Historic homes open house planned for Sept. 30 in Ripley

RIPLEY - Ripley Main Street Association and the Historic Preservation Commission of Ripley plan 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 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 visitors an opportunity Read more [...]

Report: $30 million Sarasota listing may be illegal

A highly coveted vacant lot in Sarasota known as the Quay property was listed for sale at $30 million but the listing may have been done without the owner's permission. That may make the action illegal, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports. Florida Growth Realty listed the property, which is in the process of being foreclosed on by an Irish bank, Anglo Irish, which itself was taken over by the Irish government. An attorney Read more [...]

Listed private equity ‘still holding value’

Investors have not “missed the boat” when it comes to listed private equity in spite of narrowing discounts, according to Winterflood Securities. The latest report from the firm has revealed that discounts at which private equity trust shares trade tightened from 36 per cent to 30 per cent in the past year. This compares to the sector’s discount nadir at 60 per cent in September 2008, Winterflood said. But Simon Elliott, head of research at Winterflood Securities, warned Read more [...]

The Carriage House in the Close-Up

Until her death in February at 94, Ms. Bassman, whose hauntingly erotic black-and-white portraits of the supermodels of her era decorated the pages of Harper’s Bazaar in the 1950s and ’60s, lived and worked in the carriage house. After renouncing fashion photography in 1969, she rented the house’s enormous all-white ground-floor studio to the privacy-loving Abstract Expressionist artist Helen Frankenthaler for two decades. “I was proud of the fact that we were able to keep this Read more [...]

Will Rogers Days in Claremore is listed as a top destination for tour buses

The designation was awarded by the American Bus Association, an influential voice in the tour bus industry. The Claremore event was selected from more than 500 applications. “It's a major designation for us here in Oklahoma,” said Steve Gragert, director of the Will Rogers Memorial Museums in Claremore. “We should see a greater number of motor coach tours coming through here at least around Will Rogers Days and maybe the whole year.” The annual event celebrates Read more [...]

County home sales dip in August, up for year

  Local home sales fell in August, but more homes have sold so far this year than the first eight months of 2011. Last month, 148 homes sold, 19 percent fewer than in August 2011, when 183 were sold, according to a report from Indianapolis-based F.C. Tucker Co. Johnson County was one of three central Indiana counties where home sales decreased last month. Across central Indiana, home sales were up by about 5 percent, according to the report. Johnson County home sales have Read more [...]

Antonio Gates: Chargers TE Listed as Inactive vs. Titans

The San Diego Chargers will be without Antonio Gates for their Week 2 matchup with the Tennessee Titans. The Sideline View’s Adam Caplan reported the news via Twitter. Wow, surprising. TE Antonio Gates in inactive for the Chargers along with RB Ryan Mathews.— Adam Caplan (@caplannfl) September 16, 2012 Gates briefly left the Chargers’ Monday night game against the Oakland Raiders last week with a rib injury. He returned and finished the night with four catches for 43 yards. As CBSSports.com’s Read more [...]

Listed cottage nestling in rolling Pennine landscape

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Schwartz puts Macquarie Hotel up for sale

By Clyde Mooney A strategic inner-city venue with prime gaming opportunities has been listed for sale as industry expectations continue to show a healthy rebound.   In operation as a hotel since 1888, the historic Macquarie Hotel, currently trading as Sydney Brewhouse, has been operated for the past 16 years by Dr Jerry Schwartz, who has added an eight hectolitre brewery to the pub. The pub features three bars across four levels and a 24-hour licence, gaming room and 25 poker machines, Read more [...]

PSE approves consolidation of listing boards

MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) board has approved the proposal to consolidate its listing boards under the current first, second and small and medium enterprises boards. "The consolidation of the listing boards is aligned with international best practices on trading boards of bourses in the region. It also provides a clearer classification of listed stocks that will help investors evaluate business prospects of companies belonging to these listing boards. We thank Read more [...]