Monthly Archives: September 2014

Ghost town detainees: inside the US immigration detention system

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Stewart immigration detention centre is situated on the outskirts of Lumpkin, Georgia, a ghost town seven days a week. Visitors and detainees arriving at the centre – capacity: 2,000, all male – are greeted by a huge painted sign on a water tank: “CCA: America’s Leader in Partnership Corrections.” I toured the centre, with the exception of the isolation ward, when I visited Georgia in August. Five men followed me everywhere: one from the Corrections Corporation of America Read more [...]

Families fighting plans to build 32 homes on former textile factory in Leek

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Comments (0) DOZENS of families are fighting plans to build 32 homes on the site of a former textile factory. An application for 20 houses and a three-storey block of 12 apartments on the former Slimma factory site, in Leek, was refused by Staffordshire Moorlands District Council last year. But applicant Renew Land Developments appealed against the decision and the planning inspector gave a 'split decision' – giving permission for the Read more [...]

Alibaba to boost IPO size on ‘overwhelming’ demand: sources

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(Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd plans to increase the size of its U.S. initial public offering because of "overwhelming" investor demand, people familiar with the deal said on Monday. The Chinese e-commerce company launched the IPO last week and had enough investor demand to cover the entire deal within two days, people familiar with the process said last week. Alibaba could set a new record for the world's biggest IPO if underwriters exercise an option to sell additional shares to meet Read more [...]

EMEA listed companies hold €1tn in cash

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In total, EMEA’s 1,200 listed companies have increased cash reserves by almost €250bn (£200bn) since 2007, with €47bn added in the last year. According to Deloitte figures, more than 75% of the reserves are held by just 17% of listed EMEA companies. This mirrors a global trend, where 80% of the $3.53tn kept in reserve is held by just a third of businesses. The findings show that listed companies have chosen to preserve cash in recent years, rather than choosing to invest it. A Read more [...]

Weekend focuses on East Lancashire’s proud heritage

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BLACKBURN’S market opened for the first time on a Sunday as East Lancashire embraced its heritage for a series of events celebrating the area’s traditions. More than 100 events and activities took place at 50 venues, including the market opening for trading, as part of the town’s heritage festival. MORE TOP STORIES: Man cut from car after serious smash in Rawtenstall East Lancs teens warned over 'sharing' explicit photos Read more [...]

Alibaba to boost IPO size on ‘overwhelming’ demand – sources

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HONG KONG (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (IPO-BABA.N) plans to increase the size of its U.S. initial public offering because of "overwhelming" investor demand, people familiar with the deal said on Monday. The Chinese e-commerce company launched the IPO last week and had enough investor demand to cover the entire deal within two days, people familiar with the process said last week.Alibaba could set a new record for the world's biggest IPO if underwriters exercise an option to sell additional Read more [...]

ADP extends listed school chapel

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Race starts for listed Edinburgh hall £18m revamp

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Aaron Morby | Mon 15th September | 7:19 The University of Edinburgh has started the hunt for five firms to bid for the job to revamp the historic McEwan Hall near the city centre. University leaders said plans to revamp the hall, which dates from 1897, were developed because of a catalogue of maintenance and repair issues, including damaged exterior stonework, damp penetration and cracked ceilings. Designed by LDN and Buro Happold, the project is designed Read more [...]

‘There’s a stranger in my wardrobe!’: the homeowners putting their lives on show

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“Oh!” I hear someone say. “It’s just an ordinary bathroom!” I detect a note of disappointment coming from upstairs. In my haste to appease the waiting crowds and get the queue moving, I have forgotten to rope off part of the upstairs – and have accidentally allowed visitors a glimpse of the squalor that is the family bathroom, complete with broken showerhead, unscrubbed bath and an array of squished toothpaste tubes and oozing bottles of cheap shampoo. Next door to Read more [...]

Litigation funding peer panel: Beyond acceptance

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Third-party funding is gaining credibility and more firms are willing to get in on the provider act, developing the market furtherQ: Is take-up of third-party litigation funding growing and if so, why and for what kind of case?Robert Hickmott, partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Sullivan: Third-party funding has been available for a some time now but has only become mainstream in the past few years. This is because both the market and the products have become a lot more sophisticated. Read more [...]