Monthly Archives: September 2012

Events to celebrate local food month – Times

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Local Food Month is a countywide celebration of local food, local farmers and local abundance, intended to raise awareness of agriculture and healthy food systems in Humboldt County. Throughout September, a series of events provide opportunities to enjoy and learn about local foods and the people who produce them. Many of the events are free. For details, directions, maps, phone numbers and an updated listing of events, visit http://caff.org/about/humboldt, http://humfarm.org or call CAFF at Read more [...]

For Sale: Renovated Victorian Home Listed at $779K

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Today's house spotlight comes from Washington Boulevard where Prudential Douglas Ellisman Real Estate has listed home for sale at $779,999.  According to AOL Real Estate, the house at 123 Washignton Boulevard has five bedrooms, four bathrooms on 0.64 acres of land. The Victorian style home was completely renovated in 2005, according to the homeowners, and features central air conditioning, a finished basement, moldings and hardwood floors. Its features also include a parking garage.  Taxes on Read more [...]

China Mobile Games Listed On Nasdaq

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By KEVIN SHALVEY U.S. investors on Tuesday had not yet settled on a starting price for shares of China Mobile Games and Entertainment Group (CMGE), which on Tuesday became the first Chinese company to list on the Nasdaq in 2012. This is the first paragraph of an article found on news.investors.com. It contains some interesting insights that fit the consumer and business insights focus of our blog. The article continues … The company says it’s Read more [...]

Living it up in hen house suite

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A super-rich City banker who made a fortune from the credit crunch is splashing out more than £150,000 – on a palatial chicken coop at his country mansion. The Palladian hen house at the Forest of Dean mansion of hedge fund manager Crispin Odey will have stone colonnades, English oak windows and will be topped with an anthemia monument. The colossal coop stands 16ft high and covers 775 sq ft – taller than a bungalow and roughly the size of a typical two-bedroomed flat. Mr Odey, 53, hired a Read more [...]

6-13 October: Drones Week of Action Events

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WEEK LONG EVENTSDrones Peace Walk. During the Week a group of peace campaigners will raise awareness of the drones issue as they walk through towns and villages and visit sites connected to the drone wars. See daily guide for more info.Pedalling for Peace: A 100 mile bike ride from Fylingdales to Menwith Hill and series of evening meetings to highlight the role that the two Yorkshire bases play in the weaponization of space, nuclear proliferation drone wars. See daily guide for Read more [...]

Old Pomeroy High School up for sale, again

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POMEROY — Pomeroy Village Council unanimously approved the advertising of the Old Pomeroy Village Hall, also known as the Old Pomeroy High School, for sale. This will be the third time the building has been listed for sale by the village. Council member Robert Payne made the motion to move forward with advertising the property for sale, with council member Ruth Spaun seconding the motion. The first two listings resulted in one bid from Mark Porter GM in December 2011. The village had Read more [...]

Minority shareholders: listed companies to get video conferencing facility in …

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RECORDER REPORT Array ( ) ) --> The Securities and Exchange Commission (SECP) would encourage listed companies to provide video conferencing facility to its minority shareholders to cut their cost for attending general meetings. Sources told Business Recorder here on Tuesday that the SECP has drafted a concept paper on the general meetings (GM) through videoing conferencing Read more [...]

Fund wants 20 firms listed

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Government-backed NZVIF expects to have invested in 180 local firms by 2017 The New Zealand Venture Investment Fund has set an aggressive target of getting 15 to 20 of its portfolio companies listed on the NZX over the next decade. The Government-backed fund has invested in 125 local firms and expects that number to grow to 180 by 2017. NZVIF chief executive Franceska Banga concedes that taking up to 20 of its firms public is an ambitious target. Since the fund's establishment in 2002 only Read more [...]

Promoting Events Online Made Easy With Crowd.fm

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Crowd.fm is an easy-to-use platform created to promote events online. It’s been described by its founder Tekin Suleyman as “an amazing platform for getting events listed with a single click.” The company provides the Crowd.fm API to provide developers integration options. Promoters and event organizers know the effort required to get the right attention around their events; posting to multiple websites and social networks, as well as tracking the responses to these posts is imperative. Read more [...]