Monthly Archives: March 2014

Asos’ shares have risen 26000% since it listed (but they dropped today)

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Investors are a fickle bunch and they certainly don’t like surprises. However, Asos’ share price fall this morning looks a bit overdramatic at first glance.The online fashion retailer plunged as much as 22% after it announced sales growth had slowed and it was increasing investment. Shares were still down almost 14% in mid-morning trading.Asos said sales grew 26% year-on-year to £137m in the two months to February, not exactly tepid growth but well below the jump of 38% in the previous four Read more [...]

Newsome Working Men’s Club listed for sale at £250000

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An historic club is being marketed for sale at £250,000.Newsome Working Men’s Club closed its doors in January due to a cash crisis.Insolvency experts from Begbies Traynor were called in to oversee the winding-up and it has now been listed for sale with Walker Singleton at £250,000 exclusive of VAT.It says it is suitable for a variety of uses and development, subject to planning permission.Sale documents show that members of the Bowling Club retain use of the green and surrounding timber buildings Read more [...]

Grade II listed mill house in Devon

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A wonderful old mill house has paddocks, an old winery and former vineyards, as well as fishing rights on the River Yeo The Old Mill is a very attractive Grade II listed former mill house with a separate cottage and winery near Down St Mary in Devon. The property probably dates from the early 16th century and numerous historic features remain including an inglenook fireplace with wood-burner in the dining hall and there are characterful exposed beams throughout the house, while the garden room Read more [...]

Heritage houses: Vancouver’s Dorothies move down the road

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The Dorothies moved with care on Monday morning as they navigated suburban streets at the pace of a slow walk, leaving their perches on West 43rd Ave. for the first time in 83 years.For three hours the Tudor-style homes rested on crude cradles of steel beams and thick pieces of timber. After months of concern the heritage homes would be destroyed, the twin structures were loaded onto specialized flatbed trucks and moved two blocks to the north. The convoy stopped and started as the rear wheels Read more [...]

Five Pictou County bridges listed as ‘poor’ or ‘serious’ condition

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The province’s bridges are corroding and crumbling to the point where 391 of those inspected were listed as having serious damage, including missing concrete, says a provincial database. Using the Freedom of Information law, The Canadian Press obtained 3,021 inspection reports done on bridges in 2012, the last year where records are complete. In Pictou County, five bridges have made the list of the province’s bridges noted for being in poor or serious condition. Only one, Seal Creek Bridge Read more [...]

JonBenet Ramsey death house listed for $2M as owners list it for the FOURTH …

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Six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey was found murdered in the basement of the Boulder, Colorado home the day after Christmas in 1996Patsy Ramsey sold the 5-bedroom house in 1998 for $650,000The home changed hands twice before Tim and Carol Milner bought it in 2004 for $1.05MThe Milners have listed the house four times at increasingly lower pricesBy Joshua Gardner PUBLISHED: 19:07 GMT, 17 March 2014 | UPDATED: 19:08 GMT, 17 March 2014 The Read more [...]

Lloyd’s insiders sell down their stakes in London-listed (re)insurers

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Directors of London-listed PC (re)insurers are selling down their holdings in their companies amidst predictions that 2014 will be a challenging year for carriers. Research by The Insurance Insider's Data Room shows that company insiders have sold nearly £13.84mn ($22.4mn) worth of stock so far in 2014 (correct as of 17 March), taking advantage of the historically high valuations Read more [...]