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——農銀匯理區間收益靈活配置混合型證券投資基金簡介2013-08-12 來源：證券時報網 作者： 基金概況 基金名稱：農銀匯理區間收益靈活配置混合型證券投資基金基金簡稱：農銀區間收益混合 基金類別：開放型混合 基金代碼：000259 基金托管人：中國建設銀行股份有限公司投資範圍：本基金的投資範圍為具有良好流動性的金融工具，迷你倉價錢其中：股票投資比例範圍為基金資產的0%~95%；除股票以外的其他資產投資比例範圍為基金資產的5%~100%。權證投資比例範圍為基金資產淨值的0%~3%，現金或到期日在一年以內的政府債券投資比例不低於基金資產淨值的5%。 業績比較基準：本基金的業績比較基準為S×滬深300指數＋（100%-S）×中證全債指數 其中S值見下表： 參照指數（Ｉ） 股票類資產比例（Ｓ）Ｉ＜２７５０ ９５％２７５０≦Ｉ＜３０００ ８５％３０００≦Ｉ＜３２５０ ７５％３２５０≦Ｉ＜３５００ ６５％３５００≦Ｉ＜３７５０ ５５％３７５０≦Ｉ＜４０００ ４５％４０００≦Ｉ＜４２５０ ３５％４２５０≦Ｉ＜４５００ ２５％４５００≦Ｉ＜４７５０ １５％４７５０≦Ｉ＜５０００ ５％５０００≦Ｉ ０風險收益特徵：本基金的風險和收益水平隨著參考指數的不斷上漲，風險不斷下降。 購買起點：1000元 費率結構： 認/申購費率 參照指數（Ｉ） 認購費率 申購費率Ｍ＜５０萬 １．２％ １．５％５０萬≦Ｍ＜１００萬 ０．８％ １．０％１００萬≦Ｍ＜５００萬 ０．６％ ０．８％Ｍ≧５００萬 １０００元╱筆 １０００元╱筆（注：本產品採用前端收費） 贖回費率 參照指數（Ｉ） 贖回費率 Ｔ＜１年 ０．５％ １年≦Ｔ＜２年 ０．２５％ Ｔ≧２年 ０ 產品賣點 創新設計 嚴格風控 本基金設計思路採取自動調整股票與非股票類資產比例的管理方法。基金管理人將根據參照指數前迷你倉庫交易日的收盤點位，適時調整基金資產在股票類資產、非股票類資產間的配置比例。 國際視野 成熟理念 本產品的設計思路源自法國東方匯理資產管理公司旗下基金“綠色視野”，成熟的投資理念使風險控制與收益回報達到平衡。在參照指數區間內，隨著參照指數的下降逐漸增加股票持倉比例，隨著參照指數的上升逐漸降低股票持倉比例，從而降低股票波動帶來的風險，實現資產增值。 本土智慧 資深團隊 農銀匯理因整體投資能力持續穩健出色，榮膺中國證券報“2012年度金牛基金管理公司獎”，在牛市和熊市中具有驕人的投資業績表現。本基金在借鑒成功的國際經驗的基礎上，充分發揮本土專業投資團隊的智慧，打造適合中國市場的投資產品。 擬任基金經理 陳富權先生，上海交通大學金融學碩士，8年金融從業經驗，其中5年證券業從業經歷。歷任香港匯豐銀行客戶經理、農銀匯理基金研究部研究員、農銀匯理策略價值基金經理助理。 基金管理人 農銀匯理基金管理有限公司由中國農業銀行、法國東方匯理資產管理公司和中國鋁業股份有限公司共同出資組建。截至2013年6月，公司旗下共管理18只開放式基金，涵蓋了股票型、混合型、指數型、債券型和貨幣市場基金。 截至2012年12月31日，農銀匯理基金管理公司獲《中國證券報》2012年度“金牛基金公司”獎、農銀行業成長股票基金獲“三年期股票型金牛基金獎”、農銀滬深300指數基金獲“2012年度指數型金牛基金獎”。 根據《海通證券三年綜合系列基金評級》報告，截至2013年7月26日，農銀匯理主動偏股型基金近一年、近兩年、近三年加權平均淨值增長率均位列行業第一，獲評權益類資產管理能力五星評級第一名。 農銀匯理基金管理公司榮獲《上海證券報》2012年度“金基金股票投資回報公司獎”。 截至2013年7月，農銀匯理基金管理公司旗下3只基金——農銀行業成長股票、農銀策略價值股票、農銀中小盤股票基金，獲銀河證券三年期五星股票基金評級。 （CIS）儲存

Source: The Record, Stockton, Calif.自存倉Aug. 11--A less than complimentary state auditor's report on Stockton's accounting procedures has touched off a war of words between City Manager Bob Deis and state officials.That's unfortunate. It helps no one -- especially the city -- to have Deis complain state auditors were simply out to "bayonet the wounded" or to have George Lolas, acting chief operating officer in the Controller's Office, complain about Deis' "dismissive attitude" and "posturing."The two traded letters based on a report from Controller John Chiang's office that was highly critical of the city's internal controls."Stockton is not Bell -- we found no evidence that corruption and self-dealing drove this city into insolvency," said Chiang in a press release about the audit. "Instead, many of Stockton's problems can be tracked to poor decision-making that was not only ill-informed by weak accounting and fiscal management systems, but failed to heed downward-trending data that should have curbed spending and borrowing decisions."State auditors began looking into the city's books in May and June 2012 after receiving requests from several Stocktonians and various groups in the city.Uncomfortable consequencesUnderstandably, Deis chaffed at what he no doubt believed was a City Hall invasion by state auditors at the very moment the city was headed into bankruptcy court. A state audit was just one more thing at a time of considerable financial pressure on the city and growing violence on its streets.And it's not like Deis isn't aware of bookkeeping problems at City Hall. The first time he met with The Record's editorial board shortly after arriving in Stockton, he voiced deep concerns about daily discoveries of how the books were being kept."You will be hard pressed to find a senior management team or City Council that does (or has done) ... (more) heavy lifting to get its fiscal house in order," Deis told the head of the state's Local Government Audits Bureau, Steve Mar, in a July 11 letter.It stretches credulity to suggest Deis hasn't been addressing many of the concerns raised by Chia迷你倉新蒲崗g's auditors.But it would be fiscally irresponsible for Deis, the City Council or anyone else to dismiss those concerns as a politically motivated attempt to, as Deis is wont to say, "bayonet the wounded."Spelling out the problemsChiang's office issued a press release declaring that "serious weaknesses exist in most aspects of the city of Stockton's administrative and internal accounting control system. Of the 79 general accounting controls reviewed, 48 -- or 60.8% -- were found inadequate."Among other things, state auditors say the city has been commingling gas tax funds with other city money and they demand that a separate bank account be set up just for gas tax money. That's pretty specific." ... Poor management structure led to an estimated loss of $8.6 million in State and Federal grants," according to the press release."This was caused by City departments failing to include proper cost estimates in their proposals, and invalid explanations of estimated costs."That's a lot of money. That's an accusation that can't simply be ignored.The city, Deis told Mar in his July 11 letter, is "working with a reputable CPA firm to assist in a more robust evaluation of our internal controls."Errors of the pastIn short, accounting problems are being addressed, Deis says, but there are simply a lot of problems, it will take time and the city is calling in outside accountants to help."I believe," he said in his letter to Mar, "the biggest factor in Stockton's problems was the apparent abdication of any fiduciary responsibility towards protecting the City's interests."In other words, a lot of people in the past are to blame for the city's problems today.True. Any casual observer of Stockton politics for the past 20 years can draw up a list.Still, it advances fixing those problems not one step for Deis to complain that the state audit "just inflames the situation and slows down Stockton's recovery."Warring with those trying to help helps no one.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Record (Stockton, Calif.) Visit The Record (Stockton, Calif.) at .recordnet.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉出租

Tencent (0700) is expected to deliver steady growth in revenue and profits, analysts said.迷你倉新蒲崗 But they expressed concern about how chairman Pony Ma Huateng will roll out plans to monetize the firm's WeChat instant message application. China's largest internet company will announce its results on Wednesday. It is expected to post a net profit of 3.91 billion yuan (HK$4.95 billion) for the second quarter, according to a Bloomberg survey. WeChat, which boasts more than 300 million users worldwide, recently launched version 5.0, which includes a payment function. The move is widely seen as bid to compete with rival Alibaba's Alipay service. Last week mainland media said WeChat has convinced several banks and fund houses to offer wealth management products on t迷你倉出租e platform. Bocom International believes WeChat will turn fully commercial with version 5.0. But Morgan Stanley noted online gaming will remain the major source of income - for now at least. The brokerage has raised its target price on the stock to HK$507.80 in a bull scenario. Tencent shares closed at HK$357.40 on Friday. Citigroup said its mobile gaming revenue will see explosive growth next year. On the other hand, Alipay will this week launch an overdraft service, giving every user 5,000 yuan of credit for payments on the platform without first deducting money from bank cards or credit cards. Alibaba will also guarantee all credit for its 800 million users and collect 0.8-1 percent of the overdraft amount as fees. victor.cheung@singtaonewscorp.com 儲存倉

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網路詐騙又有新手法。王姓研究生誤入釣魚網站，迷你倉先是電腦中毒，後遭歹徒假裝是防毒軟體公司，提供線上刷卡解毒，王刷了88美元，卻仍然無法開機，連信用卡資料也被盜走，氣得報警。刑事局昨指出，這類詐騙手法在國際間蠻常見，國內因歹徒都是透過英文的釣魚網站連接病毒，遭騙的被害人多是英文能力不錯的人，但仍籲民眾提高警覺。家住新北市的王姓研究生，日前上國外網站找資料，沒想到卻登入歹徒設下圈套的釣魚網站，隨後頁面出現若要解毒，須購買防毒軟體，王立即拿出信用卡，線上刷卡付了88美元文件倉但仍無法解決，始知被騙。警方說，該電腦因連接病毒程式，所以會進入到歹徒所設計的掃毒畫面，歹徒假裝是微軟的正版軟體，出現該公司的安全性警告及網路無法執行的訊息，並接著顯示假的掃毒結果及病毒來源等資料。被害人重開機後，雖然電腦會顯示假的微軟開機畫面，也會收到解毒軟體及金鑰，讓被害人根本分不清楚是被騙，還是自己不會操作；實際上，他不僅電腦中毒，連信用卡個人資料也被盜。刑事局表示，沒有一款防毒軟體會採用付費掃瞄及清理電腦的方式，民眾若遇到類似問題，可向165專線查證詢問。存倉

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Source: The Roanoke Times, Va.迷你倉新蒲崗Aug. 11--Some stories just won't die. The one about $22,000 to $32,000 medevac helicopter flights since Carilion Clinic switched contractors in 2012 is one.Every day I'm getting calls and emails and letters from readers. Some fear if they're airlifted they'll face huge debts they can't pay, because the contractor, Med Trans Air Medical Transport, has no agreements with Virginia insurers and bills patients for the balance their insurance won't cover.Others are continuing to call and write with other questions, information and their personal experiences. So here's some more about that still-broadening story, in a question-and-answer format.Q: Can I refuse medical transport by helicopter?A: There are two different answers to that one, and they don't exactly jibe.One comes from Charles Drummond, a Vietnam vet who lives in Franklin County. It arose in April 2010, when Drummond, then 65, suffered what felt like severe indigestion while spreading mulch in his Glade Hill yard. He went to the emergency room of Carilion Franklin Memorial Hospital.Drummond still isn't clear whether he was in the midst of a heart attack or close to having one. He said he was there for three to four hours while doctors did tests. They told Drummond he had blockages in some cardiac arteries, he said.Then, "they told me that they were going to airlift me to Roanoke. I told them, 'No, I did not want to go by helicopter.' "A little while later a crew member from the helicopter informed Drummond he was there to airlift him to Roanoke.Again, "I told him no, I did not want to be airlifted," Drummond says. "He made some statement about me being in Vietnam and [I] shouldn't be afraid of helicopters."I told him that had nothing to do with it, that I would go by ambulance. I was put on the helicopter anyway."Drummond said the total bill for the flight was $8,400, of which the portion not covered by insurance was a little more than $1,200.Drummond was actually fortunate in one respect. The company that transported him was Air Methods, Carilion's previous helicopter contractor. Carilion did the billing under that arrangement, and had negotiated agreements with insurers. That may have kept Drummond's out-of-pocket costs much lower than they might be now.Still, Drummond told Carilion that "I was not going to pay them for something that I did not ask for and did not want."So Carilion sued Drummond in Roanoke General District Court. On Feb. 9, 2012, a judge found in favor of the hospital corporation. Including court costs, the judge ordered Drummond to pay $1,316 plus 6 percent interest from the date of the judgment.The judge "said it was an emergency and that it had to be done and that if I had went by ambulance my family could have sued them," if he had died, Drummond told me Thursday.Drummond said he spent the weekend in Roanoke Memorial Hospital and had triple-bypass surgery the following week. He says he's feeling fine today.Carilion, Drummond said, is now drafting $25 each month out of his bank account. Carilion also has a pending action in General District Court to garnish wages from Drummond's part-time retail job. That case is scheduled for September.Carilion spokesman Eric Earnhart had a different answer to the question, although he couldn't comment on Drummond's specific case because of patient confidentiality laws.In general, "a patient who is awake, alert and oriented can refuse a medical flight. They will b迷你倉出租 advised that their choice could result in death or serious physical impairment," he said.Patients are not flown unless they meet medical criteria as determined by hospitals and emergency medical crews, Earnhart said. Those are: that the patient requires continuing critical care during transport and/or that the time required for ground transport poses a significant risk to the patient."I sincerely hope no one chooses to reject a life-saving flight, resulting in death or long-term disability," Earnhart added. "We can (and will) work through the financial issues after the fact. The damage from an untreated heart attack, stroke or traumatic injury can't be undone."Q: If I'm on Medicare and I'm transported by helicopter to Roanoke Memorial Hospital, will I be responsible for the balance of the bill that Medicare doesn't pay?A: This question was raised by Fred Waddell, a retired Auburn University professor who lives at Smith Mountain Lake. In a phone call Wednesday, he told me he's heard it over and over from his retired friends and acquaintances.They're scared, Waddell said, that they'll face huge and unanticipated bills for the portion of the helicopter transport that Medicare doesn't cover.Ground and air ambulance transport, when medically necessary, is covered at 80 percent under Medicare part B. For that reason, Part B subscribers will face no more than 20 percent of the Medicare-approved rate for air transport.That is typically far lower than the $22,000 -- $32,000 bills Med Trans has been sending patients with private insurance."Unless they have opted out of Medicare Part B, the most they could be stuck with is 20 percent of what Medicare says is the reasonable rate for the transport," said Albert Buford, a health care attorney from Rockbridge County.Someone with a Medicare Part B supplemental policy will owe nothing, Buford said."Any balance billing beyond that should be referred to an attorney with knowledge of Medicare," he added.Q: What can you tell us about Med Trans Air Medical Transport?Several readers urged me to look into the air ambulance company Carilion contracted with beginning in February 2012. Here's what I found out:Med Trans, which is based in Dallas, Texas, is owned by Air Medical Group Holdings, which is based in Boca Raton, Fla. Besides Med Trans, AMGH owns two other helicopter ambulance services: Air Evac Lifeteam, based in Missouri, and EagleMed, based in Kansas.The company generated $561 million in revenue in the year that ended March 31, according to a Moody's Investors Service report issued in May.According to that report, AMGH is majority owned by Bain Capital Partners, the private equity firm founded by Mitt Romney, the 2008 presidential candidate. (Romney's not involved in Bain Capital any more).According to Moody's, as of April, AMGH was holding $790 million worth of debt they had incurred by selling bonds rated B1 and B2, which are essentially medium-risk junk bonds.In May, the Moody's report noted, the company's indirect parent holding company, Air Medical LLC, borrowed another $200 million by selling junk bonds with an even lower -- and more risky -- rating, So in all, they're $990 million in debt.The purpose of the most recent $200 million loan, Moody's reported, was "to fund a one-time dividend to shareholders."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, Va.) Visit The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, Va.) at .roanoke.com Distributed by MCT Information Services儲存倉

Source: Globes, Tel Aviv, IsraelAug.迷你倉庫 11--In March 2012, something happened in the Big Apple: Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband, Matthew Broderick, decided to leave the West Village in Manhattan, and they bought a house in Brooklyn Heights. Parker, as the character Carrie Bradshaw, was a symbol of the eternal love of the Manhattan neighborhood. In an episode of the television series, in which Miranda told her three girlfriends that she and her family were moving to Brooklyn, her friends officially declared mourning that the Brooklyn Bridge and a few subway stops now separated them from their red-haired friend.Nonetheless, prices in some Brooklyn neighborhoods, especially those close to Manhattan, have narrowed the gap to apartment prices in Manhattan, and even exceeded them in some cases. For example, Brooklyn Heights, which has a view of the Statue of Liberty and is just one subway stop from Wall Street, is the most expensive neighborhood in Brooklyn, and it has absorbed former Manhattanites like Parker and Broderick. Neighborhoods such as Williamsburg and Crown Heights, for which there was once no demand at all, have become fashionable and attracted young people and modern businesses. Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, which more or less resembles Sheinkin Street in Tel Aviv in its better days, draws large numbers of artists and there is strong demand for office and residential space.According to "Bloomberg", the median price of a 1-3 room apartment in Brooklyn was $550,000 in the second quarter of 2013, 15 percent higher than in the corresponding quarter in 2012. Manhattan covers 60 square kilometers, while Brooklyn covers 250 square kilometers and has 2.5 million residents. In 2003, Brooklyn released millions of square meters of industrial space for residences in Williamsburg and Green Point, both of which are across the East River from Manhattan. This resulted in a construction boom, which the sub-prime crisis turned into abandoned building sites by 2010. Construction is only now resuming at some of borough's abandoned sites, indication of a slow recovery.The mass of construction in Brooklyn is now concentrated in rental residential projects, because they are lower risk than building residential apartments for sale.TerraCRG founder Ofer Cohen, who specializes in commercial properties in Brooklyn says, "2011 was the first year of recovery, with a doubling of activity from 2010 to 2011. For us, this was an opportunity in a market that was starting from zero. Brooklyn is today a much hotter place to invest in than Manhattan. People believe that Brooklyn has not yet maximized prices like in Manhattan, and there is room for a further rise in prices. In 2003-08, industrial land in downtown Brooklyn was rezoned for residential use and increased building rights from three to 32 floors. This created the potential for millions of square meters of residential space, so there are landowners with an interest to sell properties to developers."Since 2010, rents have risen 10 percent a year. As a consequence, even now, 95 percent of the apartments under construction in Brooklyn are for rent, which means that there are few apartments to buy. In Williamsburg, the average rent rose from $450 per square meter in 2010 to $650 per square meter in 2013. Therefore, there is less risk is building rental apartments than building for sale," says Cohen."Israeli insurance companies seeking high yields from rental projects (which do not yet exist in Israel) are going around Brooklyn looking for deals. Since there is no inventory of new apartments for sale, there is still demand to buy them. In contrast, banks are still afraid of financing projects of hundreds of apartments for sale. Developers see the opportunity, but the bank looks at the risk."Artists and gays were the firstBrooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz told "Globes", "Over the years, it has become increasingly difficult to live on an average salary without parents who can provide the equity to buy a home. There are neighborhoods in Brooklyn where it is easier to buy an apartment, but they are not the buyers' first choice. Nevertheless, we've already seen that the higher demand neighborhoods were once very unattractive, and the pioneers who identified them were artists, gays, and lesbians. They were followed by families to these apartments."Markowitz adds that the difference in apartment prices in high-demand Brooklyn neighborhoods has narrowed compared with Manhattan, and that the quality of life in Brooklyn is better. "Our neighborhoods are full of families with children, because the conditions here are better for families. In Manhattan, you don't see the sky, but you see it in Brooklyn, and this should not be taken for granted. Even Manhattan's nightlife can now be found in Williamsburg, which attracts young people. It reminds me of the 1960s, when I would go to Greenwich Village in Manhattan."Brooklyn's changing investment potential has been spotted by American and foreign real estate companies, including Israeli companies such as Gaia Real Estate, owned by Danny Fishman, Adama Holding Ltd. (TASE:ADMA.B1), and Naftali Group LLC, owned by developer, chairman and CEO Miki Naftali, the former CEO of Yitzhak Tshuva's Elad Properties. Most of the companies operating in Brooklyn's real estate market build long-term rental projects.A company that actually builds residential projects for sale in Brooklyn is UpReal Private Investments Ltd., which was founded in 2008 by David Goldberger, Rony Laor, and Eyal Yagev. The company, which initially invested in Phoenix and Indianapolis, decided to focus on New York in 2010, and in the past few years, it has invested in Brooklyn real estate by recruiting private investors. Upreal's local partner is Brookland Captial , owned by Boaz Gilad and Assaf Fitoussi. The company finds lots or buildings, buys them, and builds projects with 20-40 apartments on the site. All the apartments are for sale, and investors receive a return on their investment within a predetermined period of 18-24 months. Investment in Upreal starts at $100,000, and is usually $200,000-300,000.One of Upreal's biggest investments in the past year has been the purchase of Brooklyn churches, which it converts into residences. With儲存the entry of young secular families to residential neighborhoods, local churches have slowly lost their parishioners. Most of the churches were financially supported by adjacent schools, and the change in the character of the residents has resulted in the closing of some of these schools, and the financial wherewithal to maintain the churches waned.Supervising churchesUnlike in Israel, churches in Brooklyn are built on private land, which the landowners can sell, subject to approval of the sale by the district attorney who oversees that the deal is legal and verifies that the pastor is not selling the land to associates.Also unlike in Israel, the land is not zoned for a religious institution, but the urban plan for the street applies, which means that churches in residential neighborhoods can be converted into residential projects. "The purchase of churches to convert them into residences is a new business, which allows us to acquire churches at low prices and convert them into residences on the basis of the neighborhood mix," says Gilad. "Local brokers know to tell us exactly what the area needs, whether large apartments for families, or small apartments for young people. On the basis of the demand, we build the project."One of the churches recently bought up UpReal is at the corner of 2nd Street and Sixth Avenue in Park Slope. "We saw the potential of this property, because it is sought-after neighborhood, prestigious but not ostentatious, and with no available lots at all. The property is located two streets from Prospect Park, which is two-thirds the size of Central Park."Gilad says that UpReal bought the lot for $6.2 million, paying 10 percent from equity, and the rest coming from private investors. The company will not demolish the impressive church, but will convert it into 13 large apartments of 200-300 square meters each. "Homebuyers here are families that work on Wall Street. They're paying here $12,000 per square meter, the same as for an apartment in Manhattan.""Due to the sub-prime crisis, Americans don't want to buy a home on paper. They want to touch the walls. That is why we're selling apartments only when 80 percent of the building is built. Buyers obtain mortgages for up to 97 percent of the price. In contrast to Israeli banks, the percentage of financing has not changed, but the tests of the borrowers' ability to pay have become much stricter. In the US, they say that, before 2008, it was enough to have a beating heart to get a 110 percent mortgage. Today, borrowers are meticulously examined before they are given financing.The Brooklyn mall will be a huge successGoldberger is aware of the problematic image of real estate-based financial investments, especially in a place like New York, partly because past actions of some companies ended up in court. He says that investors in UpReal can go on to New York City Hall's website to review the status of plan. Every one of UpReal's construction sites in Brooklyn has a sign showing the plans for the project."We're talking about financial investment, and real estate is the tool for achieving the return desired by investors, just as they would choose to invest their money in bonds," says Goldberger. "The investor no longer receives direct ownership of the asset, and he does not have to worry whether he has a tenant or not to guarantee his return on investment. The investor shares in the profit at a predetermined exit date." He says that the investments are suited for investors with diversified portfolios of NIS 1 million or more, but definitely not for people whom this is their only source of disposable income.David Holmes, a Brooklyn native and adviser for private equity funds in New York, says, "Investor psychology about Brooklyn is also changing. It was always thought that people from Brooklyn had no money, and that the Spring Mall built in southern Brooklyn eight years ago would not survive. The fact is that it's a huge success, because Brooklyn has 2.5 million residents who had no mall, and has also resulted in the opening of malls in Queens and the Bronx. Just six months ago, an H&M store was opened in Brooklyn. Although Brooklyn will always be Manhattan's kid brother, there is change. Big players like Wall Street investors who never looked at Brooklyn are now looking at it. Banks are also prepared to do business in BrooklynAptsandlofts real estate agency owner David Maundrell says, "When I was a boy, I remember that Williamburg was considered dangerous because it had an industrial area that was full of foreigners. In 1992, I suddenly saw blondes coming to the neighborhood, artists began occupying the lofts, but everything froze in 2007, and even people who wanted to obtain financing to buy couldn't. Brooklyn brokers could only make a living from leases. Today, the situation has reversed, and there are more options for buying in Brooklyn than in Manhattan. Due to the difference in prices between Brooklyn and Manhattan, people prefer to live in Brooklyn and take the train to work in Manhattan. While a two-room apartment on the Upper West Side costs between $900,000 a $1 million, a similar apartment in north Brooklyn will cost $700,000."In June, UpReal bought a church on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, very near the house of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The shuttered church and its adjacent school were bought for $3 million, and will be converted into 42 two and three-room apartments. UpReal estimates that because all the properties were bought cheaply, the investors have already made a return on their investment, which is around 20 percent a year.UpReal has also spotted demand for small apartments in the formerly undesirable Bushwick neighborhood. It recently bought an Anglican church at 1250 Bushwick Avenue for $2.2 million, after it decided to close down along with its adjacent school. "We'll build 23 small 45-65-square meter apartments, which will be sold for $300,000-420,000 each, compared with $500,000 for an apartment in Williamsburg," says Gilad. "Only young people buy here."The correspondent was a guest of UpReal.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Globes (Tel Aviv, Israel) Visit the Globes (Tel Aviv, Israel) at .globes.co.il/serveen/globes/nodeview.asp?fid=942 Distributed by MCT Information Services新蒲崗迷你倉

Source: Globes, Tel Aviv, IsraelAug.迷你倉沙田 11--In March 2012, something happened in the Big Apple: Sarah Jessica Parker and her husband, Matthew Broderick, decided to leave the West Village in Manhattan, and they bought a house in Brooklyn Heights. Parker, as the character Carrie Bradshaw, was a symbol of the eternal love of the Manhattan neighborhood. In an episode of the television series, in which Miranda told her three girlfriends that she and her family were moving to Brooklyn, her friends officially declared mourning that the Brooklyn Bridge and a few subway stops now separated them from their red-haired friend.Nonetheless, prices in some Brooklyn neighborhoods, especially those close to Manhattan, have narrowed the gap to apartment prices in Manhattan, and even exceeded them in some cases. For example, Brooklyn Heights, which has a view of the Statue of Liberty and is just one subway stop from Wall Street, is the most expensive neighborhood in Brooklyn, and it has absorbed former Manhattanites like Parker and Broderick. Neighborhoods such as Williamsburg and Crown Heights, for which there was once no demand at all, have become fashionable and attracted young people and modern businesses. Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, which more or less resembles Sheinkin Street in Tel Aviv in its better days, draws large numbers of artists and there is strong demand for office and residential space.According to "Bloomberg", the median price of a 1-3 room apartment in Brooklyn was $550,000 in the second quarter of 2013, 15 percent higher than in the corresponding quarter in 2012. Manhattan covers 60 square kilometers, while Brooklyn covers 250 square kilometers and has 2.5 million residents. In 2003, Brooklyn released millions of square meters of industrial space for residences in Williamsburg and Green Point, both of which are across the East River from Manhattan. This resulted in a construction boom, which the sub-prime crisis turned into abandoned building sites by 2010. Construction is only now resuming at some of borough's abandoned sites, indication of a slow recovery.The mass of construction in Brooklyn is now concentrated in rental residential projects, because they are lower risk than building residential apartments for sale.TerraCRG founder Ofer Cohen, who specializes in commercial properties in Brooklyn says, "2011 was the first year of recovery, with a doubling of activity from 2010 to 2011. For us, this was an opportunity in a market that was starting from zero. Brooklyn is today a much hotter place to invest in than Manhattan. People believe that Brooklyn has not yet maximized prices like in Manhattan, and there is room for a further rise in prices. In 2003-08, industrial land in downtown Brooklyn was rezoned for residential use and increased building rights from three to 32 floors. This created the potential for millions of square meters of residential space, so there are landowners with an interest to sell properties to developers."Since 2010, rents have risen 10 percent a year. As a consequence, even now, 95 percent of the apartments under construction in Brooklyn are for rent, which means that there are few apartments to buy. In Williamsburg, the average rent rose from $450 per square meter in 2010 to $650 per square meter in 2013. Therefore, there is less risk is building rental apartments than building for sale," says Cohen."Israeli insurance companies seeking high yields from rental projects (which do not yet exist in Israel) are going around Brooklyn looking for deals. Since there is no inventory of new apartments for sale, there is still demand to buy them. In contrast, banks are still afraid of financing projects of hundreds of apartments for sale. Developers see the opportunity, but the bank looks at the risk."Artists and gays were the firstBrooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz told "Globes", "Over the years, it has become increasingly difficult to live on an average salary without parents who can provide the equity to buy a home. There are neighborhoods in Brooklyn where it is easier to buy an apartment, but they are not the buyers' first choice. Nevertheless, we've already seen that the higher demand neighborhoods were once very unattractive, and the pioneers who identified them were artists, gays, and lesbians. They were followed by families to these apartments."Markowitz adds that the difference in apartment prices in high-demand Brooklyn neighborhoods has narrowed compared with Manhattan, and that the quality of life in Brooklyn is better. "Our neighborhoods are full of families with children, because the conditions here are better for families. In Manhattan, you don't see the sky, but you see it in Brooklyn, and this should not be taken for granted. Even Manhattan's nightlife can now be found in Williamsburg, which attracts young people. It reminds me of the 1960s, when I would go to Greenwich Village in Manhattan."Brooklyn's changing investment potential has been spotted by American and foreign real estate companies, including Israeli companies such as Gaia Real Estate, owned by Danny Fishman, Adama Holding Ltd. (TASE:ADMA.B1), and Naftali Group LLC, owned by developer, chairman and CEO Miki Naftali, the former CEO of Yitzhak Tshuva's Elad Properties. Most of the companies operating in Brooklyn's real estate market build long-term rental projects.A company that actually builds residential projects for sale in Brooklyn is UpReal Private Investments Ltd., which was founded in 2008 by David Goldberger, Rony Laor, and Eyal Yagev. The company, which initially invested in Phoenix and Indianapolis, decided to focus on New York in 2010, and in the past few years, it has invested in Brooklyn real estate by recruiting private investors. Upreal's local partner is Brookland Captial , owned by Boaz Gilad and Assaf Fitoussi. The company finds lots or buildings, buys them, and builds projects with 20-40 apartments on the site. All the apartments are for sale, and investors receive a return on their investment within a predetermined period of 18-24 months. Investment in Upreal starts at $100,000, and is usually $200,000-300,000.One of Upreal's biggest investments in the past year has been the purchase of Brooklyn churches, which it converts into residences. With迷你倉價錢the entry of young secular families to residential neighborhoods, local churches have slowly lost their parishioners. Most of the churches were financially supported by adjacent schools, and the change in the character of the residents has resulted in the closing of some of these schools, and the financial wherewithal to maintain the churches waned.Supervising churchesUnlike in Israel, churches in Brooklyn are built on private land, which the landowners can sell, subject to approval of the sale by the district attorney who oversees that the deal is legal and verifies that the pastor is not selling the land to associates.Also unlike in Israel, the land is not zoned for a religious institution, but the urban plan for the street applies, which means that churches in residential neighborhoods can be converted into residential projects. "The purchase of churches to convert them into residences is a new business, which allows us to acquire churches at low prices and convert them into residences on the basis of the neighborhood mix," says Gilad. "Local brokers know to tell us exactly what the area needs, whether large apartments for families, or small apartments for young people. On the basis of the demand, we build the project."One of the churches recently bought up UpReal is at the corner of 2nd Street and Sixth Avenue in Park Slope. "We saw the potential of this property, because it is sought-after neighborhood, prestigious but not ostentatious, and with no available lots at all. The property is located two streets from Prospect Park, which is two-thirds the size of Central Park."Gilad says that UpReal bought the lot for $6.2 million, paying 10 percent from equity, and the rest coming from private investors. The company will not demolish the impressive church, but will convert it into 13 large apartments of 200-300 square meters each. "Homebuyers here are families that work on Wall Street. They're paying here $12,000 per square meter, the same as for an apartment in Manhattan.""Due to the sub-prime crisis, Americans don't want to buy a home on paper. They want to touch the walls. That is why we're selling apartments only when 80 percent of the building is built. Buyers obtain mortgages for up to 97 percent of the price. In contrast to Israeli banks, the percentage of financing has not changed, but the tests of the borrowers' ability to pay have become much stricter. In the US, they say that, before 2008, it was enough to have a beating heart to get a 110 percent mortgage. Today, borrowers are meticulously examined before they are given financing.The Brooklyn mall will be a huge successGoldberger is aware of the problematic image of real estate-based financial investments, especially in a place like New York, partly because past actions of some companies ended up in court. He says that investors in UpReal can go on to New York City Hall's website to review the status of plan. Every one of UpReal's construction sites in Brooklyn has a sign showing the plans for the project."We're talking about financial investment, and real estate is the tool for achieving the return desired by investors, just as they would choose to invest their money in bonds," says Goldberger. "The investor no longer receives direct ownership of the asset, and he does not have to worry whether he has a tenant or not to guarantee his return on investment. The investor shares in the profit at a predetermined exit date." He says that the investments are suited for investors with diversified portfolios of NIS 1 million or more, but definitely not for people whom this is their only source of disposable income.David Holmes, a Brooklyn native and adviser for private equity funds in New York, says, "Investor psychology about Brooklyn is also changing. It was always thought that people from Brooklyn had no money, and that the Spring Mall built in southern Brooklyn eight years ago would not survive. The fact is that it's a huge success, because Brooklyn has 2.5 million residents who had no mall, and has also resulted in the opening of malls in Queens and the Bronx. Just six months ago, an H&M store was opened in Brooklyn. Although Brooklyn will always be Manhattan's kid brother, there is change. Big players like Wall Street investors who never looked at Brooklyn are now looking at it. Banks are also prepared to do business in BrooklynAptsandlofts real estate agency owner David Maundrell says, "When I was a boy, I remember that Williamburg was considered dangerous because it had an industrial area that was full of foreigners. In 1992, I suddenly saw blondes coming to the neighborhood, artists began occupying the lofts, but everything froze in 2007, and even people who wanted to obtain financing to buy couldn't. Brooklyn brokers could only make a living from leases. Today, the situation has reversed, and there are more options for buying in Brooklyn than in Manhattan. Due to the difference in prices between Brooklyn and Manhattan, people prefer to live in Brooklyn and take the train to work in Manhattan. While a two-room apartment on the Upper West Side costs between $900,000 a $1 million, a similar apartment in north Brooklyn will cost $700,000."In June, UpReal bought a church on Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, very near the house of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. The shuttered church and its adjacent school were bought for $3 million, and will be converted into 42 two and three-room apartments. UpReal estimates that because all the properties were bought cheaply, the investors have already made a return on their investment, which is around 20 percent a year.UpReal has also spotted demand for small apartments in the formerly undesirable Bushwick neighborhood. It recently bought an Anglican church at 1250 Bushwick Avenue for $2.2 million, after it decided to close down along with its adjacent school. "We'll build 23 small 45-65-square meter apartments, which will be sold for $300,000-420,000 each, compared with $500,000 for an apartment in Williamsburg," says Gilad. "Only young people buy here."The correspondent was a guest of UpReal.Copyright: ___ (c)2013 the Globes (Tel Aviv, Israel) Visit the Globes (Tel Aviv, Israel) at .globes.co.il/serveen/globes/nodeview.asp?fid=942 Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉庫

Portman Voted Against Background Checks Even Though 83 Percent of Ohioans Support Them; Participants Thank Senator Brown for Voting in Favor of Sensible Gun LegislationRally is Part of "No More Names: National Drive to Reduce Gun Violence" Bus Tour; .迷你倉NoMoreNames.orgCINCINNATI, Aug. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A broad coalition of gun violence prevention advocates - including the sister of a victim of the Newtown massacre, a survivor of gun violence, Cincinnati City Councilmembers Wendell Young and Pamula Thomas, faith leaders, and local advocates - held a rally at Fountain Square in Cincinnati today as part of the "No More Names: National Drive to Reduce Gun Violence," a 25-state national bus tour over a period of 100 days aimed at urging America's leaders to support common-sense gun policies. The tour is sponsored by the bipartisan coalition Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which has nearly 100 member mayors and more than 81,000 grassroots supporters in Ohio.Participants and attendees came together Saturday to voice their support for comprehensive and enforceable background checks, and they urged Senator Rob Portman to reconsider his position on this life-saving measure and take another look at bipartisan background checks legislation that would help keep guns out of the wrong hands. They also thanked Senator Sherrod Brown for supporting common-sense gun laws that would help protect communities in Ohio and across the country.It remains far too easy for criminals, domestic abusers, the seriously mentally ill, and other dangerous individuals - people who know they can't pass a background check - to skirt the law and obtain guns by purchasing them online or at gun shows, where background checks are not required under federal law. Bipartisan legislation sponsored by NRA A-rated Senators Republican Pat Toomey and Democrat Joe Manchin - and supported by a majority of U.S. senators, including Senator Brown - would have closed this dangerous loophole by extending background checks to cover commercial gun sales. But in April, Senator Portman voted to block this sensible legislation, despite the fact that 83 percent of Ohioans support background checks for all gun sales."My sister was described by so many people as 'brave' and 'heroic' after she was murdered while trying to shield her students from gunfire," said Carlee Soto, the sister of murdered Sandy Hook Elementary School teacher Victoria Soto. "It's time for our leaders to demonstrate the same courage by standing up for sensible gun laws that will help prevent future tragedies - and keep other Americans from experiencing the grief my family will live with for the rest of our lives. Senator Portman and his colleagues need to stand with the families of Newtown and support common-sense background checks.""With 83 percent of Ohioans in favor of common-sense background checks, how can Senator Portman remain opposed to such a sensible public safety measure?" said Cincinnati City Councilmember Wendell Young. "It's time for our leaders in Washington to stand with the people they represent and support tough-on-crime legislation that will keep guns out of the wrong hands.""Background checks are the most effective way to prevent criminals, domestic abusers, and the seriously mentally ill from obtaining guns," said Cincinnati City Councilmember Pamula Thomas. "By extending them to cover private gun sales in commercial settings, we can help curb the epidemic of gun violence that claims too many lives every day.""Faith leaders across the country stand firmly behind sensible gun laws, because far too many Americans are dying at the barrel of guns in this country," said Pastor Lesley E. Jones, of Truth & Destiny Covenant Ministries Fellowship United Church of Christ. "The men and women who we've sent to Congress must take long overdue action to make gun reform a reality. The safety of our families, our neighbors, and our children are at stake.""I thank Senator Sherrod Brown for putting the interests of Ohioans before those of the Washington gun lobby," said Kristine Woodworth of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America. "Now, moms across the country are calling on Senator Portman and those who opposed bipartisan background checks legislation to follow Brown's leadership and support this common-sense measure."Participants in Saturday's rally included: Carlee Soto, whose sister Victoria, a teacher at Sandy Hook Elementary School, was killed in the Newtown massacre; Margaret Long, a local gun violence survivor; Cincinnati City Councilmembers Wendell Young and Pamula Thomas; Kristine Woodworth of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America; and Pastor Lesley E. Jones of the Truth & Destiny Covenant Ministries Fellowship United Church of Christ.During the rally, parti文件倉ipants and attendees also read the names of victims of gun violence who have been killed since the Newtown mass shooting in December 2012.Rates of gun violence in Ohio are higher than in the rest of the country:-- In 2010, the number of suicides committed with firearms in Ohio was 53 percent higher than in states that require background checks for private handgun sales.[1] -- In 2009, the number of guns sold by Ohio firearms dealers that were trafficked across state lines and recovered at crime scenes outside of the state was 11 percent more than the national average and 152 percent higher than in states that require background checks for private handgun sales.[2]In trying to justify his vote against the Toomey-Manchin amendment, Senator Portman falsely claimed that there is "discussion of a new, national gun registry connected with universal background checks."[3] But in truth, federal law already outlaws a national firearms registry, and the Toomey-Manchin amendment would have helped strengthen the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding gun owners by reaffirming this ban.The No More Names tour provides an opportunity for the more than 90 percent of Americans who support background checks to drive home a message to our elected officials that our country needs common-sense gun laws. At each stop, participants are holding rallies with a broad coalition of supporters - including police, survivors, domestic violence prevention advocates, mayors, and other elected officials - to commemorate those we've lost and call on our leaders to stand with the American people on sensible gun policies. They both applaud senators who voted to support comprehensive and enforceable background checks, and urge those who opposed this measure to take a second look.States on the tour include: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Wisconsin. For more information, please visit .NoMoreNames.org.Evidence demonstrates that background checks help save lives. In states that already require background checks for all handgun sales:-- Gun trafficking was 48 percent lower than in states that fail to require background checks for all handgun sales.[4] -- The rate of women murdered by an intimate partner with a gun was 38 percent lower than in other states, while the rate murdered by other means was nearly identical.[5] -- The firearm suicide rate was 49 percent lower than in other states, even though people committed suicide in other ways at almost precisely the same rate.[6] -- Thirty-nine percent fewer law enforcement officers were shot to death with handguns.[7]About Mayors Against Illegal GunsSince its creation in April 2006, Mayors Against Illegal Guns has grown from 15 members to more than 1,000 mayors from across the country. With more than 1.5 million grassroots supporters - including more than 81,000 in Ohio - the coalition is the largest gun violence prevention advocacy organization in the country. The bipartisan coalition, co-chaired by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, has united the nation's mayors around these common goals: protecting communities by holding gun offenders accountable; demanding access to crime gun trace data that is critical to law enforcement efforts to combat gun trafficking; and working with legislators to fix weaknesses and loopholes in the law that make it far too easy for criminals and other dangerous people to get guns. Learn more at .MayorsAgainstIllegalGuns.org.[1] Centers for Disease Control. Fatal Injury Reports. 2010.[2] Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. 2009. Available at .TraceTheGuns.org[3] dailycaller.com/2013/04/05/seantor-rob-portman-our-right-to-bear-arms/[4] Daniel Webster, Jon Vernick, and Maria Bulzacchelli, "Effects of State-Level Firearm Seller Accountability Policies on Firearm Trafficking," Journal of Urban Health, July 2009.[5] U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Supplementary Homicide Reports, 2010.[6] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control. Web-Based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) [online]. (2005) [cited 2012 Dec. 20].[7] Federal Bureau of Investigation. LEOKA Database, 2001-2011 (Accessed Mar. 2013).CONTACTSAlex Katz: akatz@maig.org or 646-324-8245Stacey Radnor: radnor@homefrontdc.com or 202-870-6668Lizzie Ulmer: lulmer@maig.org or 269-271-2331Mayors Against Illegal GunsWeb site: .mayorsagainstillegalguns.org/存倉