29.11 2011

How to make the process of finding a tenant easy

finding a tenantThose who suddenly find themselves with real estate property are often confused about what to do with it. The housing market may be completely deflated so selling it is not really an option. Renting is perhaps the next best thing but it takes time and effort to adjust for sure. On the other side, if you rent an apartment, you may have problems trying to get out of your lease. So, you find a tenant through tenanthunter.com with ease.

Like most of us are new to this industry, it may be wise to use a letting agency to deal with landlords and tenants. Read more…

26.11 2011

US regulators charge Chinese company Longtop

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. securities regulators have charged a Chinese software company with violating disclosure rules by failing to file accurate financial reports. Longtop Financial Technologies Ltd., whose shares no longer trade on the New York Stock Exchange, could face having its securities suspended or permanently revoked.

The Securities and Exchange Commission announced the charges Thursday against Longtop, one of several Chinese companies with possible accounting problems whose shares trade in the U.S. L

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25.11 2011

Iconic Welsh rock venue up for sale

The famed Welsh live music venue, TJ’s – where Kurt Cobain is said to have proposed to Courtney Love – has been put up for sale, after a deal with prospective buyers fell through.

The Newport rock club, which has become a leading light on the rock scene in Wales since it was first founded in 1971 – was close to being bought in October by a pair of local businessmen. Ozzeer Hassan and his father, Mehmood, won the auction to buy the Clarence Place club with a bid of £242,000.

The pair were understood to have had plans to turn the downstairs of the club into a themed restaurant and turn the upstairs rooms into apartments. The Western Mail newspaper has reported, however, that the deal with the father and son team has fallen through and the club is back on the market with a guide price of £175,000.

Paul Fosh, from Paul Fosh Auctions, handled the sale in October and will handle the impending resale. He said

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24.11 2011

Microsoft eyes Yahoo

Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Photo: Reuters

MICROSOFT is officially kicking the tyres at Yahoo again, three years after it failed to buy control of the company.

The software giant has signed a confidentiality agreement with Yahoo, according to a person briefed on the move, joining other potential bidders like Silver Lake and TPG Capital.

Behind the broad interest in Yahoo is what investors believe is a trove of riches that could be unlocked by providing stronger management. The Yahoo of today is in a weaker position than in 2008, but remains a formidable destination, with its news site alone attracting 81.2 million unique visitors in August.

By signing the nondisclosure pact, Microsoft will get a closer look at Yahoo’s books.

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19.11 2011

French Buyer Makes Move for Full Tilt

LAS VEGAS (AP) – A French investment group hoping to buy an online poker operator dogged with legal troubles has a preliminary agreement with U.S. prosecutors that would help gamblers get their money back.

Benham Dayanim, a lawyer for Groupe Bernard Tapie, told The Associated Press on Friday that he has a signed agreement from the U.S. attorney’s office in New York that could broker Full Tilt Poker’s sale.

A spokeswoman for the prosecutor’s office declined to comment.

Dayanim says the group would try to restart Full Tilt’s operations overseas.

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16.11 2011

Hoffman: Kindle Fire offers amazing tablet computing for the masses

Imagine it is 2009. You open a box, and there it is, the Kindle Fire a handheld computer weighing less than a pound with a brilliant seven-inch touchscreen. Within minutes, youre watching “Lost,” playing chess, checking Facebook and reading the latest Grisham novel.

This is amazing.

Thats what you would say.

Except its not 2009. Its 2011, and because of another tablet computer with a touchscreen thats been around for 18 months or so hmm, the name escapes me for the moment you realize the Kindle Fire isnt everything a tablet computer can be. It is not the most amazing computer youve ever seen. Compared with that other tablet, its undersized, sometimes slow and lacking the wondrous mix of beauty and functionality in the one thats gotten all the attention.

Oh, yes, that other tablet computer: Its called the iPad.

There is no way to write about the Kindle Fire without comparing it with the iPad, and thats a shame.

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16.11 2011

Video: The Innovators

A reader wrote:

Traveling with Entrepreneur Magazine in 2011 weve interviewed some of the brightest innovators all across the U.S.A.

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