Monthly Archives: September 2012

Business Briefs: Homes sell faster in July

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Homes sell faster in July The National Association of Realtors said Wednesday that the median time a previously occupied home was listed for sale shrank in July to 69 days. That's down from 98 days in the same month last year. One-third of the homes purchased in July were on the market for less than a month, while one in five was on the market for at least six months. In Chattanooga, the average days on the market for homes sold by local Realtors was 126 days in July, down 3.8 percent Read more [...]

2 areas listed as UNFAO heritage sites

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<!--enpproperty 2012-09-05 20:25:41.0Jin Zhu2 areas listed as UNFAO heritage sitesheritage sites,United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization,Puer,urbanization,Puer tea1158963Society2@webnews/enpproperty--> The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization listed two areas where tea and grains are produced in traditional ways as heritage sites on Sept 5. The Puer traditional tea agro-ecosystem in Yunnan province and the Aohan dryland farming system in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region Read more [...]

BAM picked for £25m Dover school expansion

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BAM Construction has signed a £25m deal to improve facilities at a co-ed boarding school in Dover, Kent. Above: Duke of York RMS, Dover The contractor will refurbish Grade II listed buildings at the Duke of York’s Royal Military School and provide several new buildings. The school became an “Academy with Military Traditions” in September 2010, and is now open to the children of both serving and non-serving parents. BAM will demolish several non-listed blocks and build a new sports hall. Read more [...]

2012 WCOOP Events 1-7: How Are Australian’s Fairing?

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Posted 4 hours 58 minutes ago by Matthew Pitt The 2012 PokerStars World Championship Of Online Poker is in full swing with seven of its hig stakes events having already been completed. Up to and including Event #7 there have been 556 entries from players who have listed Australia as their country of residence and these 556 have made it into the money places 67 times winning a combined $65,236.79. Event #1 was a $215 No Limit Hold'em 6-max event that attracted a bumper Read more [...]

Listing prices continue to rise in August

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Burning dollar image via Shutterstock.Asking prices for homes for sale on real estate search and marketing website Trulia were up 2.3 percent in August from a year ago, the largest year-over-year increase since the housing recession began. A monthly report from Trulia covering for-sale and for-rent properties listed on the website through Aug. 31 showed asking prices posting annual gains in 68 of the 100 largest metro areas tracked. Asking prices of homes for sale rose 0.8 percent from Read more [...]

Massachusetts Governor listed Obama accomplishments

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A number of speakers at the Democratic convention last night delivered some first rate oratory. A good speech combines information while stirring the imagination. It is persuasive and precise. Among those speaking last night was Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, clearly a rising star. In a period of less than a minute he offered an impressive list of Obama accomplishments. The delivery, the list follow: This is the president who delivered the security of affordable health care to every single Read more [...]

US homes selling more quickly as supplies tighten

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Wed Sep 5, 2012 9:34pm IST WASHINGTON, Sept 5 (Reuters) - U.S. homes are selling more quickly as supplies dwindle, according to a new survey on Wednesday that offered more evidence the housing market recovery is gaining momentum. The median time a home was listed for sale on the market tumbled 29.6 percent to 69 days in July from a year ago, the National Association of Realtors said. The Realtors group said one-third of the houses bought in July had been Read more [...]

9/11 events in the Hudson Valley

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Email Tweet Originally published: September 5, 2012 10:29 AM Updated: September 5, 2012 12:52 PM By NEWSDAY.COM  eventsny@cablevision.com Photo credit: Angela Gaul | An 80-foot stainless steel sculpture called "The Rising" commemorates the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks at the Kensico Dam Plaza in Valhalla. (Feb. 23, 2012) Read more [...]

Fannie Mae property sales will continue without David Durham

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Fannie Mae property sales will continue without David Durham David Durham, left, who has been selling Fannie Mae property for 30 years, is entrusting that portion of his business to Jason Holm, center and John Duffy, right. Holm has been working with Durham for the last several years and is ready to handle the extra work load, with Duffy’s help. David Read more [...]

Russia’s richest man eyes London listing

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Mr Usmanov, who is the second biggest shareholder in Arsenal football club, has asked Russia's markets regulator for permission to list 20 per cent of MegaFon's proxy shares in London. The flotation could raise as much as £2.5bn, according to Reuters in Moscow. Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have been lined up for the float. Mr Usmanov took control of MegaFon, Russia's third biggest biggest mobile operator, in April. He has been keen on investment opportunities in the UK, building a stake of Read more [...]