Morrisons in talks over 1 bln pound store sale
MSN UK News - LONDON (Reuters) - WM Morrison Supermarkets is in talks with property tycoons Sol and Eddie Zakay to sell 26 sites that could be worth up to 1 billion pounds, the Sunday Express reported. The paper cited no sources but said it would be the
Early birds get in line for annual Smith book sale
Baltimore Sun - Some ran. Others walked briskly, carrying boxes or pushing carts. All of them headed like guided missiles for tables and tables covered with books - 45,000 of them, by one estimate. "It's the thrill of the hunt," said Catherine Lawrence, a bookseller
Morrisons planning 1 bln stg store sale -- report
Life Style Extra - LONDON (AFX) - UK supermarket chain Wm Morrison is in talks with property company Topland over the sale of 26 of its stores for up to 1 bln stg, the Sunday Express reported without citing sources. The paper said the sale is designed to protect
Sabres medallions on sale Monday
Buffalo News - A set of 24 Buffalo Sabres medallions are being offered by the hockey team and The Buffalo News, starting Monday. A glossy collector s album has been created to store the medallions, which will include the images of 23 players plus an exclusive
Small unpaid bills put residents at risk
Baltimore Sun - Some Maryland jurisdictions include charges other than taxes in the lien sale process. While that happens only rarely in some areas, nearly one in three of the approximately 8,000 liens that Baltimore City offered for sale last year contained no
Union opposes Chrysler private-equity sale
MSNBC - FRANKFURT, Germany - The powerful German trade union IG Metall is opposed to DaimlerChrysler selling its Chrysler business to a private equity buyer, a regional union leader told a German newspaper. "We don't have any interest in seeing Chrysler sold
Attention, Fashionistas: Sample Sales Are Expanding
New York Times - At a recent multi-designer sale in Manhattan, Linette Espinal was thumbing through the racks. She was wearing a brown oatmeal and black jacket she had bought at a Cach sample sale for about half-price. You don t really have to be rich to wear
Clapton guitar fest set to make stop here
MetroMix - Tickets at $90 plus service fees go on sale at 10 a.m. March 31 via Ticketmaster. The tickets include parking. Profits from the festival will benefit the Crossroads Center in Antigua, a treatment and education facility founded by Clapton for the
Rabobank confirms possible sale of investment bank Alex
Forbes - AMSTERDAM (AFX) - Rabobank has confirmed that the sale of Alex Beleggersbank is a possibility as it considers the future of the investment banking unit within or outside the Rabobank Groep. Rabobank said it regularly assesses its activities and
Tensions at top of Capitalia flare despite truce
MSN MoneyCentral - They are taking the view that new managers or owners at ABN will want a change of strategy at Capitalia, or even a sale of ABN's stake. That could help Mr Arpe, who wants Capitalia actively to assess its merger options. Mr Geronzi, keen to maintain