BOC reports 43% profit growth in H1
Bank of China, the country’s third largest bank by assets, posted a 42.78 percent growth in first-half net profit, the only domestic listed bank reporting a profit growth below 50 percent.
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Bovale's E22m tops Revenue tax list The Bovale home building company owned by brothers Michael and Tom Bailey has topped the latest quarterly list of tax defaulters from the Revenue with a settlement of 22m euro.read
The Times-News Online: Twin Falls, ID Judi Grimes has finally worked her way back home. The Jerome woman was a 17-year veteran of the Moore business-forms plant in Jerome when it closed in 2003, taking with
Interest-Only Mortgages Raise SAN FRANCISCO - Once a frustrated renter, Chris Economou is now a happy homeowner, enjoying a splendid view of San Francisco and an $80,000 increase in his property's value since
Most just browsing real estate sites Only a fraction of real estate Web site visitors are in the market to buy or sell a home, company surveys find.read more...
Letting architecture come alive There is a welcome revival of craftsmanship in buildings, in terms of design and concept, writes Hema Vijay ENLIVENING ARCHITECTURE: An array of the workmanship in Crafts in Architecture. read
Dark side of subprime loans Loans to homeowners with less-than-sterling credit are the fastest-growing segment of the mortgage market as lenders reach out to those unable to qualify for conventional mortgages.read more...
August 29th, 2008
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