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Room for expansion?
Bulgaria's economy will expand by just one per cent this year and there was a serious risk for an even slower growth, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a report...
Fri, Mar 20, 2009
Underwater volcano erupts
An undersea volcano near Tonga has been shooting smoke, steam and ash thousands of feet into the sky above the South Pacific ocean...
Fri, Mar 20, 2009
Spain plunges to new low
The volume of properties in Spain sold in January plunged 41 per cent year-on-year in January, according to the figures released by Spain's National Institute of Statistics...
Fri, Mar 20, 2009
‘recession proof' mortgages
Increasing numbers of home owners in Australia are seeking to ‘recession proof' their mortgages by getting ahead of monthly repayments as the first signs emerge of a rise in the number of homes repossessions...
Fri, Mar 20, 2009
Costing the earth
The islands of the Maldives, a string of iridescent pearls stretching across the Indian Ocean, are best known for luxury breaks and honeymoons, but now, the Government has announced plans to make the country carbon-neutral within ten years, in a bid to combat climate change and appeal to green tourists...
Thu, Mar 19, 2009
Designer auction
Auctions can often be a bit of a wasteground, littered with dilapidated houses crying out for a bit of TLC - but this auction couldn't be a bigger break from the norm - flogging off the ostentatious contents of the late Gianni Versace's sumptuous mansion on Lake Como...
Thu, Mar 19, 2009
Cracking the code
The building and construction sector has become a mainstay of the United Arab Emirates' economy over recent years and is now the third largest sector of the economy after oil and trade. After years of following British standards in the absence of a formal construction code, Dubai led the way with the development of a UAE building code...
Thu, Mar 19, 2009
Men are from mars
A higher real estate tax rebate and cheaper loans for women in some parts of India is increasingly attracting the fairer sex to invest in property, it is claimed...
Thu, Mar 19, 2009
What's on in the algarve?
There are lots of events planned in this region of Portugal in 2009, which is great news for property investors...
Thu, Mar 19, 2009
London to tokyo on horseback
Good luck to Cluttons lettings negotiator Becky Sampson, who is embarking on a four-year horseback adventure, riding from London to Tokyo on her Irish Cob, Bertie...
Thu, Mar 19, 2009