Retail Real Estate in a Stronger Position as we Approach Mid-Year, Yet Growth Will be Tepid for the Foreseeable Future, According to Colliers International
Colliers’ Spring 2010 Retail Highlights report shows positive occupancy growth in 43 of 47 markets surveyed; decreased construction activity in all but a few markets; and a rising but soon-to-stabilize retail vacancy rateColliers’ annual Streets of Gold ranking shows broad declines worldwide BOSTON, May 26 /PRNewswire/ – Colliers International, a leading global real estate services […]
Special Report: Planes, trains and frontier markets
By Manuela BadawyPORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (Reuters) – Josephine Jimenez has a chunk of money to invest and she is hunting for opportunities in the usual places – Zimbabwe, Tunisia, Sri Lanka, among others. Jimenez is a specialist in so-called frontier markets. She stacked up a million air miles long ago. A day after coming […]
New law granting citizenship to ethnic Hungarians sparks row with Slovakia
Hungary’s incoming parliament has adopted a controversial law that will grant citizenship to ethnic Hungarians living in neighboring countries. Wednesday’s vote came despite a major diplomatic row with Slovakia, which borders Hungary to the north. Slovakia’s government has described the Hungarian legislation as a security threat. The new law will allow millions of ethnic Hungarians […]
Portugal Players Reject Facebook Pleas For Mustaches
Facebook members have been buoyed by their sense of influence ever since they got Betty White to host Saturday Night Live, but maybe now a reality check has come. A group of 10,000 on the site has committed themselves to encouraging the Portuguese national team to grow mustaches. Usually the facial hair thing for big […]
What Does Britain’s New Government Mean for Bulgaria and Europe?*
The UK’s newly formed right-of-the center Conservative-Liberal Democrats government has caught the British public and Europe by surprise, but the team of aspiring leaders in the face of the Conservative PM David Cameron and his Lib Dem Deputy Nick Clegg promises a more open political system than anyone in the country has hoped for. As […]
Preparation – France-Costa Rica : Passer aux actes
Apres les belles paroles sur la bonne ambiance lors du stage de Tignes, l’equipe de France doit maintenant passer aux actes et insuffler de la vie dans son nouveau systeme en 4-3-3 face au Costa Rica en amical a Lens mercredi pour faire taire les critiques avant le Mondial-2010. La phrase «le groupe vit bien» […]
La sortie de crise fait rebondir la productivite dans les usines
Une production qui redemarre et des effectifs qui restent stables : dans nombre d’usines, la sortie de crise se traduit par une forte hausse de la productivite. Un facteur decisif en Europe pour tenir le choc face a la concurrence des pays emergents. Mais en la matiere, les Etats-Unis ont pris de l’avance. Arches, dans […]
4 Balkan Songs Make It to Eurovision Contest Final after 1st Semi-Final
Four of the ten countries which qualified for the final of the Eurovision song contest after Tuesday’s semi-final are from the Balkans. The songs of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, and Serbia all were voted to participate in the final on Saturday, May 29, together Moldova, Russia, Belarus, Portugal, Iceland, and Belgium. The other seven […]
Born to Be Wild: Houston SPCA Returns ‘Betsy the Bear’ Home to Europe on May 26
European Brown Bear Takes Transatlantic Voyage to Permanent Home HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–On Wednesday, May 26, 2010, the Houston SPCA, in coordination with the Houston Zoo, will pack up ‘Betsy the Bear,’ who was rescued in 2006 from deplorable living conditions, in her custom-made travel crate and ready her for an international trip to her new home, […]
Le Honduras passe par l’Autriche
L’equipe du Honduras est arrivee mardi soir en Autriche pour un stage de preparation jusqu’au 6, prenant place pres de Hermagor, a 750 m d’altitude. Seront au programme trois matches amicaux : contre le Belarus (le 27 mai a Villach), l’Azerbaidjan (le 2 juin a Zell-am-See) et la Roumanie (le 5 juin a Sankt-Veit-an-der-Glan). Read […]
