Monthly Archives: November 2013

Platinum Partners invested in Asiasons, Blumont, LionGold before share collapse

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A screenshot of the Platinum Partners fund's website.KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 3 — In tracing the sudden collapse of the shares of three listed Singapore-based companies with reported Malaysian links, The Edge cast a spotlight on US hedge fund Platinum Partners Value Arbitrage Fund’s role had in inflating share prices beyond their value. According to The Edge, Platinum Partners was initially poised to pay hundreds of millions in dollars for new shares in the three firms - investment firm Asiasons Read more [...]

Online auction site eBay sparks outrage after Holocaust memorabilia items are …

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EBay has since apologised and removed some 30 items of memorabilia relating to the Nazi Holocaust from the site. The company has also made a donation of £25,000 to charity.According to the Mail on Sunday among the items listed on site was a uniform said to belong to a Polish baker who died at Auschwitz. It was on sale for £11,200, the paper said.Other items listed included a toothbrush, said to have belonged to a concentration camp victim, and Star of David armbands that were used to mark out Read more [...]

1995 Jeep Wrangler Transmission Now Listed for Sale in Used Condition at Top … – Virtual

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1995 Jeep Wrangler transmissions is now part of the Chrysler units that are offered as used online in the Got Transmissions company inventory. These Torqeflite and Aisin produced units are preowned are ready for shipment to U.S. gearbox buyers. Columbus, Ohio (PRWEB) November 03, 2013 Motor vehicle parts produced in the 1990s are now nearly 25 years old and are nearing the vintage age point in the auto industry. Some parts are now getting more difficult for buyers to find and the Got Transmissions Read more [...]

Wichita’s holiday events

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On Friday, the calendar flipped to Nov. 1, and things got real.In Wichita, November and December are positively filled with holiday activities. Nearly every day of the week, those seeking out holiday cheer can easily find concerts, plays, shopping events and light displays. Many of the events are traditions. Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas in Wichita without Botanica’s glowing gardens at Illuminations, the competing performances of “The Nutcracker,” edible house making at Gingerbread Village, Read more [...]

eBay takes down 30 items of holocaust memorabilia listed for sale

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Online retail site eBay has removed from its listings around 30 items of memorabilia from the Nazi Holocaust, including clothes worn by concentration camp victims, after a newspaper investigation discovered they were on sale on the e-commerce website, Britain’s Mail on Sunday said. The newspaper said its reporters found a range of items on the site over the past week, including what was presented by the vendor as a complete Auschwitz uniform worn by a Polish baker who perished in the Nazi Read more [...]

The ‘vulture’ funds that could rip the Co-op apart

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It is one of three inquiries into the bank's downfall – another is being led by Sir Christopher Kelly for the Co-op Group, and an internal probe is being carried out by the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) – and, to date, it has been the most high profile. Although there has been much disagreement over the causes of the collapse – most notably between former bank chief executive Neville Richardson and PRA head Andrew Bailey over whether Britannia's corporate loan book Read more [...]

Direct Line enjoys listed life after RBS with bumper rise in profits

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By Daily Mail City Finance PUBLISHED: 11:17 GMT, 2 November 2013 | UPDATED: 11:17 GMT, 2 November 2013 Direct Line has continued to make good progress since being spun out of Royal Bank of Scotland last year, after posting a bumper rise in profits. Britain’s biggest motor insurer, whose brands include Churchill, Privilege and Green Flag, said pre-tax profits rose by more than half to £124.2million in the three months to the end of September.  This compared with £82.4million Read more [...]

£3m for two London council houses in need of repair – and 20 protesters

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Lot 60 at the Savills property auction, held on Monday at the Marriott hotel in central London, inevitably attracted huge interest since it was advertised in advance as the most expensive council home ever to be sold, with a reserve price of £2.3m. The catalogue described the Southwark property as "an attractive pair of Grade II listed semi-detached buildings" in a "vibrant location close to Borough market, London Bridge, the Shard, the City and South Bank", adding, crucially: "Vacant."By Read more [...]

Missoula Mercantile listed for sale at $4.5 million

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The historic Missoula Mercantile is up for sale, with its owner asking $4.5 million for the downtown Missoula icon.Octagon Partners purchased the building for $2.3 million in 2011 and has since spent roughly $1.2 million on demolition, abatement and improvement, said J.P. Williamson, a founding partner of Octagon.The Virginia-based development firm specializes in redevelopment of historic buildings and envisions the former Macy’s as mixed space, with retail, restaurant, office and nonprofit Read more [...]