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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 ...

  • NEW April best month for home sales in eight years

    Southwest Florida residential property sales continued to sizzle in April, led by a Sarasota area that notched its best one-month performance in eight ...

  • Smartphones that you can get for free

    Reuters/REUTERS - Men are silhouetted against a video screen as they pose with Samsung Galaxy S3 and iPhone 4 smartphones in this photo illustration taken in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, May 17, ...


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Life

"Life" is a surprisingly sentimental comedy about two men wrongly sentenced to life at hard labor in a Mississippi state prison. It is nothing like what you would expect from a high profile vehicle starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence, and it is certainly not what the advertising has made it out to be. There are many humorous passages, and even a number of laugh-out-loud moments. However, the ... ...

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  • Flaherty worried about housing agencys insurance role

    View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty gestures as he takes part in a news conference announcing the appointment of Stephen Poloz as the incoming Bank of Canada governor in Ottawa May 2, 2013. ...

  • Golf legend regrets Happy Gilmore cameo

    For golfers, "Happy Gilmore" is one of the sacred films of our time here on Earth, a mix of ridiculousness, golf and long drives that few real sports fans pass up if they see it while scrolling the channels on a weeknight. No matter how many factual golf errors occur during the movie ...

  • Conejo school board opens bids for property discusses outdoor program

    The Conejo Valley Unified School District has received three bids from investors wishing to purchase the district's Kelley Road property in Newbury Park, which currently houses the Conejo Valley Alternative High School and the district's maintenance ...

  • US should act on China intellectual property theft

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States should consider curbs on Chinese investment or even offensive operations against hackers to address the growing toll from intellectual property theft, a report said.The 11-month study led by high-ranking former US officials said that theft of software and other US-developed products was costing the American economy more than $300 billion each year -- as much ...

  • Police Minister Kim Wells condemns construction industry standover tactics

    Melbourne 3000 Victoria's Police Minister says he will look at changing laws to stop debt collection standover tactics in the construction industry.The move comes after reports three Comanchero bikies threatened a member of the Master Builders Association.It is alleged the men barged into the Melbourne home of the vice president of the association to recover a disputed debt with a ...

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