Monthly Archives: September 2013

British government to privatize Royal Mail within weeks

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Britain embarked on its largest privatization in decades on Thursday as the government unveiled plans to sell the majority of the near 500-year-old state-owned Royal Mail postal service.The Department for Business said a stock market flotation would take place in coming weeks, giving the public a chance to buy into the postal network. Ten per cent of the shares will be given to Royal Mail staff. More Related to this Story Royal Mail’s Canadian chief must repay $400,000 housing allowance U.K. Read more [...]

Twitter plans stock market listing

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12 September 2013 Last updated at 22:55 GMT Twitter's planned IPO was hotly anticipated by investors Twitter has announced it has filed paperwork with US regulators ahead of a planned stock market flotation. "We've confidentially submitted an S-1 to the SEC for a planned [initial public offering]," the company tweeted on its official feed. The stock offering is the most Read more [...]

Halloween in New Orleans is getting an unusually early start for 2013 – thanks …

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With a Friday the 13th falling in September in 2013, the Halloween season in New Orleans is getting off to an unusually early start. The lure of such a scary date is more than local haunted houses — and a celebrity-studded horror convention — can resist.There will be blood — and zombies, aliens, monsters, witches and what have you — as horror fans get the jump on the Halloween season at the Mad Monster Party Gras, running Sept. 13-15 at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, 500 Canal St. The three-day Read more [...]

Two Monrovia Homes Listed as 17 Oldest for Sale in LA County

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Two Monrovia homes are included in a list of the 17 oldest houses listed for sale in Los Angeles County.Curbed LA put out the list that includes the Annette Nye home at 137 Norumbega Drive and a second property at 115 E. Greystone Ave. The two-level cottage-style home on Norumbega was built in 1888, according Redfin.com.  The property's was purchased by L.H. Field from the original owners and Field sold it to Nye.  Nye was one of the founders of the Saturday Afternoon Club, which later became the Read more [...]

1956 Packard 400 on Hemmings might be a great deal, but for whom?

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We love the look of this 1956 Packard 400. Photo by Hemmings. For $46,500, though, it's hard to imagine how many collectors will be dying to but it. We'd be one, if we had that kind of cash. Photo by Hemmings. The Packard's understated design means it will stand out in a field of exuberant cars from the Big Three. Photo by Hemmings. Expensive chrome work has been handled, Read more [...]

Act will stop listed buildings becoming dinosaurs, claims EH

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Get on board! 10 tips for boardroom success for women

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Fresh figures released this week by the Professional Boards Forum, which campaigns to increase female representation at the top of British business, show that 18.7 per cent of FTSE 100 company directors are female. That’s up from 12.5 per cent in February 2011, when Lord Davies published his report on women in the boardroom.However, progress has inevitably been much faster for non-executive positions (currently 23.6 per cent female) than executive roles (six per cent), where the churn is lower Read more [...]