Monthly Archives: April 2014

Nexus 10 returning to sale ‘soon’, Google Play listing says

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Josh Miller/CNET Following an absence of some months, Google's popular Nexus 10 tablet will soon be back on sale, according to Google Play.The 16GB version of the 10-inch device was listed as 'out of inventory' back in October, Phandroid wrote, while the 32GB version also went out of stock, but did make a return in early February, according to the International Business Times. The search giant's online Read more [...]

Let’s Do It Cyprus pulls in 6500 volunteers

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REGISTERED volunteers for the Let’s Do It Cyprus! – We Clean Cyprus in a Day clean-up campaign, to be held on Sunday, have reached 6,500, the office of the Commissioner for the Environment has announced. According to the announcement, preparations for the campaign have entered the final stretch. The deadline for volunteers to register is Thursday at noon. The campaign will start on Sunday at 10am at the chapel of the Thirteen Martyrs at Ayioi Omologites, located in the park behind the Presidential Read more [...]

HK-listed property stocks up on reports China may ease home ownership rules

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[HONG KONG] Shares of Hong Kong-listed property companies gained on Wednesday, led by China Resources Land Ltd, after state media reported that several mainland cities may relax home ownership restrictions. China Resources Land rose as much as 4.8 per cent, Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd climbed 3.8 per cent and Country Garden Holdings Co Ltd jumped 7 per cent. The Hong Kong property sub-index climbed 2.8 per cent, beating a 0.3 per cent gain for the benchmark Hang Seng Index . The Shanghai Securities Read more [...]

Work set to start on roof of Grade I listed Devon and Exeter Institution on …

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Comments (0) IT is hoped that work to repair the roof of the Grade I listed Devon and Exeter Institution, which faces onto Cathedral Green, will start in June. To date, £500,000 has been raised towards the total cost of £600,000 and the institution is hoping to be able to go out to tender in the next three weeks. After heavy snowfall in December 2010, cracks began to appear in the plasterwork around the domed lanterns Read more [...]

Weather expected to create ‘home buyers stampede’

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House in Byron Center(Photo: WZZM)BYRON CENTER, Mich. (WZZM) -- If you've been looking for a new home in greater Grand Rapids, you know how tight the market is. You can blame it on the weather.The positive is the economy has improved, so everyone is back in the market to buy. But there's a shortage of houses and the long winter has delayed construction until now.Mother Nature decided to save the last day in March for the first real, warm day to get some home construction done."On this one here, we're Read more [...]

Britain’s Royal Mail sale short-changed taxpayers – watchdog

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LONDON (Reuters) - Britain sold off Royal Mail too cheaply, the spending watchdog said on Tuesday, prompting the main opposition Labour party to accuse Prime Minister David Cameron's government of failing to look after the interests of taxpayers. Britain's decision to sell a 60 percent stake in the 500-year-old state postal operator last October for 330 pence a share has been heavily criticised by Labour and trade unions after the stock soared by as much as 87 percent.Labour has seized upon the Read more [...]

Non-Listed REITs Accounted For $21 Billion In Property Sales Last Year

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Investors are pouring cash into non-listed REITs, which continue to aggressively stockpile assets as they build portfolios. “There were more private REIT deals last year than in 2007,” says Dan Fasulo, managing director for Real Capital Analytics (RCA), based in New York City. Non-listed REITs accounted for $21 billion in property sales in 2013—that’s an 85 percent increase in volume from 2012, making them one of the fastest growing segments of the market, according Read more [...]

Mick Davis Boosts His War Chest To $3.75 Billion, With BHP Billiton Assets In …

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At the risk of joining the dots and forming the wrong picture it now seems likely that a deal involving BHP Billiton BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest mining company, and Mick Davis, one of the mining world’s most successful managers, and a man looking for his next deal, might be brewing. In one corner is a company trying to slim down after a decade of hectic growth which has left many shareholders jaded by the lack of financial returns on their capital. In another Read more [...]

2014 The Good Phight Over-Under Events

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*There isn't really a chili cookoff. I tried, but apparently technology does not yet allow us to deliver spicy delicious chili wirelessly through the internet. Maybe next year. Welcome to the 132nd Annual Hunger Games! Er, I mean, Philadelphia Phillies! Now that Opening Day is upon us and, arguably, beyond us, it's past time to roll out the annual Over-Under Sweepstakes, where you can win fabulous prizes* merely for guessing stuff on the internet! *note: no actual prizes will be awarded If you've Read more [...]