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Playing it cool
OK, so we know that Barack Obama is a powerful man but this latest plan sounds like a tall order even for him - the White House is discussing artificially cooling the earth's air as a potential emergency option to combat the threat of global warming...
Thu, Apr 09, 2009
How to invest in today's property market
If the strategy for investing in real estate in 2009 had to be whittled down to one word, it would be 'conservatively' and there are a number of differing opinions about when the market is going to rebound, which markets are fundamentally strong and where you should be putting your money...
Thu, Apr 09, 2009
More protection needed in thailand
Complaints about real estate companies are increasing in Thailand where delays in construction, misleading advertising and low quality workmanship are the most common source of conflict...
Thu, Apr 09, 2009
Marbella: back on track
Marbella has just been chosen to host the quarter-finals of the Davis Cup in July this year when the Spanish tennis team will play the German team for a place in the semi-finals of this international tournament...
Thu, Apr 09, 2009
Cba passes on less than half of rate cut
Australia's largest mortgage lender, the Commonwealth Bank, has ignored pressure to cut its home loan rates by the same as the Reserve Bank cash rate reduction of 0.25 per cent by dropping its standard variable product by just 0.1per cent...
Thu, Apr 09, 2009
Skyscraper shortened in auckland
Auckland's softening apartment sector has hit plans for a £175 million skyscraper almost as tall as the Sky Tower, convincing the developer to turn instead to a new office block...
Thu, Apr 09, 2009
New flights from UK to malta
The opening of several new airline services to Malta this year will further boost the Malta property market, says local developer, Pender Ville...
Thu, Apr 09, 2009
Dubai expats in trouble
Around 70 per cent of all UAE expatriates who own UAE property are now in negative equity, and would lose money if they attempted to sell their home now, according to a recent survey...
Thu, Apr 09, 2009
Hong kong sales on the up
A dramatic improvement in Hong Kong's residential sector has been recorded with sales reaching a 62-week high and the volume of homes available on the sales market falling to their lowest level since the financial crisis took hold...
Thu, Apr 09, 2009
Forecast for bulgaria
After impressive growth between 2005 and 2007, in H2 2008 the construction market in Bulgaria started to level off, and in 2009 it is expected to shrink - this is one of the conclusions in the latest report from PMR, a market research company, entitled "The construction market in Bulgaria 2009 Development forecasts for 2009-2011"...
Thu, Apr 09, 2009