Monthly Archives: May 2014

Detroit to expand online auction of vacant houses

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Enlarge PhotoDetroit Mayor Mike Duggan, right, talks with some of the neighbors of ... more FacebookFollow @washtimesDETROIT (AP) - An online auction of vacant houses in Detroit will be expanded from one east side neighborhood to two others, city officials announced Monday. Open houses are scheduled Saturday and Sunday in Boston-Edison on the west side and Osborn area in northeast Detroit. The auction began earlier this month for houses in East English Village. More than 1,000 people toured 12 listed Read more [...]

‘Scarface’ mansion in Santa Barbara listed for $35M

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Real estate 13 hours ago Famed plastic surgeon Lenny Hochstein and “Real Housewives of Miami” star Lisa Hochstein threw a controversial “Scarface”-theme party at their historic white Miami Beach mansion before they tore it down recently. Tour boats routinely claim the 1983 Al Pacino gangster film was made in the white waterfront manse.In fact, the movie was filmed across the country, in this 1906 mansion in Santa Barbara. The real “Scarface Read more [...]

Tanzanian banker listed for African award

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News Monday, May 12, 2014 MWANZA, Tanzania - CRDB Managing Director, Dr. Charles Kimei has been shortlisted for this year’s (2014) African Banker of the Year Award.Dr. Kimei is among seven finalists in the Managing Directors/Chief Executives category.The winners will be announced at the prestigious a gala dinner on May 21, in Kigali, Rwanda, during the African Development Bank Annual Meetings scheduled for next week.The aim of the award is to celebrate and recognize individuals and financial Read more [...]

Why the Nation’s Hot Housing Market Is Cooling, Slightly

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By Kris Hudson CONNECT The housing market showed signs of cooling in the first quarter as the supply of homes for sale expanded and lofty prices put a damper on demand in recent months. A single family home is shown for sale in California. Reuters The median price of an existing U.S. home was $191,600 in this year’s first quarter, up 8.6% from a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors’ examination of multiple-listing service data in 170 metro Read more [...]

FTSE 100 watch: London-listed miners lead Footsie higher

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iNVEZZ.com, Monday, May 12: Britain’s blue-chip index has started the week on an upbeat note, propped up by miners which have gained ground amid higher metals prices and following a JPMorgan upgrade of heavy-weighted miner Rio Tinto (LON:RIO).Among individual movers, shares in British Sky Broadcasting Group (LON:BSY) have posted a drop after the company confirmed that it was in talks with 21st Century Fox over the potential acquisition of Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia.Miners lead FTSE 100 higherAs Read more [...]

Where was Obama during Benghazi? Ask the White House diarist

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When trying to keep track of the president’s time, most observers look at “WAVE records” (the White House visitors log listing everyone who enters the White House complex) and the “President’s Public Schedule” (which selectively lists the president’s public activities). But there is another document that meticulously records all the president’s activities, public and private, every second of every day. It is called the “President’s Daily Diary.” Just outside the Oval Office Read more [...]

Artist puts his spectacular Grade I listed mansion on sale for same price as a …

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An artist is selling his spectacular Grade I listed mansion for the same price as a one-bed London flat.Francis Convery bought Stracathro Mansion House in 2003 with the incredible property spread over 28,000 sq/ft.He has used the country pile as his own personal gallery, displaying more than 150 of his paintings in the home’s stately rooms. Francis Convery at Stracathro Mansion House which he is selling for the same price as a one-bedroom flat in London But Francis Read more [...]

Boyle library events

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Posted: Monday, May 12, 2014 5:02 am Boyle library events 0 comments Upcoming events at the Boyle County Public Library are listed. For more information or to register, call (859) 238-7323 or visit the “What’s New” page at www.boylepublib.org. Some activities require registration for participation.  Read more [...]