Questor share tip: Shares in Aim-listed recruiter Staffline could provide …

First-half revenue increased 14pc to £187m and pre-tax profit was up by a quarter to £3.4m. Mr Hogarth said: “We started the second half well, buoyed by the hot weather which has seen a significant increase in demand for contractors.” Brokers estimate full-year adjusted pre-tax profits of £12m, giving earnings per share of 41p. However, the reported full-year figures are expected to be hit by a £3m charge for a share option scheme. The exciting prospects are around the Read more [...]

Glitch hits Nasdaq system at centre of trading outage

By John McCrank NEW YORK | Thu Sep 5, 2013 1:29am BST NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group said the system at the center of the Nasdaq exchange's three-hour trading halt on August 22 had a six-minute outage on Wednesday for a small number of stock symbols, but the issue had been resolved and trading was not affected. The Securities Information Processor (SIP), which receives all traffic on quotes and orders for Nasdaq stocks, was down between 11:35 Read more [...]

Vancouver home sales jump more than 50%, but prices lag

The country’s most expensive housing market is showing signs of surging sales but Vancouver is still lagging historical norms. Why real estate doomsayers continue to be wrong Mandy Coz needs a lead. She isn’t the first sales rep from a nearby real estate brokerage to cold call my parents’ home in the suburbs on behalf of a family that badly wants to become our neighbours. But she’s the most recent and she’s on the hunt for a new seller. Her clients “lost out” on another property on Read more [...]

Sims facing another Q School test

<!----> Make text smaller Make text larger Michael Sims: 127th on this year's Web.com Tour money list. Related Stories Michael Sims is heading to back Q School after an indifferent season on the Web.com Tour.The 34-year-old Bermudian is currently listed 127th on the money list and only the top 75 are eligible for the new four-event Web-com Tour Finals.The first tournament in that series was last weekend — the Read more [...]

Lesbian couple to be listed as mums on baptism record

THE same-sex couple at the centre of a row over their young son’s baptism are set to have the ceremony as planned – but with a different vicar. It comes as a church leader stepped in to speak to civil partners Aimi, 25, and Victoria Leggett 22, of Gosport.Retired clergyman, the Rev George Gebauer had refused to register them both as the mums of their son Alfie, one.But now the devoted pair can both be formally listed as his mums by the church.The Archdeacon of Read more [...]

Williams Kindig house listed for sale

HATFIELD TWP — If you’re interested in buying a slightly used historic home from Hatfield Township, you have three weeks to make your bid. As of Tuesday afternoon the township’s historic Williams Kindig House is now listed for sale, via online auction site Municibid.com. “Using Municibid is a cost-free, quick and legal approach to both gauge interest and hopefully sell the property,” township Manager Aaron Bibro said Tuesday. The listing Read more [...]

Auckland house prices stabilise after rapid increase as more properties listed …

Auckland house prices have stabilised following a rapid increase in the first quarter of this year, as more properties are listed, according to Barfoot Thompson, the city's biggest realtor. The average sale price slipped 1 percent to $647,647 in August from July and is 0.4 percent lower than June, the firm said. The median price in August fell 4 percent to $561,500 from July and is 4.8 percent down from June. New listings rose 4.5 percent in August, making it Read more [...]