Cyclone clean-up begins - Skynews.com
face a multi-million dollar bill, as a mop up gets underway after category three cyclone Ului crossed the coast early Sunday with winds of up to 200 kilometres. One of the main tasks is now to bring back power to tens of thousands of homes and

Investors learn to accept bad housing numbers - Seattle Post Intelligencer
Shah noted that there are about 6 million homes in foreclosure or whose owners are several months behind in payments. He said government programs to forestall foreclosures have helped keep these homes from hitting the market. That's allowing prices

America's $50 Million Homes - Forbes
When brokers and sellers determine an asking price for a home in the double-digit millions, local real estate statistics mean almost nothing. Instead of relying on metrics like "comparables," the industry term for similarly appointed homes that have

Bankrupt Salander Pleads Guilty in New York Art Fraud - BusinessWeek
and to Europe and owned multi-million dollar homes. Homes for Sale Salander lived with his family in an Upper East Side townhouse and on a 66-acre property in Millbrook, New York, that has a tennis court and baseball diamond, which the family still

Homes Of The Billionaires - ninemsn
Megamansions With an estimated billion-dollar cost, Mukesh Ambani's under-construction 27-story Mumbai skyscraper eclipses previous records for the world?s most expensive homes. No two London, which he bought for $65 million in January 2008. (

Multimillion-dollar nonprofit charity for Navy veterans - St. Petersburg Times
volunteers spent $6,703 for groceries and medical care for veterans, the association said it has grown to more than 66,000 members, with 41 state chapters and more than $22.4 million in annual He said he had several homes, the primary one in

Innovative and dramatic kitchen lighting adds flash to - Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Plain Dealer Menton Hanging Shade, $1,775, purchased through designers. The innovative lighting design first started appearing with stunning effect in million-dollar homes three to five years ago. Now, it's turning up in showrooms and model homes

Salvation Army Real Estate Holdings Valued at $4 - Chronicle of Philanthropy
But some charity analysts say housing officers in million-dollar homes contradicts the image of sacrifice and service the group markets to donors.

Homes sales fall in BR area - Baton Rouge Advocate
Realtors sold 417 homes in the Baton Rouge metro area in February, 6 percent fewer than the 443 sold during February 2009. The dollar volume fell 8 percent to $80.8 million last month, compared to $87.4 million in February 2009. The figures, compiled