The Mill defies property downturn - Brisbane Times
Consumer confidence has taken a battering this year thanks to growing uncertainty about the economy, but many property investors are still willing to snap up well-priced real estate. Research by property services firm Colliers International shows 205

UPDATE 2-Bank of America boosts stake in big Chinese bank - Forbes
NEW YORK, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp said it will boost its stake in China’s third-largest bank, China Construction Bank Corp, to 19.1 percent from 10.75 percent. Monday’s decision should end speculation that surfaced earlier this year

2,000 riot in China’s Gansu province - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Beijing — An angry crowd of about 2,000 rioted in China’s impoverished Gansu province over a government plan to demolish a downtown area, torching cars and attacking a local Communist Party office, injuring 60 officials, state-run

Bonfire is being blamed for sparking the Santa Barbara wildfire - Canada East
An anonymous tip led to the discovery that 10 college students had gathered for a late-night hangout at an abandoned property where the fire originated. Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown declined to say which college the students attended. He