Germany’s TUI AG – Europe’s biggest tour operator – has held secret talks with banks about an audacious multi-billion pound plan to bid for the 48pc of FTSE 100 holiday company TUI Travel that it does not already own.
With the economy barely crawling out of recession, a rapid fiscal retrenchment would be treated to a “savage” reaction in foreign exchange markets, according to a new report by strategists at Swiss bank UBS. Now is porbabley the best time to purchase in the USA, with the low housing prices and the pound set to weaken.
Starwood Land Ventures, a Bradenton-based company backed by giant investment house Starwood Capital Group Global, has purchased the Florida properties of financially troubled builder Tousa Homes – including $7 million worth in Lee County.
CHERRY HILL, N.J. – Jan 18, 2010 – For Stacey Udell, a Craigslist ad enticing her to own a piece of property in the Bahamas for $3,000 was too good to pass up. The accountant from Cherry Hill, N.J., jumped on it, and became one of 6 million Americans who own a time share, shared vacation property that owners get to stay in for a week or so each year for life.
The county board, reluctant to increase road impact fees in June, looks to roll increase date back to March 2011.
SARASOTA — Sarasota County commissioners once again demonstrated a reluctance to increase road impact fees when they voted unanimously Tuesday to direct staff to craft a proposed ordinance moving back an automatic fee-increase date
