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Madonna Sues Her New York Co-op Board

Pop icon Madonna has reportedly filed suit against her chichi Central Park West co-op Board for blocking her purchase of her neighbor’s apartment, which apartment she intended to combine with hers. She has filed suit in Manhattan Supreme Court seeking to overthrow the Board’s decision.
I have not seen the court documents, but, as [...]

News Tweet: Hostage Taken at Hillary Clinton New Hampshire Office

 
A Hillary Clinton campaign person or persons are being held hostage by a suspected bomb toting man at Clinton’s  New Hampshire campaign office. The 40ish man was reported to have walked into the office with what appeared to be a bomb duct taped to his chest.  One hostage (a woman with her baby) was apparently [...]

Heavy Traffic: Trulia Top Referrer to Major Real Estate Firms

 
According to its blog (citing traffic bean counter, Hitwise), Trulia  was one of the top 3 websites referring traffic to 12 major residential real estate broker firms nationwide last month (August 18- September 15, 2007) .  The others in the top 3– some guys named Google and Yahoo!
According to the post, the Trulians outpaced fellow [...]

Skyscraper Spiderman Climbs Europe’s Tallest Building

Alain Robert
Most of us prefer the inside of skyscrapers. Not Alain Robert. Known as the French Spiderman, Alain is an elite solo urban climber. His latest conquest was Europe’s tallest building, the 242 meter West Tower of Moscow’s City Business Complex on September 4, 2007. He said after the climb: “The ascent [...]

Microsoft Will Pay You $100,000 For Your Idea

You know that idea you had for a topless shoeshine business? (Don’t laugh. There was one in San Francisco,  so I’ve heard. I think it lost it’s shirt, though [beat you to it TB].) Well, enter it into Microsoft’s Idea Wins Small Business Idea Contest and you can win $100,000 and retail space [...]

Briny Breezes Owners Vote To Become Millionaires

We wrote about Briny Breezes’ new mobile home millionaires on November 25th. Well, the owners will vote on January 10th to approve or reject their Board’s acceptance of a developer’s offer of $500 million for the 488 homes, which would make virtually every owner a millionaire.
Briny Breezes is a small town in Palm Beach [...]

Keller Williams Realty’s New Listing Service: KWLS

Keller Williams Realty has a new listing service, KWLS, where agents can enter their property listings in one place and have them available for display on Keller Willaims’ agents and office websites everywhere. That “everywhere” is pretty big. Keller Williams Realty is the fourth largest real estate franchise in North America with 72,618 [...]




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