AgFeed Scam Making American Investors Wary of US-Listed Chinese Stocks

America investors are growing increasingly wary of US-listed Chinese companies amid a US Securities and Exchange Commission probe into alleged securities violations by AgFeed Industries, a bankrupt China-based pork producer. Earlier in the month, AgFeed filed a statement in a US bankruptcy court corroborating that some of its Chinese farm operations had reported "fictitious" sales from 2008 through the first half of 2011. Managers in China openly talked about their methods for manipulating the company's Read more [...]

Bus firm listed among 1000 most inpsiring

Stephensons of Essex has been included in the inaugural publication of the London Stock Exchange Group’s ‘1,000 companies to Inspire Britain’, a list of the most inspiring small and medium UK companies. The Rochford fiim runs the Haverhill Duddery Hill depot formally used by Burton Buses.To be selected, companies had to demonstrate not only a positive growth in revenue over the last four years, but also an increase in employee numbers, workspace, contract wins Read more [...]

Push to protect Edmonstone Street’s history

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Holiday App And Game Sales: Give Yourself The Gift Of Thrift [Continuously …

It's time for a good old fashioned non-denominational holiday celebration here at Android Police HQ. What better way to celebrate the season than with some apps and games – and at reasonable prices. The holidays are expensive enough without paying full price for apps, right? Apps Servers Ultimate Pro – $1.99 from $8.99 Lightning Launcher eXtreme – $0.99 from $2.99 Buy Me a Pie! Grocery List Pro – $1.00 from $2.99 Flipps HD – $0.99 from $4.99 RepetiTouch Pro (root) – $0.99 Read more [...]

New coffee table photo book captures Ashland homes, gardens

From its striking cover of a glowing yellow maple tree and then across 160 pages, the coffee table book “Ashland, Oregon” is a visual treat for people interested in historic houses, seasonal foliage and landscaped grounds.The new book by Barbara Tricarico (Schiffer Publishing Ltd., $35) includes images by 33 photographers who captured exterior scenes of Southern Oregon’s city known for public theater and private property serving personal expression. Flip a page and see aerial shots of the Read more [...]

Bahamas listed as wealthiest CARICOM country

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – The World Bank has rated the Bahamas as the wealthiest Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country. The Washington-based financial institution said that the Bahamas is the most economically prosperous country relying on tourism to generate most of its economic activity. It said that the tourism industry not only accounts for over 60 per cent of the Bahamian gross domestic product (GDP), but provides jobs for more than half the country’s workforce. After tourism, the Read more [...]