House Hunt: 39 Lexington Homes For Sale

The following 39 properties were listed for sale in Lexington in the past seven days, according to our friends at AOL Real Estate (click on the link to see the full listing, including real estate agent): 136 Lacy Springs Circle $497,500 5 Bed, 5 Bath  4,732 Sq Ft Brokered By: EXIT Real Est Consultants 105 Turnberry Lane $448,800 4 Bed, 5 Bath  3,911 Sq Ft Brokered By: Coldwell Banker United 116 Sir Edwards Lane $400,000 4 Bed, 4 Bath  3,154 Sq Ft  Brokered By: Keller Williams Columbia 129 Cypress Read more [...]

House Hunt: 10 Mount Pleasant Homes For Sale

The following 10 properties were listed for sale in Mount Pleasant in the past seven days, according to our friends at AOL Real Estate (click on the link to see the full listing, including real estate agent): 1113 Ayers Plantation Way $582,000 6 Bed, 5 Bath  4,388 Sq Ft Brokered By: GIBBS REALTY AUCTION CO, INC 4241 Coolidge St $479,000 4 Bed, 3 Bath  3,094 Sq Ft Brokered By: RE/MAX Advanced REALTY 2287 N Marsh Drive $469,900 5 Bed, 4 Bath  3,267 Sq Ft Brokered By: ERA HARPER REALTY 1525 Carolina Read more [...]

House Hunt: Homes with Streams, Near Woods, More

This week there are ten Open Houses scheduled in Marietta. Featured homes range in price from $139,900 for a charming two-bedroom bungalow near Marietta Square to $824,900 for a six-bedroom executive home on Waterford Green Trail. Click on a picture in the photo gallery to see a listing description. Click on an address listed below and get directly linked to AOL Real Estate for complete listing information. In addition to helpful home buying tips, maps and contact information for the listings you Read more [...]

See It First: 8 Recently-Listed Homes for Sale in and Near Florissant

Patch goes on a hunt each week to feature homes for sale in the area each week. Recently, we expanded our reach to include not only Florissant but Hazelwood, Maryland Heights and St. Charles County. This week, we’re featuring eight homes that were listed for sale within the ten days—so you could be among the first to take a look at your favorites. 617 Utz Ln., Hazelwood--$214,900, four bedrooms, three baths, 2,334 square feet. 3674 Woodpath Dr., Florissant--$110,000, three bedrooms, two baths, Read more [...]

House Hunt: 13 West Ashley Homes For Sale

The following 13 properties were listed for sale in West Ashley in the past seven days, according to our friends at AOL Real Estate (click on the link to see the full listing, including real estate agent): 2230 Portside Way $975,000 4 Bed, 4 Bath  4,600 Sq Ft Brokered By: AGENTOWNED CHARLESTON GROUP 2401 Shiraz Ln $368,990 4 Bed, 4 Bath  3,244 Sq Ft Brokered By: Pulte Homes 686 Fair Spring Dr $358,900 4 Bed, 3 Bath  2,513 Sq Ft Brokered By: AgentOwned Realty Co., Charleston Group, Inc. 2924 Limestone Read more [...]

Oman, UAE-listed firms fare well in GCC nations

Muscat: Aggregate profits of $11.6 billion announced by GCC-listed companies for the second quarter of 2012 disappointed investors, as the numbers fell marginally short of analysts' aggregate median profits estimate of $12 billion. The results shortfall was led mainly by the results of Kuwaiti companies.Forecasts were available for 124 companies compared to 103 companies for the first quarter of the year, with 57 per cent of these companies announcing higher-than-expected second-quarter earnings. Read more [...]

US Veterans Agency Triples Conference Spending in 6 Years

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, under fire for unauthorized and wasteful spending at two Florida conferences, has more than tripled its expenditures for such events over six years. Taxpayers have funded about $295 million for the conferences, according to records obtained in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. The agency has paid for almost 1,600 overnight gatherings attended by at least 50 VA employees since 2005. The department’s spending on such events jumped to $77.7 million Read more [...]

Successful listing puts FGVH on world map

<!--GA_googleFillSlot("Business_Story_toptext");--> IT is exactly 100 days today since Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGVH), the world's second largest initial public offering (IPO) this year, was listed on Bursa Malaysia. FGVH's journey towards a listing has not been the smoothest. FGVH, as a high profile and politically-linked plantation conglomerate, encountered a myriad of challenges both internally and externally that on many occassions threathened Read more [...]

James Holmes Halloween Mask Listed On eBay For $500 (PHOTOS)

Every Halloween, a costume that inevitably incites outrage makes its way into stores. But the World War II Evacuee and "Anna Rexia" outfits are nothing compared to the soullessness of a James Holmes latex mask that was listed on eBay for $500. EBay user "realface13" attempted to sell a very realistic-looking mask of the 24-year-old man who is accused of opening fire in a packed theater, killing 12 and wounding 58, in Aurora, Read more [...]