Uruguay seeks a boost for its agricultural economy
FRAY BENTOS, Uruguay Uruguay can see its future taking shape in a huge grassy clearing along the river it shares with Argentina. With $1.2 billion in Finnish investment, a sprawling new mill will soon churn out a million tons of wood pulp a year, shipping it off as cellulose to be made into paper products around the world.
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Even areas fronting the U.S.'s biggest lakes aren't guaranteed buoyant home prices. We profile five metros and show where prices are rising and where they're not.
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"I'm surprised he came down in the closed vans because we specifically agreed that he would be brought down in the open van and kept in the infirmary"
DESPITE assurances from the State to provide more suitable transportation for one of the John F Kennedy terror suspects who suffers from claustrophobia, he was still taken to court in cramped conditions ... via Trinidad & Tobago Express
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For some investors, the recent downturn in the housing market looks like opportunity. via The Ledger
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Some mutual funds hold subprime securities and collateralized-debt obligations, hoping for higher returns despite their level of risk.
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Are you interested in living in the home of a former President? Well, the home in questions is the former residence of Richard Nixon when he served as Vice President during the Eisenhower years. It is interesting how the taint of the Nixon legacy persists as the listing agent mentions that it was a Vice [...]
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Over 99% of the shares voted were in favor of the transaction. The transaction was first announced in April when Highland said it entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by affiliates of JER Partners ... via SNL Financial
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| Real estate trade spills into crime The Statesman, India - KOLKATA, July 15: The thriving real estate business in Chetla, New Alipur and Tollygunge has once again awakened the criminals from their slumber. ... |
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Reuters - Britain's biggest mortgage lender, HBOS Plc , is in the early stages of planning a 1.2 billion pound ($2.44 billion) takeover bid for property group Quintain Estates & Development Plc , The Sunday Times reported.
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A sale would effectively take the conglomerate out of the mortgage business in the U.S.; the company may invest the proceeds in a higher-growth consumer-finance business.
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