Monthly Archives: September 2013

Listed ServicePower promotes CFO to CEO

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AIM-LISTED ServicePower Technologies has promoted its chief financial officer Marne Martin to chief executive. Martin joined the workforce management business in January this year as CFO, but will now succeed Mark Duffin who steps down from the role. She took on the role of interim CEO in July when it was announced that Duffin was on gardening leave and due to step down in September. Previously Martin was CFO of AIM listed Norcon, a telecommunications and defense Read more [...]

Business news and markets: live

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Mr Cable told Sky News: "We should certainly think about how it should come into effect, indeed whether it should come into effect in the light of changing market conditions. We don't want a new housing bubble." While Mr Cable has previously raised concerns about the scheme, his intervention represents the first time he has suggested it should not come into force at all. The scheme currently helps buyers with a 5pc desposit to buy a new-build property worth up to £600,000. Read more [...]

A Key Development In Las Vegas Real Estate Suggests House Price Gains Are …

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This is a key distressed market to follow since Las Vegas has seen the largest price decline of any of the Case-Shiller composite 20 cities. The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors reported GLVAR reports 19-month run of rising home prices, increased inventory GLVAR said the total number of existing local homes, condominiums and townhomes sold in August was 3,539. That’s down from 3,633 in July and down from 3,688 total sales in August 2012. ... ... GLVAR has also been reporting Read more [...]

Council looks to step in and save North Wales hospital admired by Prince Charles

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A Victorian asylum highlighted by Prince Charles as one of the nation’s architectural gems could be compulsorily purchased amid fears the property is being left to rot. Planners say the grade II* listed North Wales Hospital in Denbigh has suffered “neglect” as well as being targeted by vandals and thieves and is now in an “extremely dilapidated state”. Denbighshire officials want to buy up the site to protect it from further damage after talks with its owner, Preston-based solicitor Ayub Read more [...]

Palestinian firms listed as clients of Israeli general who fled war crimes arrest

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dani_rothschild.jpg Major-General Danny Rothschild (Wikimedia Commons) A “security company” owned by an Israeli general who once fled the UK fearing a war crimes arrest boasts of major Palestinian and foreign firms in Ramallah as its clients. The firm, Netacs Ltd., was founded and is co-owned by reserve Major-General Danny Rothschild, who commanded Israeli occupation forces in the West Bank in the 1990s. Rothschild, who Read more [...]

LSU makes list again for top universities in country

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For the sixth consecutive time, LSU has been recognized as one of the top universities in the country by U.S. News World Report. In U.S. News World Report’s 2014 edition of Best Colleges, LSU is ranked in the first tier for “Best National Universities.”            “Before I arrived, I saw LSU’s quality from afar and to be recognized as a top tier university for six straight years shows that others around the country recognize LSU’s quality as well,” said LSU President Read more [...]