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  • Work starts on creation of new Dubai island Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

    Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...

  • Housing market picking up in UK Housing market picking up in UK

    LONDON - The UK housing market seems to be picking up with gross mortgage lending up 4.3 per cent in April over previous month to 12.1 billion pounds, the highest in over four years, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML). The mortgage lending was 21% higher than April 2012, but this data is skewed by the end of the stamp duty concession on 24 March, 2012. Under the stamp duty ...

  • Questions raised over valuation dropping Guptas property price in S. Africa

    An objection has been lodged over an error on the 2013 property valuation of a property owned by the well-connected Indian family in Johannesburg. Spokesperson Kgamanyane Maphologela said the City objected to valuations on four out of 14 properties belonging to the Gupta family. According to news 24, Maphologela was responding to a report in the Saturday Star that one of the properties' value ...

  • US immigration reform bill clears key Senate hurdle

    A bipartisan immigration reform bill cleared a key hurdle after its authors negotiated a compromise with a Republican senator to relax some restrictions on high-tech companies on hiring foreign techies, many of whom come from India. Members of the Democratic-controlled panel Senate Judiciary Committee approved the measure 13-5 with three Republicans joining 10 Democrats after the so-called ...

  • Cominar announces sale of Dyne Holdings Limited

    May 22, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust ("Cominar") (TSX: CUF.UN) announced today that it has sold its interest in Dyne Holdings Limited ("Dyne") to Homburg International Limited. Dyne was an indirect subsidiary of Canmarc Real Estate Investment Trust ("Canmarc"), acquired by Cominar in 2012. The sale was completed for nominal ...


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Superbad [DVD]

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  • Zsa Zsa Gabors home sells for $11 million

    Zsa Zsa Gabor's longtime Bel-Air estate has sold for $11 million in a court-approved deal that will enable the ailing actress to remain in the home for three ...

  • House bill lets Raleigh state renegotiate Dix property lease

    The N.C. House judiciary committee approved a bill that gives Raleigh and the state of North Carolina one year to renegotiate terms of a lease agreement for the Dorothea Dix ...

  • US report urges action on intellectual property theft

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - A high-powered commission said Wednesday that intellectual property theft was costing the United States the equivalent of all its exports to Asia and urged a tougher approach to China.The 11-month study led by high-ranking former US officials said that theft of software and other US-developed products was costing the US economy more than $300 billion each year -- as much as ...

  • Alachua County home sales continue hot trend jumped 24 percent in April

    Alachua County home sales have increased 20 percent in each of the first four months of the year over 2012, according to data from the Gainesville Multiple Listings ...

  • Remodeler makes stunning find in wall

    Action Comics No. 1, featuring Superman (Wikipedia/Joe Shuster) While remodeling his newly purchased home in Elbow Lake, Minn., David Gonzalez noticed something unusual amid the old newspapers that had been used as wall insulation. It was a copy of Action Comics No. 1 from 1938, the very first comic to feature the granddaddy of all superheroes, ...

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