HGTV’S Selling New York: Episode Seven - CBS MoneyWatch.com (blog)
Episode Description: Agents selling spectacular multi-million dollar homes in the Big Apple. This week’s episode of the HGTV series “Selling New York ” (airdate Thursday April 29), has all the strength of a finale — bigger, more luscious

'Old money' behind prestige properties surge: agents - Brisbane Times
Brisbane families with "old money" are behind a surge in prestige property sales, agents say. Despite the fallout in the high-end market from last year, 2010 is proving to be a busy year for those purchasing multi-million dollar homes. According to

Japan provides post-cyclone, 110-million-dollar loan to Philippines - Earthtimes (press release)
Manila - Japan is providing a 109.8-million-dollar loan to the Philippines to rebuild infrastructure damaged by two devastating Many roads, bridges, power lines, homes and schools were damaged or destroyed by the two cyclones. Some communities in

Hollywood Sign Site Saved By Hugh Hefner & Generous - Inhabitat.com
The development company was planning on selling the land off in parcels for multi-million dollar homes, and when the city found out about it, people were outraged. A campaign ensued to raise $12.5 million to buy the land for public use and

Out There: Residents on Long Beach island live in fear - Los Angeles Times
It's a trade-off, living on Naples. In exchange for inhabiting an island with quaint canals where kayakers, paddlers and opera-singing gondoliers float past million-dollar homes, residents of this Long Beach neighborhood live with the anxiety of

Fed stimulus money to upgrade N.E. power grid - Daily Item
MARBLEHEAD -- Power companies in New England are beginning work on a nearly half-billion-dollar plan to upgrade the region analyzes electricity use for residential users to compare their use with homes of a similar size and heating type.

Al Gore's growing carbon footprint - American Thinker
He and Tipper have just added to their collection of energy-gobbling homes with a nearly 9 million dollar 5 bedroom, 9 bath Italian-style villa in the celebrity-studded coastal enclave of Montecito, California, home to Oprah Winfry and many other

Philadelphia's million-dollar condos - Philadelphia Daily News
The April 2 sale of the penthouse condo at 1706 Rittenhouse Square Street for a record $12.459 million didn't exhaust the supply of multimillion-dollar digs on the buyers from the start, visiting their current homes, working with a list of

Smith, Inglis contract top-ups leave Storm confronted with a million - Sydney Morning Herald
PARTY deal between Melbourne captain Cameron Smith and Fox Sports, a part-owned News Ltd company, was among the salary cap breaches that could force the club to shed $1 million of playing were files kept at people's homes, that kind of thing