Monthly Archives: August 2013

Margaret Thatcher’s ‘inspirational school’ gets listed building status

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The entry for M Roberts, head girl in 1943, takes up a good chunk of the oak noticeboard recording the honours harvested by generations of old girls, their minds expanded and their backbones stiffened by an education at Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School.The noticeboard, along with the almost unaltered Edwardian school holding it, has just been listed at Grade II by the government, partly in honour of its most famous pupil; Margaret Hilda Roberts, later prime minister Thatcher, later still Read more [...]

Pamela Wallin Expense Scandal: Senator Ordered To Pay Back $139000

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OTTAWA - Sen. Pamela Wallin's final bill is in — and it's a whopper.The embattled Saskatchewan senator and former Conservative caucus member was informed Wednesday that she'll have to reimburse the Senate a grand total of $138,970 for ineligible travel expense claims.Wallin was already on the hook for $121,348 after an independent audit of her travel expenses, released last week. The auditors advised another $21,000 in questionable Read more [...]

111 Thai Listed Firms Pay Interim Dividends For H1/2013

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One hundred-eleven firms listing on The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) and the Market Alternative Investment (mai) paid interim dividends of a combined THB 91.4 billion (approx. USD 2.95 billion). Interim dividends of all Thai listed firms are expected to exceed THB 100 billion for the third consecutive year due to their promising growth and high liquidity. SET Executive Vice President Chanitr Charnchainarong said that as of August 22, the companies paying dividends for the first six months of Read more [...]

Hedge fund boss is hit with £800k council fee to build a mega-basement below …

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Reade Griffith ordered to pay fee to install two-storey basement Build will house pool and spa and likely add £10million to house value Experts said the levy is unprecedented for homeowners and is  normally reserved for large-scale developments Basement equivalent to eight average-sized new-build family homesKensington and Chelsea Council said it will be used for affordable housing By Larisa Brown and Ben Spencer PUBLISHED: 01:06 GMT, 22 August 2013 | UPDATED: 09:43 GMT, 22 August Read more [...]

HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHT: Bicentennial events listed in the county

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<!-- [component:byline] --> For the past 78 years, the NEWS of Delaware County, in one version or another, has covered Delaware County and its people. Each week, we are highlighting stories of interest that appeared in your local newspaper. The following item appeared May 10, 1976, in the NEWS of Delaware County. “New Land, New Covenant -- Man and Spirit in ‘76,” an oratorio composed especially Read more [...]

Thailand’s Land & Houses Considers $600 Million Property Trust IPO

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BY P.R. VENKAT AND NOPPARAT CHAICHALEARMMONGKOL Thailand's Land Houses PCL, the country's largest home builder by market capitalization, is considering listing some of its real-estate assets in an offering that could potentially raise as much as $600 million, people with knowledge of the matter said Wednesday. The company has sought out banks to discuss an initial public offering of the assets, in the form of a property trust, in the fourth quarter of this year, the Read more [...]

South Florida home sales, prices rise by double digits in July

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South Florida’s home market keeps on sizzling.Sales volume is as hot as the boom time of 2005, although the median prices are still far lower. More single-family homes were sold in July in Miami-Dade County than at any time since the peak of the boom. Prices, while improving, are still lagging 35 percent behind. What’s driving the market? Supply — there isn’t much — and demand — a lot of buyers are racing against rising mortgage interest rates. Read more [...]

Candidate’s Age Often Listed Incorrectly

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By DEREK KRAVITZ Over more than a decade in public life, City Council Member Letitia "Tish" James's age has appeared in media reports many times, with one consistent problem: It is almost always incorrect. In the most recent instance, Ms. James, the frontrunner in the race to become New York City's public advocate, and a campaign aide separately told The Wall Street Journal that she was 50 years old for an article published in July. Ms. James is actually 54, according to her New York Read more [...]