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Monthly Archives: September 2013
Backdoor-listed firm readies share sale
Conglomerate Alliance Global Group, Inc., injected its spirits subsidiary Emperador Distillers into recently acquired Touch Solutions.
A total of 1.8 billion shares will be sold at an indicative price range of P8.96-P11.74, representing a 2014 P/E of 19.1-25.0, said IFR, a unit of Thomson Reuters. The shares to be sold represent 12% of the company’s Read more [...]
Meet the most expensive home ever listed in Regina
The most expensive home ever to be listed in Regina is up for sale with an asking price of $4 million.
The 6,000-square-foot home in Wascana View has been on the market for about three weeks.
Realtor Robert Nisbett says the property has attracted interest from several prospective buyers in the city.
Nisbett, who has been in the real estate business since 1983, says he never thought he’d see a $4 million home listed in Regina.
“There was a remarkable time when you pushed Read more [...]
Two Sunnyside bar/restaurants listed for sale
Two Sunnyside bar/restaurants listed for sale
Sept. 17, By Christian Murray
Two Sunnyside bar/restaurants are up for sale.
La Kueva, a Latin Rock establishment located at 39-31 Queens Blvd , is on the market for $160,000.
Meanwhile, the Wild Turkey, located at 39-35 47th Avenue, has been listed for sale at $110,000.
Rae Arora, a co-owner of the Wild Turkey, said that while the restaurant is for sale, he hopes that he doesn’t have to sell it outright. In fact he would Read more [...]
Disclosure and King Krule listed among the 25 most influential Londoners aged …
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Washington navy yard gunman Aaron Alexis was Hewlett-Packard contractor
The man responsible for Monday's deadly rampage at the Washington navy yard was a subcontractor and former reservist who was arrested at least twice in the past for gun-related offences.Aaron Alexis, 34, was discharged from the navy in 2011 after an incident in which an upstairs neighbour complained that he had shot into the floor of her apartment. But Alexis restored his connections with the navy when a professional services company subcontracted by Hewlett-Packard employed him on a navy Read more [...]
Newport’s Chartist Mural ‘not to be listed’
Breaking news Newport's Chartist Mural 'not to be listed'
11:18am Tuesday 17th September 2013 in Gwent news
By David Deans - Politics reporter
Newport's Chartist Mural 'not to be listed'
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Our tourist events snubbed
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BIG EVENT: Ulladulla’s Blessing of the Fleet Festival draws huge crowds to the region and in the past has attracted state government funding because of its importance as a major tourism event, yet it and other events being held in the Milton Ulladulla region were not included in a publication to promote the state’s major events.THE Milton Ulladulla region might be a hub for tourism and festivals, but it seems to have fallen off the state government’s Read more [...]
Once an $18000 Home on a Decaying Street, Now a $5 Million Gem
Carlos was fiction, but the events in the book were based on the real-life experience of its author, Peggy Mann Houlton, who bought a brownstone on that street in 1960 with her husband, William Houlton. The couple paid $18,000 for their home and then spent decades meticulously restoring and nurturing the brownstone and the neighborhood.
Until one day the house began returning the favor.
For nearly 15 years, it has been a luxury rental property, bringing the Houltons’ grown daughters Read more [...]
Aaron Alexis named as gunman in Washington navy yard shooting
The man responsible for Monday's deadly rampage at the Washington navy yard was a subcontractor and former reservist who was arrested at least twice in the past for gun-related offences.Aaron Alexis, 34, was discharged from the navy in 2011 after an incident in which an upstairs neighbour complained that he had shot into the floor of her apartment. But Alexis recently found contract work with the navy. The compputer firm Hewlett Packard said it had employed him as a subcontractor on an information Read more [...]