Posted by splinter09, at 07:40AM 09/02/08 : Stamp Duty Holiday For a Year | WinProperty - Blog
Note: The long rumoured stamp duty holiday has been announced and will take effect tomorrow. This is largely due to estate agents complaining that house buyers have stayed away over the summer in anticipation of stamp duty relief. tags: no tags groups: in UK News
Posted by splinter09, at 12:09PM 08/28/08 : Smartphone Double:
Note: Orange is first UK retailer to take BlackBerry Bold and Samsung Omnia handsets Orange has scored a smartphone double over rival mobile retailers as the first to range the much-anticipated BlackBerry 900 Bold and Samsung’s 16GB Omnia handsets. tags: blackberry
· smartphone double
· orange
· samsung groups: in UK News
Posted by splinter09, at 04:21AM 08/04/08 : Telegraph Audi Q5 Review - Top of the Class
Note: It’s a better all-rounder than the BMW X3 and, unless you really need a full-on mud-plugger, it’s got the measure of Land Rover’s Freelander too. It’s not revolutionary like the original Quattro, but it’s another decent Audi 4×4 nonetheless. tags: telegraph
· audi q5
· audi groups: in Cars Motorcycles
Posted by splinter09, at 10:24AM 07/31/08 : Fuel Poverty to End by 2016
Note: The recent announcements by British Gas and the French electricity utility EDF, that they plan to increase gas and electricity prices by a third and a fifth respectively, have major, and worrying, implications for those on the edge of fuel poverty. tags: fuel poverty
· energy prices
· gas prices groups: in UK News
Posted by splinter09, at 05:28AM 07/31/08 : Doormen Told to Turn Away Overweight Women
Note: On Saturday night around 25 women were told they could not go in to The Havana Club in St Helier, Jersey. The doormen on duty told the women that the management didn’t want any ‘big women’ in the club. tags:
· doormen
· night clubs groups: in Wacky News, UK News
Posted by splinter09, at 11:44AM 07/30/08 : Mobile Workers Want an iPhone
Note: With the demand for the latest 3g iPhone in the USA high RDA Global have done a survey that found that 15% of a sample of mobile workers would like an iPhone.By taking into account the total number of mobile workers in the States (50 million), they calculate that iPhone sales could surpass 7 million units. tags: mobile workers
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Posted by splinter09, at 07:37AM 07/30/08 : Maggie Cheung Shows off Audi S8 and Audi A5
Note: The Chinese actress Maggie Cheung has done a advertising shoot for the Audi A5 and Audi S8, Maggie Cheung is well known from movies such as In the Mood for Love, Irma Vep, and 2046 and is the first asian actress to win a prize at the Cannes . tags: audi s8
· audi
· maggie cheung
· audi a5 groups: in Cars Motorcycles
Posted by splinter09, at 06:51AM 07/30/08 : Mad Men Season 2 opens to Rave Reviews
Note: Mad Men Season 2 of the hit show appears to have taken the US by storm, with critics, fanatics and web forums describing the opening two episodes as stirring up a storm of superlatives. tags: no tags groups: no groups