Galaxy Grand Neo listed on Samsung website, goes on sale in Netherlands

Samsung’s much-rumoured smartphone Galaxy Grand Neo has been listed on Samsung website (for Eastern Mediterranean countries). This listing not only confirms the smartphone details but also makes it official in the absence of any official announcement. In related news, the phone is now also on sale in Netherland via a third-party online retailer, which is offering it for EUR 260 ($355). Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo features a 5.01-inch WVGA display, 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 2100 mAh battery, Read more [...]

Extremely Rare Nintendo Game Listed on eBay

Update: Following on from last week's listing of a rare Nintendo World Championship NES cartridge being listed on eBay, two more collector's have listed their own versions of the game on the site. While the first is another grey one, this time in mint-condition with an undamaged label, the real draw is the even rarer gold one, only 26 of which were ever made for Nintendo Power prize winners. While the original auction listed below ended with a final bid of a whopping $99,902, reports Read more [...]

Runners vote Mole Valley as top destination

Outstanding natural countryside has been cited as the reason for Mole Valley being named the best place for running in the UK.Runner’s World Magazine readers listed a number of the district’s annual events in the ‘races of the year’ category, including September’s Bacchus Half Marathon, which saw more than 1,000 runners and walkers flock to the area.Organised by Events to Live in Ashtead, the marathon – which follows a 13-mile loop passing the Denbies vineyard, Ranmore Common and the Read more [...]

Sri Lanka’s Vallibel Finance plans the first listed debt sale in 2014

Vallibel Finance plans to raise Rs. 500 mn via a debt issue Sri Lanka based Vallibel Finance is planning to raise up to Rs. 500 million via a debenture issue, which will be the first listed debt issue on the CSE during the year 2014. The issue would be opened for subscription on the 11th of February. Initially the firm is planning to issue 2,500,000 Unsecured, Subordinated, redeemable debentures at an issue price of 100, each. The issue quantity would be raised by Read more [...]

Kovacevic: Pitt can’t defend dud vs. Duke – Tribune

Call it a choke, a gag, a typical Pitt collapse against a top-caliber team. Call it a portend of the punishment to come at tournament time. There's going to be a whole lot of that, and I'm guessing a whole lot worse on this morning after the No. 18 Panthers' bumbling, bucket-trading 80-65 defeat at the hands of No. 17 Duke, one that doused a potentially explosive crowd of 12,944 Monday night at Petersen Events Center. That kind of reaction is to be expected, actually. This was the Read more [...]

Beyond Good & Evil 2, Untitled Batman Game Listed by GameStop

Listings for Beyond Good Evil 2 and an untitled Batman game for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 have popped up on GameStop Germany's website. There are no further details beyond the platforms both games will be released on, but if you're anything like us, you'll be forgiven for hoping the Batman title might be that rumored 2014 Rocksteady Arkham game the Internet caught wind of last year - you know, the one that original Arkham voice actor Kevin Conroy kept accidentally alluding to? Read more [...]

Cold weather and slippery roads cause event cancellations throughout Genesee … – The Flint Journal

Snowfall throughout the area, such as Downtown Flint, seen here, has caused multiple school and event closings.  Scott Atkinson | MLive.com GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- More than schools were closed Monday, Jan. 27, due to the cold and the slippery roads. Various after-school events and other organizations issued cancellations as well. Flushing schools announced that they were canceling all athletic events for Jan. 27, and according to a message on the Genesee Intermediate School District's main phone Read more [...]

Copper thieves target vacant homes listed for sale

London police say they have identified a pattern of copper thefts from homes that have been vacated and listed for sale. Since November 2013, investigators say 17 break and enters have been reported in which copper wiring and copper tubing has been removed from vacant homes. The most recent occurred last Thursday, when a home had all the copper removed from its basement. So far, homes in the east end of the city have been targeted, in an area bounded by the Thames River and Read more [...]