A house in North Annville Township that sold for $798,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Lebanon County in the past week.
Tajikistan: Free Political Activist and Drop Charges
Nasriddinov is a vocal advocate for democratic reforms in Tajikistan and has cooperated with Group 24, an opposition political group that has called for reform and shared critiques of the …
Violence in Tajikistan
Tajikistan’s current crisis began on August 22, when a group of 25 prisoners escaped from a top-security prison in the capital city of Dushanbe, killing five guards in the process. The escapees …
Investing in Out-of-State Property
Learn about our editorial policies Buying and owning property is rarely easy or simple. When the property in question is in a distant location, the challenges multiply, but it might seem appealing …
Tajikistan kills 3 militants from Afghanistan
DUSHANBE: Tajikistan said today that it had killed three members of a “terrorist group” who had infiltrated the country from neighbouring Afghanistan, the second such incident this year in the …
Saudi Arabia: Foreign Companies Influx Raises Office Rental Prices
The influx of foreign companies to the Saudi local market, along with several other factors, has led to an increase in office space rental prices by 20 percent. Saudi Arabia issued more than 1,600 …
US Chipmakers March South as Vietnam Subsidizes Its Tech Future
Second, Vietnam provides an exemption or reduction of the property tax (land rent). Companies and research organizations that build scientific research facilities are exempt from property taxes for …
India’s ‘King of Good Times’ left a $28m royal mansion “to rot”
India’s top court has sentenced him to four months in jail … However, as with much of his property, this Grade I-listed gem hasn’t been without its problems. In 2012, the beleaguered former …
Nippon Paint targets China expansion despite property market slowdown
Nippon Paint’s co-president Yuichiro Wakatsuki said he remains “cautiously optimistic” about China despite investor concerns about the impact of the slowdown for the Japanese group, which makes 35 per cent of its revenues in the world’s second-largest economy.
Hong Kong home price seen falling by 5 per cent after seven major lenders including HSBC, Standard Chartered set to increase mortgage rates
The effective mortgage rate for new loans from HSBC, Hang Seng, BOCHK, Standard Chartered and BEA will rise by 50 basis points on Monday The higher mortgage rates will pressurise home prices to fall …