Danish royals to mark Opera House anniversary

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Ellen Biddle Shipman’s Beekman Place Townhouse House Fetches $35 M.

It’s hard to believe that the seller essentially gut renovated the home just a few years ago. New York is a city with a vast array of stunning townhouses, but for those who desire a manse on the East River, the options are limited and rarely listed. So The Observer was not particularly surprised to learn that a buyer has already snapped up the Ellen Biddle Shipman mansion at 21 Beekman Place. The mansion was one of the rare specimens to make an appearance Read more [...]

Eventful: Here are 30-plus recurring startup events in the Silicon Prairie

Red Nova Labs' Venture Friday event is one of nearly a dozen regular startup events in Kansas City. A look at our calendar page three years ago would have shown about a half-dozen monthly startup events throughout the Silicon Prairie. There were Startup Drinks, Cornstalks and other meetups, but there were no 1 Million Cups, Ladies who Launch or Design+Tech events. Thanks to organizations like Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, host of 1 Million Cups, entrepreneurs like Jill Thayer Liliedahl Read more [...]

Four outstanding country houses

Country Life has found four historic country houses which will appeal to international buyers looking for a base outside London An enthusiastic response from international buyers-and from those of the homegrown variety -to the recent launch of four grand country estates valued collectively at £65 million suggests that the recovery of the country-house market will continue to be led from the front. And not for the first time in 2013, as, earlier this year, competitive bidding by three international Read more [...]

Samsung Galaxy Core gets listed on company’s India website

It looks like Samsung's recently launched mid-range Android smartphone, Galaxy Core, is about to arrive in the Indian market.Samsung Galaxy Core dual-SIM smartphone has been listed on company's India website, though there's no information on availability and pricing, at the time of writing this post.Samsung had announced the Galaxy Core in May. The phone sports a 4.3-inch screen with a 480x800 pixels resolution. Powered by a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, the smartphone has 1GB of RAM and runs Android Read more [...]

Fincorp listed on Avelo Trigold Prospector

Avelo Trigold said it had signed Fincorp up on an exclusive basis initially after brokers using its Prospector platform had asked for bridging to be included in the search system. From this week brokers will be able to search for Fincorp’s bridging loans using the loans tab on Trigold and then drilling down into the bridging loans section. Brokers can either fill in an application form and submit it online to Fincorp through the Avelo Trigold system or they can review Fincorp’s criteria and Read more [...]

Newcastle’s Ryder Architecture celebrates 60 years of modernism

In 1953, two young architects, Peter Yates and Gordon Ryder, bumped into each other at an underground station in London. The pair had worked for three years with Berthold Lubetkin on his plans to create a modernistic utopia of the new town of Peterlee on the Durham coalfield.Although Lubetkin's ambitious plans for Peterlee were never realised, the experience of working with one of the greats of modern architecture had a lasting effect on the work of both men.In his early 20s, Yates had also Read more [...]

City, promotion groups hoping visitors, businesses will Discover Needles

Local City, promotion groups hoping visitors, businesses will Discover Needles By JENNIFER DENEVAN, Needles Desert StarTuesday, June 18, 2013 3:15 PM PDT NEEDLES — The partnership between the Needles Economic Development Corporation and Discover Inland Empire, the city’s website and the use of a Facebook page appear to be working to get the word out about Needles and what it has to offer.The NEDC joined Discover IE to help with Read more [...]

Cheltenham’s listed buildings and historical secrets

THOUSANDS of visitors flock to Cheltenham every year to see its famous regency buildings. But the iconic Cheltenham Town Hall and the Pittville Pump Rooms are not the only structures that are protected as listed buildings in a bid to preserve our history. ​ listed: The Municipal Offices; Montpellier Gardens Bandstand and the Crimean War Memorial outside Queen's Hotel From telephone and post Read more [...]

StubHub sees stadium naming deal as ticket to expanding globally

Before the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team takes the field Wednesday against the Portland Timbers, the sports facility that for the last decade bore the home improvement chain's name will be re-christened the StubHub Center. It marks the boldest move yet for one of the most recognized websites for buying sports and entertainment tickets to broaden its appeal outside the U.S. Read more [...]