Monthly Archives: May 2013

10 Must-Attend Events During Chicago Craft Beer Week

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Chicago Craft Beer Week kicks off Thursday with tappings, tastings and dinners all across Chicago's beer bars, taverns and restaurants, anchored by the sold out Beer Under Glass kickoff event at the Garfield Park Conservatory. From now until May 26 the city's streets will be awash in suds and beer geeks rolling from event to event to get their hands on rare beers from local breweries both popular and new to Chicago's craft beer scene. The list of events during CCBW can be daunting, even Read more [...]

UK’s AIM-listed foreign-run firms face tougher takeover rules

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LONDON | Wed May 15, 2013 7:10pm BST LONDON (Reuters) - Foreign-managed companies trading on Britain's junior stock market will be subject to stricter takeover rules come September, the UK Takeover Panel said on Wednesday. The panel's takeover code currently applies to companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) .FTAI only if they were incorporated in the UK and if their central management is located in the country.From September 30, however, Read more [...]

Dambusters: How RAF crew room listed names of all 133 airmen… unaware their …

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For security reasons, only handful of senior officers knew details and objective of mission until the last momentRAF's 617 squadron flew 19 Lancasters at night, on May 16, 1943, to destroy three dams in Ruhr valley First name on sheet was Wing Commander Guy Gibson, who led squadron and was told about raid 3 days beforePencilled line through eight of bombers on list show ones that were lost; also 53 crew died, 3 taken as prisonerDocument, which belonged to Air Commodore John Whitworth, to be sold Read more [...]

IOI to Spin Off Property Unit in $634 Million Listing

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By SHIE-LYNN LIM PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia—Palm oil producer IOI Corp . said Tuesday it is spinning off its real estate business to raise 1.9 billion ringgit ($633.7 million) in a listing on the Malaysian stock exchange by mid-December, joining at least three other companies in tapping the country's capital market for billions of dollars in cash.Malaysia's initial public offering market has been buzzing in the past week after a lull in recent months because of uncertainties ahead of the Read more [...]

Triangle home sales jump 41 percent as inventory levels keep dropping

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Triangle home sales surged 41 percent in April as buyers continued to snatch up properties from an ever-shrinking inventory of homes on the market.Increasing demand and dwindling supply is creating plenty of frustrated buyers, as the most sought-after homes sell quickly – typically after receiving multiple offers. “The inventory being so low is really making it tougher,” said Mark Parker, vice president of sales for Fonville Morisey’s Stonehenge Read more [...]

Astros official response to ending of Astros’ wives charity event

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Story: Astros cancel annual Wives Gala fundraiser Here is the Astros’ official statement on the ending of the Astros’ wives Black Ties and Baseball Caps charity event after 23 years:  • This was not an Astros Event or Astros Foundation event and the former wives charity that hosted it is now essentially no longer in operation as no current Astros Wives belong. • The event was managed by a paid consultant who received a % of funds from the charitable proceeds. It was not managed Read more [...]

Dogs of Houses of the Day

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Lila, a long-haired Chihuahua, poses in the 450-square-foot studio apartment of Elle Beauty Editor April Long, who listed the apartment last year for $369,000. Now 7-years-old, Lila was adopted from a Long Island pet rescue in 2009. The home was last listed at $359,000 and was temporarily taken off the market in March this year, according to listing broker Mike Schulte of CitiHabitats. Read more [...]

Supervisors agree to extend listing of Events Center property

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MASON CITY — Cerro Gordo County supervisors agreed Tuesday to an extension of up to 24 months on a real estate listing for a tract of land just east of the North Iowa Events Center.The 2.3 acres of land, owned by the North Iowa Fair Association, is frontage property on the highway and has been on the market for more than two years.It was listed with EXIT Realty a year ago for an asking price of $700,000.Prior to that, in September 2010, Read more [...]

Supervisors agree to extend listing of Events Center property – Globe Gazette

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MASON CITY — Cerro Gordo County supervisors agreed Tuesday to an extension of up to 24 months on a real estate listing for a tract of land just east of the North Iowa Events Center.The 2.3 acres of land, owned by the North Iowa Fair Association, is frontage property on the highway and has been on the market for more than two years.It was listed with EXIT Realty a year ago for an asking price of $700,000.Prior to that, in September 2010, Read more [...]