Students build house by the book (Reg Req’d)
Thousands of extra phone books are recycled every year, but some architecture students at a Halifax university had a better idea: they used more than 7,000 of them to build a house.
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Malibu investors left high and dry State law enforcement officials are investigating whether 70 retirees and other investors in Northern California were bilked when they put up $6.4 million for construction loans on Malibu land that
Greedy banks in the dock over mortgage fees (Times Online) Bank and building-society bosses have been warned by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the City watchdog, that they face legal action if they refuse to cut their exorbitant mortgage exit
Crichton-Browne helped Burke work Liberals: inquiry WEST Australian Liberal MP Anthony Fels did the bidding in parliament of former senator and party powerbroker Noel Crichton-Browne, who was acting in league with disgraced former premier Brian Burke,
MFA Mortgage Investments Prices Offering (AP via Yahoo! Finance) MFA Mortgage Investments Inc. said Wednesday it expects to raise $231.3 million from the public offering of 25 million shares.read more...
Huntingdon REIT completes the acquisition of Western Canada and Yellowknife properties Huntingdon Real Estate Investment Trust announced today that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of nine properties in Western Canada, comprising a combined total of 121,901 square feet
Home Depot warns of earnings shortfall as capex to rise 29% Home Depot Inc. cautioned Wednesday that fiscal 2007 earnings would fall below Wall Street's expectations as the retailer lifts capital spending by 29% to invest in stores and associates while