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30 listed Chinese firms say big shareholders to extend selling ban

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SHANGHAI A total of 30 Chinese listed companies have said so far that their controlling shareholders or senior executives would not sell shares on the secondary market within the next six or 12 months to help stabilize China's stock market after Monday's 7 percent slump, the official Shanghai Securities News reported on Wednesday.The market slump on Monday was partly triggered by fears that a six-month ban on share sales by listed companies' major shareholders, imposed during the height of a market Read more [...]

Number of Auckland houses for sale hits 20-year low

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The number of houses listed for sale in Auckland dropped to its lowest number in 20 years at the end of December, the city's biggest real estate agency says. Barfoot Thompson has released its figures for the month, saying the 796 sales in December was 19.3 percent lower than sales in November and the lowest in any month for the past 22 months. The average sale price of $869,492 was down only 0.8 percent on November's record average price while the median price rose 0.6 percent to an all-time high Read more [...]

Waynesboro’s upcoming art events listed

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Kathy Wiebel(Photo: Submitted)WAYNESBORO - Destination ARTS! performances and activities for Jan. 7-10 include art exhibits and special events scheduled at Gallery 50, 50 W. Main St.; 42 West ARTS, 42 W. Main St.; The Contemporary School of the Arts Gallery, 10 E. Main St.; and The Ceramic Arts Center of Waynesboro,  13 S. Church St. Gallery 20 East, 20 E. Main St., will reopen Jan. 15. All events listed are free, unless otherwise indicated.Thursday, Jan. 7Marjorie Tressler, Read more [...]

Metro Vancouver housing market sets new sales record in 2015 as prices keep …

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It didn’t matter that last year listings in Vancouver were below their historical averages — buyers gobbled properties that were available at a record pace, purchasing $38.4 billion of real estate in 2015. The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver reported Tuesday that home sales hit their highest annual total in recorded history with 42,326 transactions, a 27.8 per cent increase from the year before. Sales were up 48.4 per cent from 2013. “Home buyers were active and motivated throughout Read more [...]

Just look at these magnificent Huddersfield mansions in Edgerton

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A Huddersfield historian is appealing for information about the grand villas of Edgerton to help his research for a forthcoming book. David Griffiths, author of the histories of Greenhead Park and Greenhead Hall and an Edgerton resident himself, has long felt the district has not received due attention as a classic Victorian suburb – despite including almost 100 listed buildings and other structures. And when you take the time to look at them they are absolutely magnificent. He said: “Manchester’s Read more [...]

Keele University Conferences & Events success as thousands flock on to campus

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Details Category: Venues Events Created on Tuesday, 05 January 2016 16:45 Keele Hall, the 19th Grade II listed building at the heart of the Staffordshire countryside and the main year-round conference and banqueting venue, welcomed more than 35,000 guests through its doors – for weddings, meetings, conferences, exhibitions, banquets, parties, proms, society get-togethers and much more. Keele University Conferences Events also hosted (by Read more [...]

Ferrari Listed On Italian Stock Exchange Market, Split From Fiat Is Complete

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Last October, 10 per cent of Ferrari was listed on the New York Stock Exchange at $52 a share. Now, the remaining 80 per cent has been distributed across investors and the Italian stock exchange, the Mercato Telematico Azionario (MTA). This means that for the first time since 1969, Ferrari is no longer under the control of Fiat. The Agnelli family the biggest shareholder, with a 24 per cent stake. Meanwhile, Enzo Ferrari's son, Piero, holds a 10 per cent. In the deal, Piero Ferrari and the Agnelli Read more [...]

Penn West Receives Continued Listing Standard Notification From The New York …

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<!-- Paragraph before: CALGARY, Jan. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -PENN WEST PETROLEUM LTD. (TSX - PWT; NYSE - PWE) ("Penn West", "we", "us" or "our") announces that it received notification on January 4, 2016 from the New York Stock Exchange (the "NYSE") that Penn West is no longer in compliance with one of the NYSE's continued listing standards applicable to Penn West because the Read more [...]

Crossrail 2 plans ‘put listed buildings at risk of demolition’, campaigners warn

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Heritage campaigners have warned several Grade II listed buildings in London are under threat of demolition if the current Crossrail 2 plans are given the green-light.  Part of Angel station in Islington, which was built in 1902, is on the list as is an entire late 19th century hotel and apartment building along Victoria Street and Buckingham Palace Road, including the Shakespeare pub.  The Victorian Society has also raised concerns about a Grade II-listed 1909 building designed by the Read more [...]

The Story Behind ‘LA’s Most Extreme Home’, Bought for $70M Cash by Minecraft …

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It seemed like an insane gamble: Spend millions upon millions of your personal fortune to build a house that’s so off-the-charts indulgent – $200,000 “candy wall,” $1 million-plus security system, quarter-million-dollar sculptures (plural) – that the Los Angeles Times won’t feel too hyperbolic declaring it “L.A.’s most extreme home.” Then charge $85 million (£57m) for it and let the market have its way. That the market certainly did. The 23,000-square-foot Beverly Hills gargantumansion Read more [...]