Real Estate Press - Manatee County House and Condo Sales Dropped http://press.toprealestates.com/latest/manatee-... The monthly results for May's home sales Thursday released by the Manatee County Property Appraiser's Office, and the recent weakness of that market continues, although prices rose in the past year.
News Focus: End of the Gates era | Tech News on ZDNet http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6084396.html... Since its inception, Microsoft has been practically synonymous with co-founder Bill Gates. That's about to change, albeit slowly, as the software maven and the world's richest man look to 2008 as the end of his day-to-day involvement with the company.
Not Much Food for Manhattan Real Estate Vultures http://www.turks.us/article.php?story=200608071... The vultures of real estate are beginning to roam around as signs mount of a slowing real estate market. However, home prices need to fall further so that they can enjoy the bargains they crave.
Dubai man-made island nears completion - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060806/ap_on_bi_ge... DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - With 14,000 laborers toiling day and night, the first of Dubai's three palm-shaped islands is finally about to get its first residents.
Germany alarmed at lack of engineers - Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20060810/wl_csm/owu... FRANKFURT - When high school junior Daria Schirmer conducted scientific experiments with 8-year-olds as part of a school project this year – building a periscope or a compass with a magnet – she became not only an inventor of sorts but also part of the solution to what looms as one of Germany's greatest challenges: how to keep its sterling reputation as the world's leader in engineering.