By Brenda Goh and Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The number of Chinese-listed companies seeking to halt trading in their shares has surged since the country's bourses began a precipitous plunge in the middle of last month, prompting concern some firms are trying to escape the turbulent markets. Over 700 firms listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen - equivalent to around a quarter of the firms on the two exchanges - have issued requests to suspend trading or extend trading Read more [...]

A 2-12 player multiplayer mode for Until Dawn was listed by PlayStation Asia in error, an SCEE representative has confirmed to VideoGamer.com.Rumours about the alleged multiplayer component first emerged after a press release from the company stated that the upcoming horror would feature the unannounced mode alongside the game's single-player campaign.That, however, is inaccurate, the rep confirmed, and will be amended.Instead, the horror game will remain single-player only when it releases on August Read more [...]

THE JUNIOR stock market has had a net loss of 29 companies in the first two quarters of 2015 – its biggest for three years. The Alternative Investment Market (Aim) shrank by 27 companies in 2012 but even more left the index this year. Last year the market grew by four companies. Accountancy firm UHY Hacker Young suggested the losses were driven in part by a more intensive focus on corporate governance as Aim matures, prompting Nominated Advisers (Nomads) to re-examine Read more [...]

A COUPLE have been forced to stop renovation work on their historic house, dubbed one of the “most important buildings in Reading”. Owner John Dyson and his wife ripped out the entire ground floor and removed fireplaces, doors, skirting boards and dado rails from their Grade II* town house on Castle Hill. But now the council has put a blocking order on any more work and ordered the couple to apply for retrospective planning permission. Reading Borough Council’s planning committee is now seeking Read more [...]

On Saturday, the body awarded the accolade to 11 sites across the globe. • Champagne: does it deserve Unesco World Heritage status? Unesco praised the champagne vineyards of Aÿ and Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, as well as Saint-Nicaise Hill, a street in the regional capital Reims dotted with champagne houses. They bear "clear testimony to the development of a very specialised artisan activity that has become an agro-industrial enterprise," said the Paris-based organisation. There was also special mention Read more [...]

  Carlos Gomez left Saturday's game with a left wrist contusion and is now lsited as day to day. "He has a left wrist contusion," Brewers manager Craig Counsell told Brewers.com. "I don't know [the severity of it], I just don't know. It was bad enough to come out of the game, but it's just a bruise." (h/t Brewers.com) Photo Credit: AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps   Read more [...]

With the world famous Great Yorkshire Show just around the corner, Pontefract racecourse will have a small taste of what’s on offer at their race meeting next Tuesday. With a pop up farm shop selling the best of Yorkshire produce and a working sheep dog display, there will be plenty going on.‘Horses Inside Out’ will also be at Pontefract painting up a live horse anatomically so that people can understand a little more about how equine superstars work. Read more [...]

With the world famous Great Yorkshire Show just around the corner, Pontefract racecourse will have a small taste of what’s on offer at their race meeting next Tuesday. With a pop up farm shop selling the best of Yorkshire produce and a working sheep dog display, there will be plenty going on.‘Horses Inside Out’ will also be at Pontefract painting up a live horse anatomically so that people can understand a little more about how equine superstars work. Read more [...]

The space occupied by Biggby Coffee at 539 E. Liberty in downtown Ann Arbor has been listed for lease, but company representatives refuse to comment on the store's future. The 1,748 square-foot space has been listed by Swisher Commercial since late February at a rate of $45 per square foot for the year. Monthly rent on the space is $6,555. Representatives from Swisher would not speculate on whether Biggby is leaving the space, but did confirm the space is being listed by the company. Biggby Read more [...]

Nokia N1 - the Foxconn-made slate and the first Nokia device from the post-Microsoft era - was sold exclusively in China since the beginning of this year. It was just a month ago, when Nokia managed to finally release the N1 in Taiwan - the second market to get the tablet. Today we have some good news - the Nokia N1 has been listed in Zauba - India's import/export database. As it turns out the tablet is already imported in India for testing and hopefully it will make it to the retail shelves soon Read more [...]