Gifts, favors listed in former governor’s case

A look at the gifts and loans former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, received from businessman Jonnie Williams, and some of the favors they did for him and his company dietary supplement company, according to court papers:GIFTS TO McDONNELLS— Designer clothes and accessories for Maureen McDonnell on a New York City shopping trip: $19,288. — Catering for the wedding of one of the McDonnells' daughters: $15,000.— A loan to cover expenses of two vacation Read more [...]

Billionaire’s ranch with ties to Lewis and Clark for sale in Montana

A historic cattle ranch that once served as the camp for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark has listed for sale at $18 million.Co-owned by billionaire and former Cargill Inc. Chief Executive Whitney MacMillan, the property known as PN Ranch occupies more than 40,000 acres north of Winifred, Mont., where the Judith and Missouri rivers intersect. The ranch, integrated within parts of Upper Missouri River Breaks Read more [...]

Lava Iris 460 With Android 4.4.2 KitKat Listed on Company Site

Lava Mobiles seems all set to launch another Android 4.4 KitKat smartphone, Lava Iris 460, as it has been listed on the company's website. The company, which has yet to officially launch the smartphone, has not revealed pricing and availability details.According to the listing, the dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) supporting Lava Iris 460 runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat out-of-the-box. The handset features a 4.5-inch FWVGA (480x854 pixels) IPS display with a pixel density of 218ppi.It is powered by a 1.3GHz Read more [...]

Great Falls home sales up, but fewer units on market

Dennis Kuntz is in the process of selling his house on Central Avenue West that he has lived in since 1964.(Photo: TRIBUNE PHOTO/LARRY BECKNER)The Great Falls housing market picked up during the first half of 2014 in two major indicators — number of sales and median sales price — but there are considerably fewer houses listed for sale, real estate officials say."Sales for single-family homes were 3 percent stronger for the first six months of 2014 than for the same period last year, with 328 Read more [...]

Today at the Buxton Festival & Fringe – Saturday July 26

Listings for the Buxton Festival and Buxton Festival Fringe for Saturday July 26. DAILY EVENTSDuring opening hours (closed Mondays) DERBYSHIRE OPEN 2014: Buxton Museum Art Gallery (7) (VA)During opening hours (closed Mondays) TAKEN FROM THE LANDSCAPE: Kate Pheasey (7) (VA)Daily 10:30am to 5:30pm WITHIN THE FRINGE: Buxton High Peak Artists (86) (VA)Daily (except July 25-27) 10:30am to 5:30pm SQUARE ROOTS: The Green Man Gallery (86) (VA)Daily (except July 9-11) 9:30am Read more [...]

Today at the Buxton Festival & Fringe – Saturday July 26

Listings for the Buxton Festival and Buxton Festival Fringe for Saturday July 26. DAILY EVENTSDuring opening hours (closed Mondays) DERBYSHIRE OPEN 2014: Buxton Museum Art Gallery (7) (VA)During opening hours (closed Mondays) TAKEN FROM THE LANDSCAPE: Kate Pheasey (7) (VA)Daily 10:30am to 5:30pm WITHIN THE FRINGE: Buxton High Peak Artists (86) (VA)Daily (except July 25-27) 10:30am to 5:30pm SQUARE ROOTS: The Green Man Gallery (86) (VA)Daily (except July 9-11) 9:30am Read more [...]

Santa Clarita Valley June home sales dip

Home sales sputtered slightly in June, although the increasing number of existing homes listed for sale are beginning to pull the Santa Clarita Valley out of the “inventory drought” it had been in during the recession. The 190 single-family homes sold in June were down from the 210 sales reported in May and April and nearly on par with the 199 homes sold in June 2013, the Southland Regional Association of Realtors reported on Friday. Sales of condominiums were up by three in June over May. Realtors Read more [...]

Loans tied to Indo offices and Paddy McKillen listed in Ulster Bank’s €1.1 …

Loans tied to Independent News Media’s headquarters, upmarket homes in Belfast and Dublin, and properties backed by developer, Paddy McKillen feature in a €1.1 billion debt portfolio that Ulster Bank and its parent have just put up for sale.Dubbed “project Achill” it will be the biggest portfolio of loans that Ulster and its parent, Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), have put on the block as part of their efforts to clear their books of boom-era property debt.Almost 83 per cent of the portfolio Read more [...]