The European Union antitrust chief, who has already charged Google with favoring its own shopping service in internet searches, said on Monday that she was now examining its deals with phone makers and operators. The comments by European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager follow a year-long investigation into Android, the world’s ... Read More »
Prices of both varieties of sugar firmed up at the Vashi wholesale market here today due to rising demand from stockists and bulk consumers amid restricted arrivals. Small sugar (S-30) shot-up by Rs 6/30 per quintal to Rs 3,572/3,711 from last Saturday’s closing level of Rs 3,566/3,681. Medium sugar (M-30) ... Read More »
China’s leaders sound more confident that the world’s second-largest economy has arrested a slide in growth to quarter-century lows, but their policy advisers caution it is too early to call an end to a cycle of easing that began in 2014. Signs the economy is picking up give the central ... Read More »
Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec in collaboration with the textile company Kvadrat, have created the Textile Field installation at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London. via [Source:- Interior Zine] Read More »
The Uttarakhand High Court today asked the Centre whether it was not “totally extraneous” for the Union Government to be concerned over the disqualification of nine rebel MLAs and to “interfere” in the affairs of the state which has to be done only in “extraordinary instances”. “What is passing through ... Read More »
The administrator for troubled Australian steel and iron ore group Arrium Ltd said it had agreed to work toward a “constructive” outcome with Morgan Stanley after the investment bank took legal steps to call in a three-year-old debt. Morgan Stanley filed action in the Delaware Chancery Court in the United ... Read More »
PepsiCo Inc’s quarterly sales fell 2.9 percent, the sixth straight quarter of decline, hurt by a strong dollar and weak revenue in some markets including Latin America and Europe. The net income attributable to the company declined to $931 million, or 64 cents per share, in the first quarter ended ... Read More »
The symptoms of Parkinson’s include tremor, particularly in the hands, arms, legs, face and jaw. It causes a slowness in movement, problems with balance and emotional changes. These symptoms are often the prime focus of research, but they are not the only life-changing difficulties that Parkinson’s disease presents. Impairments in ... Read More »
Modern, spacious and bright by a light apartment, designed by NC Design & Architecture, that will fascinate you. The project is remarkable because of designer furniture, built around a wall cabinets and holes in the ceiling that light sparks. Tidy, spacious and charming space on Stubbs Road in Hong Kong. An ... Read More »
Writing in the journal Science Advances, scientists from the University of Tokyo describe how they made their prototype “e-skin” from a thin, flexible, organic material that is stable in air. The e-skin has a protective film comprising five alternating layers of an inorganic material called silicon oxynitrite and an organic ... Read More »
Anglepoise unveil a new, enhanced, and greatly extended Giant Collection, including the first Giant Outdoor Collection, a new Giant wall mounted lamp with versions for indoor and outdoor use. For the first time, the Original 1227™ Giant has been re-engineered for outdoor. With marine-grade stainless steel fittings & IP65 ratings, ... Read More »
