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Shanghai Expo latest – Liverpool’s Chinatown in line for massive regeneration
Mark Thomas and Andrew Campbell report on developments at the Shanghai Expo 2010
A NEW museum is at the heart of a massive development being planned for Liverpool’s historic Chinatown.
Sources said talks on the project – which could cost hundreds of millions of pounds – were at an advanced stage.
It is understood the development would also include a hotel complex, as well as a new Chinese Cultural Museum.
Chinese property developer Dr Lee Kai Hung has confirmed he was heavily involved in the project – dubbed “China Square” – which would regenerate a large area close to the city centre.
Liverpool’s Chinatown is the oldest Chinese community in the UK, and includes the landmark Scandinavian hotel.
A well-known North West developer is believed to be involved in the project.
Introducing LinkedIn Labs
Every month, our company celebrates “InDay”, a day when LinkedIn employees from around the world are encouraged to spend their time focused on research, learning and developing concepts outside of their normal routine. For employees who like to learn through execution, we throw a Hackday contest on every InDay.
This concept began with an impromptu hackday held over the 2007 holiday break and has now grown to a company-wide event (including an American Idol style panel of judges). Teams are given just five minutes to demo their hack in front of the entire company, and judges get just two minutes to ask questions.
I’m pleased to announce that, as of today, we’ll be making some of these internal projects publicly available on a new site, LinkedIn Labs. Whether Read more…
Payday Loans
Payday loans are unsecured loans made in varying amounts. These loans are easily obtained; usually approval can be made in as little as a few seconds, or could take as long as 24 hours, depending on the method of application as well as amount of loan being requested. Once approval has been given, the amount of money can be either mailed, or electronically transferred into your personal checking or savings accounts. Good credit is a plus but not always a requirement to get a payday loan. These are short-term loans, and require minimal paperwork, if applied for online.
Most online payday loan sites do offer easy, stress-free repayment plans and methods, making it even easier to get and repay these types of loans. Amounts that can be borrowed can range from $100-$1000, depending on the site, as well as the amount of your income. As always, be aware of scams, especially when dealing with online loan sites. Read more…
Liverpool hotel group Centre Island hotel breaks even in ‘toughest ever’ year
CENTRE Island Hotels made “good progress” after a period of adjustments to its portfolio.
The Liverpool-based group operates eight UK hotels and four in the Republic of Ireland.
These include the Crowne Plaza Liverpool, Holiday Inn hotels in Liverpool and Cheshire Oaks, Holiday Inn Express at Albert Dock and boutique hotel 62 Castle Street.
It made a marginal loss of £90,000 on a turnover of £42.3m in the 16 months to December, 2009.
Annualised sales were up 7%, although this includes the Crowne Plaza Manchester, which opened in August, 2008, just two days before the accounting period began, and the renovated Crowne Plaza Birmingham, which reopened in October, 2008.
Centre Island also owned the Holiday Inn Express at Liverpool John Lennon Airport during the financial period, although sold it last month to Peel Leisure, part of the group which co-owns the airport.
The group’s strategy is now focused on large town centre and city centre hotel developments.
LinkedIn for iPhone 3.3: Start sharing the “Company Buzz” now
I’m glad to announce that LinkedIn for iPhone v3.3 has been approved and will be live in the app store shortly. The latest version of our iPhone app comes packed with goodies, most important of which is the ability to glean business intelligence from your trusted connections’ updates. Not only does the new version of the LinkedIn application offer an enhanced user experience, but it also allows you to stay up-to-date with what people are saying about your company, school or alma mater, as well as your favorite brands.
Download: LinkedIn for iPhone v3.3
Simplified home screen and navigation
The newly designed Updates experience allowed us to simplify the home screen to 9 icons making it easier for you to find what you need as fast as you can. Thi Read more…
More pain ahead for victims of Sarasota Ponzi scheme
Now, a federal bankruptcy court trustee claims Boccio was unjustly enriched by the Ponzi when he received monthly payments totaling $64,500.
“If I have a net loss of $170,000,” said Boccio, who lives in Lakewood Ranch. “How was I enriched?”
Diamond’s $37 million Ponzi may look small compared to that of Lou Pearlman of Back Street Boys fame, the Orlando man who stole more than $300 million from his victims. And Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein is serving 50 years while his victims nurse $1.4 billion in financial wounds.
But for the victims, the size of the Ponzi does not really matter. Their savings are still gone forever.
5 Simple Ways to Understand Your Business Credit Scores
Does your business have a positive credit file established with Equifax Small Business, Corporate Experian, and Dunn and Bradstreet? The reason why this is so significant is because each creditor, lender, or supplier may pull from one, two, or all three of these bureaus when you apply for credit.< ?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> So, here are 5 ways to understand your business credit score making it easier for you to grasp how the scoring process works.
One of the most important things you should know creditors look at to determine your company’s creditworthiness is your business credit score.
LinkedIn Platform: Announcing Early Access to Our New Javascript API & OAuth 2
At LinkedIn, we believe that every business application would be fundamentally better if it was built over a platform of your professional reputation and relationships. We first opened our platform last November with our OAuth-based REST APIs on developer.linkedin.com.
Thousands of developers are now building applications over the LinkedIn Platform, and we’ve learned quite a bit from them. Today, I’m thrilled to announce an early access version of new technology that makes developing an application with LinkedIn even easier: our new, easy-to-use Javascript API.
Early Access: Javascript API
Built on the OAuth 2 User Agent Flow, this is an easy, drop-in component that enables you to add a “Sign In with LinkedIn” button on any web page in just a few minutes. Our new platform is still under development, but we’re excited to announce early access to all LinkedIn developers. Please take