Xiaomi's Thursday event in China is set to see the unveiling of the new MIUI 7, the latest version of its ROM, alongside a new product. Recent leaks have suggested towards launch of the Redmi Note 2 phablet, and now an online retailer has listed the handset with full specifications list alongside pricing details.According to the Oppomart listing, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 will be priced at $199 (approximately Rs. 13,000). Recently, another Chinese online retailer hinted at an imminent launch Read more [...]

AGRA: There is good news for people travelling by trains. Keeping in mind the inconvenience caused to passengers whose wait-listed tickets do not make it to the confirmed list, the Railways is now mulling to provide berths in other trains running on the same route, on the same ticket. Once the project gets the go-ahead and becomes operational, passengers will be given the option to complete their journey on different trains without having to bother about cancellation of tickets and refunds. READ Read more [...]

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Prevali, a breakthrough real estate search portal, is now open in a nationwide beta test. Developed by real estate brokers in Denver, Colo., Prevali is the first and only national real estate search portal with focus on ‘Coming Soon’ and off-MLS properties (also known as hip pocket listings) with free access for agents, brokers and the public to both browse and list these properties. This Smart News Release features Read more [...]

Published by Jon Land for 24dash.com in Housing and also in Local Government Tuesday 11th August 2015 - 9:59am Architects' favourite 'brutalist' London council block faces demolition Tower Hamlets Council has welcomed the government's decision not to grant the controversial Robin Hood Gardens housing estate listed building status. The estate, built in the late 1960s by the brutalist architects Read more [...]

A DERELICT listed building was gutted by a fire today. Fire fighters were called to tackle a blaze at Sandford Lodge, near Boddam at 2.30am. Six crews fought the fire at the Grade B listed property for more than five hours. Six fire crews, a height vehicle and a water carrier attended the incident. A Scottish Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: “It was quite an extensive fire, our crews were still on the scene at 6am with crews damping down. “We sent two crews from Peterhead Read more [...]

NEW YORK Aug 10 The Standard Poor's 500 will soon contain 505 listed stocks, up from the current 502 listed stocks.SP Dow Jones Indices, which oversees the benchmark index of large U.S. stocks, on Monday announced a methodology change that will cause three more companies to have multiple listings: Comcast Corp, News Corp and Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. The change follows a move made in January to allow multiple share classes in SP indexes. It will take effect after the close Read more [...]

China Fiber Optic Network System has become the third Hong Kong-listed firm in two weeks to have been accused of cooking its books. The Shijiazhuang, Hebei province-based firm, which makes fibre optic patch cords used in the telecommunications industry, requested the stock exchange halt trading of its shares on Monday morning after anonymous company researchers and short-seller Emerson Analytics published a report targeting China Fiber Optic. "It has been exaggerating its revenue, and therefore profit Read more [...]

Those in the know head to Deal rather than Whitstable now, according to today’s Daily Mail. The town has been listed in the British paper as one of 20 unspoilt seaside gems you must visit. The article reads: “While Whitstable has become a fashionable hotspot on the Kent coast, those in the know head to Deal, around a 40 minute drive away, which is just as pretty but without as many visitors.” Deal seafront from the Pier. Picture: Tony Flashman. The writer gives mention to the array of pastel Read more [...]

A FORMER office building on Ingram Street has been sold by the city council for £4.2million. The seven storey red sandstone building, which is category B listed, was built in 1898 and was previously partly owned by the Health Board. It has been lying empty since December 2012 but has now been bought by Serge Holdings which plan to turn it into modern offices with commercial units on the ground floor and a gym in the basement. The exterior Read more [...]

The name of this Grade II listed house just outside Shrewsbury can be traced right back to the 13th century. For that was when St Cadogan’s Chapel was built on The Mount, the site where Cadogan House now stands. This Georgian townhouse only dates back a mere 200 years, to around 1820 . It is a handsome building, its brickwork covered by climbing plants that give it a wonderful colour. There are many features that are typical of the period including the columned central porch, high ceilings, Read more [...]