Monthly Archives: July 2014

Town for sale gets worldwide attention

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SWETT, SD (KELO/CBS) - This tiny, unincorporated town in southwest South Dakota has made national and international news this week since word spread that it was up for sale. That made life a little crazy for Rapid City realtor Stacie Montgomery, who has listed the property for about $400,000. It's not often that one of her real estate listings attracts interest from China and Australia or captures the attention of network news, NPR and the Los Angeles Times. But then, she doesn't sell that many towns. "I Read more [...]

Asean report cites 50 listed PH firms

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Fifty Philippine publicly listed companies, including the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) itself, were included among the top-performing companies in the country for the second straight year based on the Asean Corporate Governance Scorecard (ACGS) country reports and assessments 2013-2014. Top listed companies from six participating Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) member-countries were evaluated based on international standards of corporate governance, including the five Read more [...]

Bill de Blasio Closes Ramadan Event to Press

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Why close a boilerplate political event to the press? Bill de Blasio is a radical, but he’s also cagey and there may be people there he may not want to be photographed in public with. When Mayor de Blasio’s office first moved his public schedule for Thursday, it listed two very different events, both open to the press: The weigh-in for the Nathan’s Famous 4th of July Hot Dog Eating Contest at City Hall, and the Ramadan Iftar Dinner 2014 at Gracie Mansion. A short time ago, the press team Read more [...]

Existing home sales inventory on the rise

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After a long drought in the housing market the number of Santa Clarita homes listed for sale is rising – in fact, the inventory is near double what it was at this time last year, according to a local Realtor. As the real estate market has been in recovery mode for the past two years, Santa Clarita Valley home sales and median values has continued rising. The number of homes listed for sale, however, has been climbing more slowly making it difficult at times for home buyers to find and successfully Read more [...]

Modi to target record asset sales in budget – source

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The government will seek to raise up to a record $11.7 billion in asset sales in its maiden budget this week, a senior government source said, bolstering state finances and buying time for structural reforms to revive a weak economy. The privatisation target could reach 700 billion rupees, almost equal to all proceeds over the last four years, in a budget Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes will launch the growth and jobs agenda that in May won him India's biggest election Read more [...]

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Declan Johnston and Rachel Stone Deborah Knight, Financial Review Sunday: The chorus of criticism continues over the Commonwealth Bank’s handling of its financial planning scandal despite this week’s eventual apology by Ian Narev. It took the Bank’s boss seven days to respond to a scathing Senate report, with many victims of the fraud still not happy. In an exclusive interview with Jemima Whyte, Ian Narev says the bank will withstand the crisis. Commonwealth Bank Ian Narev, CBA: I apologise Read more [...]

The untapped potential of transforming a derelict farm building into a …

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Another attraction is the fact that often, councils will allow developers and builders to use the footprint of old farm buildings that have been out of use for seven years or more. Barns, stables and other farm buildings are generally of very ample proportions and so provide architects with interesting spaces from which they can create a flexible family home.Add to all that the fact that the best quality farm buildings were built with materials that are today treasured elements of our heritage, such Read more [...]

2 Brand-New Moderns in Mt. Washington Ask $699k and $689k

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Click here to view the full photogallery. Just about to hit the market: this matching pair of houses in Mt. Washington designed by Simon Storey. The New Zealand-born architect—known for his tall-and-narrow Echo Park live-work space, Eel's Nest—partnered with his sister, Anna Gregory, on the two lookalike residences, which have been accordingly dubbed "Brother and Sister." Per the listing, one of the houses is "slightly larger" than the other, but both of the cedar-clad residences feature Read more [...]

Daily News building for sale, newspaper to relocate

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Click photo to enlargeThe Daily News building at 545 Diamond Ave. has been listed for sale by Coldwell Banker/CC Properties, as the newspaper plans to move into a smaller building better suited to its smaller staff size. "The 17,000-square-foot facility is much more room than we need," says publisher Greg Stevens. Printing of the Daily News has been performed by its sister newspaper, The Enterprise-Record in Chico, for more than a decade. Production staff was eliminated or repurposed when the Daily Read more [...]