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Google's latest April Fools' Day prank turns Google Maps into an 8-bit video game playable on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Brazil's PDG Realty to Sell $77 Mln in Debt
PDG Realty, Brazil's biggest homebuilder, said on Friday it will sell 140 million reais ($77 million) in debentures non-convertible for shares to financeinvestment and boost the company's cash position. Top Ten Most Drunken Countries [PHOTOS]
Eastern Europe and the countries that were formerly part of the Soviet Union have the highest rates of alcohol consumption in the world, according to a report by the World Health Organization (WHO). Former Goldman Sachs Executive Lands Lucrative Book Deal-report
Greg Smith, the former Goldman Sachs executive who condemned the powerful investment bank in a scathing New York Times opinion column, has landed a deal to write a book about his 12 years at the firm, according to media reports on Friday. Bad Assets Overshadow Banks' Huge Profits
When asked by reporters on March 15 about how he perceived the huge profits of China's banking industry last year while the private sector was foundering on a shortage of bank loans, Zhou Xiaochuan, governor of People's Bank of China, said he thought banks' staggering profits were a natural result of readjustment of economic cycles. Low-income Housing Surge Will Ease Market Slump
The outlook for China's real estate market remains sluggish this year, after Premier Wen Jiabaopresented the government's resolution on the issue at the National People's Congress in March. Current restrictions on house-buying will not be eased in the short term, the resolution said. First Look at 'Making of Harry Potter' Warner Bros. Studio [PHOTOS]
First Look at 'Making of Harry Potter' Warner Bros. Studio [PHOTOS] "Warner Bros. Studio Tour - The Making of Harry Potter", at Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire, opened to the public on 31 March after much hype and high expectations. Midwest Towns Cannot Give Land Away to Modern Homesteaders
In Marquette, Kansas an ice cream cone is $1.09, haircuts start at $10 and land is free.The land draws a lot less interest than ice cream or haircuts.In a modern day version of President Abraham Lincoln's 1862 Homestead Act that gave free land to settle the vast American interior, Marquette is among a dozen struggling central Kansas towns offering free lots to anyone who agrees to build a house. World's Wealthy Create Safe Haven Property Markets Most Notably in London and Miami
Wealthy people are shunning emerging property markets as they value security, good education for their children over volatility, political insecurity and risk, new research shows. April Fools' Day 2012: Nature's Best Pranks
In celebration of April Fools' Day 2012, here is a list of the best pranks nature's ever pulled on mankind! China Property Market Digest, March 19-30
Here is a look at the latest news, numbers and more from China's real estate market. Here is a look at the latest news, numbers and more from China's real estate market. Remodel Your Current Home With Retirement in Mind
Most people in their thirties and forties don't spend much time thinking about their retirement, let alone planning for it. Sure, they participate in their company's 401(k) plan. Maybe they've opened an IRA. But they're busy building a career, buying a home, or figuring out how to get one kid to soccer practice and the other across town to band recital at the same time. April Fools Pranks: Top 10 Apps to Play Pranks on Your Friends [Photos]
April Fool'sDay is finally here, putting everyone on edge to play pranks on others and also be the victim of a prank. In today's tech-driven world, what easier way to pull a prank than using your smartphone? There are tons of apps out there, both for Apple and Android phones, which can make your day - and your victim's - memorable. April Fool’s Day: 8 Interesting Things And Hoaxes You Didn't Know [VIDEO]
If you have a reputation of a prank master among your friends and you think that you haven't pulled the best one yet, roll your sleeve up for Sunday is the April Fool's Day. Fitch Assigns Selene Finance Residential Mortgage Servicer Rating
Fitch Assigns Selene Finance Residential Mortgage Servicer Rating Fitch Assigns Selene Finance Residential Mortgage Servicer Rating from reuters Fitch Ratings takes the following rating actions on Selene Finance LP's (Selene) U. WWF's Earth Hour 2012: India Turns Off the Lights; Earth Hour Photos over the Years
As people across the world observe Earth Hour 2012 at 8:30 pm on Saturday by switching off lights for an hour, various organizations in India too will show their support for action on climate change tonight. Earth Hour 2012: Nations Unite to Save the World [PHOTOS and VIDEO]
In a collective display of commitment to a better future for the planet, nations across the world are participating in the world’s single largest campaign for the planet - Earth Hour - by turning off all lights for an hour. Azamara Quest Cruise Ship Heading For Malaysian Port, After Engines Catch Fire; 5 Injured
A fire that broke out in the engines of Azamara Quest cruise has left it drifting in the waters 200 miles off the coast of Balikpapan (Borneo), Indonesia. The fire which broke out at 8:19 p.m. ship time on March 30 has disabled its engines. Goldman, Landesbank Argue CDOs in US Appeals Court
A U.S. appeals court was asked on Friday to decide whether Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) and TCW Asset Management Co should have foreseen the housing market implosion that caused a $37 million loss for German state-owned Landesbank Baden-Wurttemberg. Sun Hung Kai Dives as Billionaire Kwok Brothers Arrested
More than $5 billion was wiped off the market value of Sun Hung Kai Properties <0016.HK> on Friday, after the billionaire owners of Asia's largest real estatedeveloper were arrested on suspicion of corruption. UK property year on year growth turns negative for first time in six months
The price of a typical UK residential property fell by 1% in March and prices are now averaging £163,327, some 0.9% lower than a year ago, according to the latest figures from the Nationwide Building Society. Eurozone Crisis Could Affect Sydney Homes Market
The outlook for city residential property markets in Australia is mixed with Sydney likely to see stability continuing but it could be affected by the eurozone crisis, experts believe. Paris Knocks London off Top of European Property Investment List
Paris has overtaken London to become the number one city in Europe for property investment while Moscow has overtaken Berlin as the number six city, according to the report from global property adviser CBRE. Price Growth In Canadian Property Market Slowing
Price growth in the residential property market in Canada is slowing with the latest MLS Home Price Index from the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) showing its smallest increase since June 2011. Residential Property Providing Best Investment Returns For German Real Estate Sector
Residential property is providing the best investment returns for the German real estate sector, according to the DIX German Property Index for 2011 published by IPD. Kristin Cavallari Foreclosure Woes: Parents Lose ‘The Hills’ House, Owed Same Amount As Jay Cutler's 2012 Salary
Cavallari's parents owed a sum that almost exactly matches Jay Cutler's 2012 salary. Kristin Cavallari's parents have lost their Laguna Beach home to foreclosure. Feddie Mac : U.S. Housing Market Is Recovering From Depression
There are signs that the housing market is awakening from its depression-like condition of the past few years and beginning, though slowly, to make a nascent recovery, according to the U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for March from Freddie Mac. DIY Fanatics Warned as Property Improvement Return on Investment Falls
The potential increase in property value following DIY has dipped in the last 12 months compared with previous years, according to a new survey. S&P affirms Wells Fargo Home Equity Servicer Ranking
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services today affirmed its ABOVE AVERAGE ranking on Wells Fargo Home Equity (WFHE) as a residential mortgage subordinate-lien servicer. The outlook is stable. H&M Confirms Reports Of New Store Chain Launch By 2013
Stockholm-based Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) has confirmed the launch of a new chain store by 2013 after posting a 13 percent rise in sales during the period Dec.1 and Feb. 29, 2012.
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