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London Scottish House, the former headquarters of London Scottish Bank, is being put on the market by Dublin-based owner Walls Developments.

The 50,000 sq ft building on Mount Street in the city centre is being offered to a buyer for refurbishment or redevelopment, albeit on a smaller scale than previously envisaged.

Options for the site include a new office block or an extension to double the existing size of the building.

The landmark building, currently occupied by Age Concern, is being sold by joint disposing agents WHR and CB Richard Ellis, which won a pitch involving six consultancies.

London Scottish House lies in the heart of the St Peter’s Square regeneration zone.

It had previously been earmarked for a scheme of up to 260,000 sq ft.

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ARVADA, Colo.—Energy Secretary Steven Chu says the global market for solar energy remains huge and it’s important that the United States stay in the game.

Chu’s comments at Colorado solar facility on Friday came a day after hostile questioning by Republicans in Congress over a federal loan to Solyndra Inc., a failing solar-panel manufacturer in California. Chu told a House committee that unexpected market changes, including cheap imports from China and the collapse in the European market for solar panels, led prices for Solyndra’s product to fall.

Chu toured the PrimeStar solar manufacturing facility in suburban Denver that General Electric bought this year. <

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These are exciting times to work in the telecommunications industry.

As the area vice president for cable giant Comcast’s southern Colorado region, Amy Lynch has a front-row seat as the company delivers ever more content to its customers at ever faster speeds through its digital pipeline.

A longtime cable industry veteran who worked for Cox Communications and Adelphia before joining Comcast in 2003, Lynch took over as head of the southern Colorado region in spring, overseeing the company’s 550 employees in the area.

Lynch spoke with The Gazette about what’s happening in the cable world and what’s coming next.

Question: What has been your focus in your first months on the job?

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Pilot Flying J Travel Centers are getting into the truck repair business with the acquisition of the Bosselman chain of truck stops. Photo is of the Pilot Flying J travel center on Watt Road at Interstate 40-75 interchange Friday, Nov. 4, 2011. (MICHAEL PATRICK/NEWS SENTINEL)

Maintenance of trucks that transport goods across every state is taking on greater importance with new federal regulations that crack down on unsafe vehicles.

Pilot Flying J is watching the trend of transportation companies placing even more emphasis on upkeep and is positioning itself to leverage a business opportunity.

Through an existing partnership with Bosselman Travel Centers Inc., Pilot Flying J will be expanding 20 Bosselman truck repair sties, called Boss Shops.

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A quiet day on Wall Street ended Friday with major stock indexes little changed after a big rally the day before. The Dow Jones industrial average closed out its fifth week of gains, its longest winning streak since January.

The Dow edged up 23 points, or 0.2 percent, to finish at 12,231.11. Stock indexes jumped more than 3 percent Thursday after European leaders unveiled a plan to expand their regional bailout fund and take other steps to contain the debt crisis in Greece.

Optimism ebbed Friday as analysts raised questions about the plan, which left out many key details about how the fund would work.

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