(AFX UK Focus) 2006-12-28 20:38 GMT: Feds accuse man in time-share scam (Interactive Investor) (Property)
(AFX UK Focus) 2006-12-28 20:38 GMT: Feds accuse man in time-share scam (Interactive Investor)
CHICAGO (AFX) - FBI agents have arrested a man on charges that he used time share leases in Mexico to bilk real estate investors, including several in Illinois, out of $400 million.
Mark Lawson: The secrets of Blair’s iPod (Guardian Unlimited)
Mark Lawson: When Blair was on Desert Island Discs in his pre-PM days, there was teasing about whether his tastes were collated by Alastair Campbell to cover all demographic bases.
Bell tolls for haunted pub (The Evening Telegraph)
HAVE you heard the one about the haunted Peterborough pub which had a problem serving spirits well, this time it’s true!
Eames shops sell-off is ‘on hold’ (BBC News)
Lord Eames announces that the sale of a row of shops he partly owns is being put on hold.
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