Monthly Archives: July 2013

Dallas-Fort Worth home starts up 32 percent in second quarter

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North Texas new home starts rose by almost a third in the second quarter as builders hustled to keep up with buyer demand. (Louis DeLuca/Dallas Morning News) North Texas new home starts rose by almost a third in the second quarter as builders hustled to keep up with buyer demand. And sales of preowned homes were 12 percent higher in June than in the same month last year. “Homebuilders continued to report strong year-over-year gains in net sales during the quarter,” David Brown, regional director Read more [...]

All hopes on Qewy in the 12-furlong Listed Lenebane Stakes

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By Richard Forristal – 08 July 2013 John Oxx relies on the promising Qewy in a bid to plunder his fifth win since 2008 in Roscommon's showpiece Flat race, the 12-furlong Listed Lenebane Stakes. Third behind the Irish Derby hero Trading Leather at Gowran Park in the autumn, Oxx's three-year-old Street Cry colt was impressive when slamming a couple of subsequent winners Read more [...]

Aim Isa share tips from Britain’s best stock-pickers

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However, most, although not all, shares listed on Aim are exempt from IHT if held for more than two years. Experts have hailed last week's move as the birth of the IHT-free Isa. To add to the appeal, stamp duty on Aim share transactions, usually 0.5pc, will be scrapped from next April. Patrick Connolly, a certified financial planner at Chase de Vere, said: "There is the potential to make big gains but also the risk that you could suffer major losses." Mr Connolly pointed Read more [...]

Family’s plans for historic home to be wedding venue

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Plans have been put forward for a partial change of use for a Grade II Listed Building in Longsdon. The application, submitted by Miss Delphine Lovatt for Dunwood Hall in Leek Road, is to allow the partial change of use to allow weddings/civil ceremonies, christening, birthday gatherings and charity functions to take place at the premises. A planning statement submitted with the application on behalf of the applicant said that proposals were for part of the current residential property of Dunwood Read more [...]

Government likely to cap LIC exposure in a listed company at 25%

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MUMBAI: The government may cap LIC's investment exposure in a listed company to 25% of its equity after the insurance regulator raised concerns that the proposed 30% limit would increase the risk for policy holders besides triggering the takeover code. "The matter is being discussed with Irda and we expect to find the solution shortly that will address the concerns of both the parties (Irda LIC),'' financial services secretary Rajiv Takru told ET. "In any case, the government doesn't encourage Read more [...]

Combine glamour and great fishing for $20 million just 300km north of Sydney …

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Debt versus equity: read the fine print

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Joye Christopher Joye The explosion in the Australian Stock Exchange’s listed interest rate securities market, which encompasses fixed-rate government bonds, floating-rate senior and subordinated bonds, and a smorgasbord of Frankenstein-like hybrids, is a blessing and a curse. The positive is that it greatly expands choice and gives investors the chance to diversify their equities-biased portfolios across a rich range of debt securities within the ASX’s standardised and regulated Read more [...]

Fulham interested in transfer listed Tottenham Hotspur midfielder

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Tom Huddlestone will leave White Hart Lane this summer if someone offers up a decent fee, and it looks like Fulham may be interested in paying up for the Tottenham Hotspur midfielder. Of course, we do have to consider the source, but Goal.com claim that Fulham are interested and are expected to make a bid. As Goal notes, Fulham had a bid for Huddlestone rejected in January due to Sandro's injury. With Sandro on the mend and Paulinho coming in, Andre Villas-Boas and Company are much more Read more [...]

12 unexpected deaths listed among ‘serious incidents’

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