Monthly Archives: March 2013

Investors Ponder China Stock Market Outlook – Wall Street Journal

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Reuters Investors watch an electronic board showing stock information at a brokerage house in China’s Anhui province last month. After stocks on mainland China were rocked on Monday by their worst day of trading since 2011, investors are undecided over whether the three-month bull-run in Chinese shares is over. While there are signs that the all-important contingent of retail investors is calling it a day, some say the recent fall was only natural after the market rose so quickly, Read more [...]

Home sales continue at below average pace

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Home sale activity has trended below historical averages for a full year in the Greater Vancouver housing market.The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver (REBGV) reports that residential property sales in Greater Vancouver reached 1,797 on the Multiple Listing Service® (MLS®) in February 2013. This represents a 29.4 per cent decrease compared to the 2,545 sales recorded in February 2012, and a 33 per cent increase compared to the 1,351 sales in January 2013.Last month's sales were the second Read more [...]

The vandalised bus shelter in Henley Road, Caversham

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A bus shelter in Caversham could be the first candidate for local listing – although currently it’s a target for vandals. Councillor Tom Stanway asked what the lead member for regeneration, transport and planning Tony Page was going to do about refurbishing the old bus stop at the junction of Henley Road and Lower Henley Road. He put the question at the full Reading Borough Council meeting last Tuesday and Cllr Page replied that the ornate shelter opposite the Traveller’s Rest “appears to Read more [...]

Small town bank keeps growing

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MUNCY - For local residents, it shouldn't come as a surprise that the Muncy Bank and Trust Company is listed in the number one position for their Performance Rating for 2012 according to the most recent report from Financial Management Consulting Group, Russell Springs Kentucky. The rating was based from 198 banks that are headquartered here in Pennsylvania. President Dan Berninger said the comparison was made from 8 different categories: Net Interest Rank; Non-interest Income; Non-interest Read more [...]

NMH putting golf course, other properties up for sale

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Email Print Comments (0) NORTHFIELD — More of Northfield is now in flux. Northfield Mount Hermon Chief Financial Officer Richard Wood has announced to some the school intends to list for sale four of its remaining Northfield properties, including the golf course and pool. Selectboard chairman Kathleen Wright said Wood informed her of the planned sale Friday. Wright said this opens up further dimensions for possible changes to the town. To be listed for sale Read more [...]

PUBLISHER’S PERSPECTIVE

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By Josh Warburton   Seventeen years...holy cow. Another year gone by and here I am still publishing this here paper. Every year has its trials and rewards, but it seems like this past one was especially eventful – peaks and valleys, personal accomplishments and heartache. It was a booming year last year with what seems like an all-time high of events produced for the area. March is not only a five-week publishing month for us but it’s also one of the nicest months around these parts, in my Read more [...]

Controversial homes plan for Catshill garage site thrown out

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Buy photos » The garages along Byron Way. Photo by Marcus Mingins 0613004MMR CONTROVERSIAL proposals to build nine homes on two garage sites at the back of Byron Way in Catshill have been thrown out by Bromsgrove District Council's planning committee.The first of the Bromsgrove District Housing Trust (BDHT) applications was for two one-bedroom houses and a two-bedroom bungalow on land Read more [...]

New housing rules cause shares to fall

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Chinese property stocks were hit by government measures announced last week to control housing prices, dealers said. Picture: AFP PHOTO/Peter PARKS Source: AFP CHINESE property developers' shares have fallen over worries about the impact of new government measures to control house prices announced last week. Homeowners who sell their properties will have to Read more [...]

Coorabella, the Byron Bay jewel listed by Love & Hatred’s Giovanni D’Ercole

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Set amid lush green valleys of the Byron Bay hinterland, Coorabella, the magical 125-year-old home on 23 hectares at Coorabell, has been listed for sale at $7.5 million. For the past 17 years Coorabella has been home to jewellery designer Giovanni D’Ercole with an obvious heightened sense of theatre and aesthetic. Often featured in Australian and international magazines including Harper’s Bazaar, Marie Claire and Country Style, Coorabella is now listed through Nicolette van Wijngaarden at Read more [...]