Writing in the journal Current Science, the Indian scientists report finding ACE-inhibiting properties in six varieties of banana.

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Rather than these properties avoiding rates, the report suggests imposing 100% rates on houses left vacant for six months or more rising to 200% for houses left vacant for a year or more.

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While our job is to travel and report back on the best of the best properties in the world, we know that the concept of luxury has taken a beating as of late.

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That left Mr. Rodwell's family to struggle to raise funds, including selling some of their properties, according to an official confidential report seen by The Associated Press.

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For clarity, Schedules C and E are used to report income from sole proprietorships, single member LLCs, rental properties, and interests in trusts, partnerships, and S corporations on an individual tax return.

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Coastal hotspots such as Mombasa, Malindi and Lamu occupied the second spot in The Wealth Report 2012, recording a 20% price growth in luxury residential properties.

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He was regarded as the largest individual owners of coal properties in the country, according to a city Landmarks Preservation Commission report.

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But Peter Slatin, founder of the real estate newsleter The Slatin Report, said it was generally Dubai World's strategy to hold onto real estate properties for a long time.

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New York stands out among world cities as "particularly good value" for residential properties, "especially from an income return point of view, " according to the report.

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