sell fewer seized houses

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<!--Saxotech Paragraph Count: 14-->LOS ANGELES — Sales of bank-owned homes and those already on the foreclosure path fell sharply in the second quarter, reflecting a thinner slate of properties for sale in many cities as banks take a measured approach to placing homes on the market.Even so, foreclosure sales’ share of all U.S. home purchases grew in the April-to-June period, foreclosure listing firm RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday.The combination of fewer bank-owned homes for sale and stronger Read more [...]

Enjoy Heritage Open Days with FREE events and places to visit from 6th to 9th …

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Heritage Open Days is a celebration of Britain’s fantastic architecture and culture by offering free access to places that are usually closed, or charge for admission, or that you simply have not spent a lot of time looking at! There are many venues worth a visit in the Harrogate district. Harrogate Borough Council along with Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon Civic Societies, Nidderdale AONB and the Woodland Trust the Churches Conservation Trust and individual venues have worked Read more [...]

Foreclosure sales fall, lenders favoring short sales

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The decline reflects a thinner slate of properties for sale in many cities as banks take a measured approach to placing homes on the market.Even so, foreclosure sales' share of all home purchases grew in the April-to-June period, foreclosure listing firm RealtyTrac said Thursday.The combination of fewer bank-owned homes for sale and stronger demand during the traditional spring home-buying season also pushed sale prices higher.Bank-owned homes and those in some stage of foreclosure posted the biggest Read more [...]

Enterprise Metals to spin off uranium assets into new ASX listed company

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Enterprise Metals (ASX: ENT) plans to spin off its uranium assets into a new entity to be called Enterprise Uranium, which is expected to be separately listed on the ASX.The separation of the uranium assets is expected to ensure the focus required to develop these assets optimally. The demerger will be via an in specie distribution of around 100% of the shares in Enterprise Uranium to shareholders ofEnterprise Metals, on a one for five basis, comprising about 42 million Enterprise Uranium shares Read more [...]

Sales of foreclosed properties up in second quarter

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Properties repossessed by lenders through foreclosure accounted for 23 percent of U.S. home-sale transactions during the second quarter, RealtyTrac reported Thursday. Such sales were 22 percent higher than first-quarter levels and 19 percent above levels for April through June 2011, the foreclosure search engine said. On Wednesday, the National Association of Realtors said its index measuring Read more [...]

Bandera event heralds frontier spirit

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BANDERA — What began in 2002 as a modest afternoon fundraiser to aid local flood victims has evolved into this community's signature event, an elaborate festival that could draw 20,000 this weekend. “It's a beautiful thing,” Mayan Dude Ranch Manager Kelly Orion said of Celebrate Bandera, which runs from tonight through Sunday evening. “It reinforces our identity as the Cowboy Capital of the World.” The highlight for many is the herding of longhorn steer down Main Street to kick Read more [...]

Report: Foreclosure sales fell sharply in 2Q

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LOS ANGELES — Sales of bank-owned homes and those already on the foreclosure path fell sharply in the second quarter, reflecting a thinner slate of properties for sale in many cities as banks take a measured approach to placing homes on the market.Even so, foreclosure sales' share of all U.S. home purchases grew in the April-to-June period, foreclosure listing firm RealtyTrac Inc. said Thursday.The combination of fewer bank-owned homes for sale and stronger demand during the traditional spring Read more [...]

Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy listed as co-favorites to win Deutsche Bank …

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Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy / Getty Images We're used to seeing Tiger Woods' name atop Vegas' golf odds when he's in the field. But for the second straight tournament, he's not the only one listed as the favorite for a FedExCup event. Woods and Rory McIlroy were listed as 7-to-1 favorites last week to win the Barclays (neither was in contention to win on Sunday), and when the Las Vegas Hotel and Casino released their odds for the Deutsche Bank Championship, the two biggest names in the sport were Read more [...]