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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 ...

  • Australian construction industry to see slow recovery

    The Australian building and construction industry will see a mixed recovery over 2015-16 after a number of challenging years, according to Master Builders Australia (MBA) forecasts released Monday. While the forecasts predict a positive growth for the industry, MBA reports that the current economic climate is creating headwinds that may impede the timing and strength of recovery. There's light ...

  • Fountain Square property owners asking for added tax to boost business

    Fountain Square property owners are asking for the city’s support of a proposal that would ultimately tax those who own property in the heart of the cultural district. The money would then be reinvested in the area along with a proposed city match in services. Twenty-two of the 39 property owners, many of whom are also business owners, have signed onto the proposal, which was passed by an ...

  • Real estate agent found guilty of disgraceful conduct

    A South Auckland real estate agent who provided blank sale and purchase agreements which were used in a fraudulent mortgage scheme has been found guilty of disgraceful conduct. The Real Estate Agents Disciplinary Tribunal has suspended Joanne Picknell's licence for nine months and ordered her to pay a $1000 fine after finding her guilty of two misconduct charges. The charges were laid after BNZ ...

  • STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-Keppel REIT falls after parent firm trims stake

    stake in the trust for S$280 million ($223 million). The price fall came after Keppel REIT marched to a 5-1/2-year high of S$1.63 last week, rallying more than 20 percent so far this year and outperforming a 13 percent rise in the sector index. An analyst at a foreign brokerage said the uncertainty of a new shareholder and concerns about further stake sales by Keppel Corp weighed on ...


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Evil Dead II [DVD]

Evil Dead II [DVD]

Sam Raimis Evil Dead II is less a sequel than it is a remake/expansion of the ideas in his original 1982 low-budget shocker Evil Dead, a movie that was billed as horror but had enough elements of humor to almost qualify it as some kind of deranged comedy. Evil Dead II ...

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  • Airline blunder sends couple to the wrong continent

    (Photo: Bekathwia / Flickr) An airport code mix-up sent vacationing travelers to the wrong continent. Sandy Valdivieso and her husband, Triet Vo, had planned to fly from their home in Los Angeles to the African country ...

  • Congress takes aim at plan for Eisenhower Memorial

    As the House weighs legislation that would halt Frank Gehry's plan for the Eisenhower Memorial, Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah the chairman of the subcommittee with oversight over the project has requested documents showing how the $63 million that Congress has already committed to the project has been spent, the Washington Examiner reported. Bishop wants the money accounted for before ...

  • Maui Land Pineapple back in compliance with NYSE

    The entrance to Maui Land & Pineapple's Kapalua Resort. Maui Land & Pineapple Co. Inc. said Monday that it is considered by the New York Stock Exchange to be a company back in compliance with the stock exchanges continued listing standards. Maui Land & Pineapple (NYSE: MLP) was notified in October that it was not in compliance with the NYSEs listing standards because the companys average ...

  • WashingtonFirst Bank expands in Reston

    WashingtonFirst CEO Shaza Andersen WashingtonFirst Bank is expanding its space in Reston Town Center, signing a new 10-year lease for 25,000 square feet, Virginia Business reported. Cresa Washington, D.C., which represented the bank in the transaction, says WashingtonFirst is adding 16,000 square feet to its current 9,000 square feet at its headquarters locaton at 11921 Freedom ...

  • Man proposes to girlfriend underwater

    "GMA Live!" anchors this morning about his recent proposal. "I wanted a proposal that was going to be something creative that I had never heard of or seen before." So House, 23, came up with the idea to tie the ring to his bathing suit using dental floss, and shock the love of his life underwater while she least expected it. "We were going down to the Caribbean, ...

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