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WTC project cost to be at lower end of estimate

NEW YORK / Bloomberg The total cost of the World Trade Center rebuilding project will come in at the lower end of the $14.8 billion to $15.8 billion range projected four years ago, a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey official said. The cost estimate was contained in a 2012 report commissioned by the agency’s board as it ...

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China’s MoF cuts taxes on home transactions to help realty prices

London / Bloomberg China’s Ministry of Finance said it will cut taxes on home transactions as it steps up support for the property market, after the central government eased mortgage down payment requirements to the lowest level ever earlier this month. China will set the deed tax at 1.5 percent of the home’s value for first residences bigger than 90 ...

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Yandex to buy HQ to reduce rent expenses

Bloomberg Yandex NV agreed to buy its Moscow headquarters after surging rent payments that are linked to the U.S. dollar curbed profits as the local currency lost half of its value in the last two years. The company, which operates Russia’s biggest search engine, will finance the purchase of seven buildings from Cyprus-based Krasnaya Roza 1875 Ltd. by issuing 12.9 ...

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