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European construction sector
The construction sector's seasonally adjusted production decreased by 1.1 per cent in the euro area in November 2008, compared to previous month, and by 4.7 per cent year-on-year, according to figures published by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities...
Fri, Jan 23, 2009
Pound of flesh
There was bad news for Brits seeking to buy property in USA after the UK pound hit a seven-year low against the US dollar as markets reacted negatively to the British Government's £200 billion bank bailout and the level of Britain's debts...
Fri, Jan 23, 2009
Off court action
Tennis dad from hell Damir Dokic is trying to sell his Serbian mansion and make a move towards managing the sport's next generation of stars...
Fri, Jan 23, 2009
Advice from the experts
Overseas investors considering purchasing property in Spain have been urged to conduct extensive research and get local advice before they make a decision...
Fri, Jan 23, 2009
Networking, japanese style
Bear with me here - this may well sound like the most ridiculous idea ever - but Japanese companies are heralding the mobile-phone-controlled-net-throwing-robot as a new dawn in office security and hope one day to roll it out to residential homes too...
Thu, Jan 22, 2009
Kissing capital of the world
If you lived in a place known as ‘The Hill of Frogs,' you would probably want to rebrand it too - so it's unsurprising that the Mayor of Guanajuato, Mexico, has declared the colonial city the far more appealing ‘Kissing Capital of the World,' following confusion over kissing being made illegal...
Thu, Jan 22, 2009
Hollywood hits new zealand
Do you remember that creepy film The Ring? I do, or at least I remember the nightmares I had for months afterwards - now it seems the star of the film, actor Martin Henderson, wants to escape his LA life through a lens and prove that there really is no place like home...
Thu, Jan 22, 2009
Mexico property sailing on
Puerto Vallarta in Mexico was once a quiet fishing village, but ever since it served as the backdrop for John Huston's 1964 film "The Night of the Iguana," starring Ava Gardner and Richard Burton, the sleepy seaside town has grown to become the blockbuster resort that it is today...
Thu, Jan 22, 2009
Barack's new policies
An increase in bank lending will be a key element of the economic policies under the incoming US administration led by Barack Obama, members of his team have said...
Thu, Jan 22, 2009
Oz commercial bail out
The Australian Government and the country's biggest banks are considering a bail out of the commercial property sector which is facing considerable problems...
Thu, Jan 22, 2009