Copper thieves targetting vacant homes listed for sale

London Community News The London Police Service has identified a crime pattern in which copper wire is being stripped from vacated homes listed as for sale. Since November, 17 break and enters have been reported to police in which unknown person(s) have entered a home and removed copper wiring and copper tubing.  The most recent occurred on Jan. 23, when a home had all copper removed Read more [...]

Shuanghui adds 10 banks for Hong Kong WH Group listing

Shuanghui International, China's biggest meat processor, which acquired American pork producer Smithfield Foods for US$4.7 billion last year, has added another 10 underwriting banks to the syndicate for its US$5 billion Hong Kong initial public offering, people familiar with the deal said. In a bid to expedite the planned share sale, Shuanghui International - which will be listed as WH Group, a holding company created for the public offering that carries assets including Smithfield Foods and Shenzhen-listed Read more [...]

Victorians to vote on four new designs for commemorative birth certificates

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Nokia Normandy listed on a Vietnamese retailer’s website

Nokia's Android budget phone codenamed Normandy has leaked yet again. This time around we found the phone listed on the biggest Vietnamese online retailer's website. The listing shows an official picture with Nokia's proprietary Android skin we've already seen. The specs once again get confirmed too - a 4" WVGA display, a dual-core 1GHz processor (Snapdragon 200 chipset), a 5MP rear camera, dual-SIM capabilities and Android 4.4 KitKat. The retailer also claims the phone will support all Google Read more [...]

Sell expensive council houses, ministers urge local authorities

Kris Hopkins, the housing minister, said: “By selling off council houses worth millions of pounds, councils can use the money to buy or build more new affordable homes in their borough and cut housing waiting lists. London boroughs like Southwark have shown how this common sense measure will increase affordable housing in London.” He added: “Housebuilding is an essential part of this government’s long-term economic plan. That’s why we have designed an ambitious new scheme Read more [...]

IDX Sets 2-Year Limit for Listed Companies to Get Minimum 7.5% Free Float

A display board at the Indonesia Stock Exchange on Dec. 30, 20134. (JG Photo/Safiir Makki) Indonesia’s stock exchange will give listed companies a two-year time limit to free float at least 7.5 percent of their shares or face being delisted from the exchange, said a senior bourse official. Hoesen, director of evaluations at Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX), said on Friday that it will be issuing a regulation effective on Jan. 30 forcing companies to comply with the ruling Read more [...]

German listed residential adds 300000 but lacks efficiencies – Akselrod/Barkow

German listed residential adds 300,000 units but lacks efficiencies

26 January 2014, 10:56 PM

German listed residential property firms added over 300,000 units to portfolios in 2013 and now own 1.1m units in total, but the market is fragmented and the lack of scale efficiencies means it has inflated cost structures, say Akselrod Consulting and Barkow Consulting in a new study.