High Wycombe News
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Taylor Wimpey Plc, the U.K’s second-largest homebuilder by volume, rose to the highest in five years after saying customer interest was growing and homes reserved for purchase increased in the first quarter.
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Taylor Wimpey Plc, the U.K.’s second- largest homebuilder by volume, more than doubled first-half earnings as it sold more expensive homes at higher margins.
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Taylor Wimpey Plc , the U.K.’s second-largest homebuilder, agreed to sell its North American units for at least $955 million to cut debt and purchase land.
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Florida’s orange crop, the world’s second largest, may face damage as Tropical Storm Debby drenches groves and causes flooding in some areas, said Jim Dale, a senior risk meteorologist for British Weather Services.
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London Wasps owner Steve Hayes put the two-time European rugby champion up for sale, three years after taking control of the club.
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The drought that ravaged U.S. corn and soybean crops and spurred record prices may persist, threatening a recovery in production this year that’s needed to bolster global inventories, according to forecasters.
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U.K. same-day natural gas jumped to its highest level in 10 months after forecasters predicted snow this week, boosting heating use. Power for tomorrow advanced to its highest level since July.
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Hurricane Irene, the first of the 2011 Atlantic season, picked up strength as it moved toward the southeastern Bahamas on a path that could take it to Florida by week’s end, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
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Florida probably avoided damage to its orange crop, the largest in the U.S., as overnight freezing temperatures were less severe than expected, forecasters said. Orange juice futures declined.
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Crop-damaging weather from the La Nina phenomenon that brought flooding to Australia and drought to Argentina may be ending, Jim Dale, senior meteorologist at High Wycombe, England-based British Weather Services, said. He made the following comments from an e-mail today.
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