HONG KONG: Blackstone Group LP is readying a new Asia-focused real estate fund that aims to raise a record $5 billion or more, betting on strong returns from property investments in the region, people familiar with the plans told Reuters. The world’s biggest alternative asset manager will likely launch the ... Read More »
At least 20 people have been killed and 40 wounded after a bomb exploded at a vegetable market in northwest Pakistan. The blast happened in the city of Parachinar, a mainly Shia Muslim area on the Afghan border. The market was full of shoppers when the device exploded. Officials said ... Read More »
Vowing to “get the job done,” President Trump took office Friday outlining a drastically different agenda than that of his predecessor and installing key members of his national security team – as he began the work of turning his bold, and often brash, campaign promises into action. He took the ... Read More »
Donald Trump is guaranteed to make history as the 45th president of the United States. And whether you love or loathe him, it’s a fact that the Republican will set a range of records as soon as he occupies the Oval Office. From his age to his bank balance, via ... Read More »
Udupi, Jan 21: JP Lights opened its second branch of lighting showroom in city at Kadiyali, on Friday January 20. The showroom was inaugurated by George Menezes. Sri Laxmivarateertha Swamiji of Shiroor math set the formal function in motion by lighting the lamp. Fr Fred Mascarenhas, parish priest, Mother of ... Read More »
They have long been dismissed as primitive and unintelligent brutes. But now, an ‘interesting’ stone has added to mounting evidence that Neanderthals had their own relatively sophisticated culture and may have cherished symbolic objects. Researchers discovered a brown piece of split limestone in a site in Croatia that suggests a ... Read More »
Trend forecasting, isn’t just about staying ahead of the design curve, it helps you plan in advance with the right colours, motifs, patterns, textures and materials. With our frenzied lifestyles and busy schedules, 2017 will be all about calming and soothing interior spaces. New technologies and innovations are changing our ... Read More »
* Says it to invest 10 million yuan in a Beijing-based tech firm and to hold 5.3 percent stake in it after investment Source text in Chinese: goo.gl/1IeoLl Further company Coverage: (Beijing Headline News) [Source:-Reuters] Read More »
Recent attention about the planned repeal of the Affordable Care Act has focused on the 20 million people who might lose their health insurance if President Barack Obama’s signature health care law is dismantled by Republicans in Congress. But people who get insurance through their employers – an estimated 150 ... Read More »
President Donald Trump, hours after assuming the mantle of the White House, made his first executive order, aimed at Barack Obama’s signature health care law. The 45th President of the United States sat at the President’s formal desk in the Oval Office and signed the order, which was described by ... Read More »
Repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act has been considered the new Trump administration’s top priority. But you wouldn’t know that from the new president’s earliest speech. President Donald Trump’s brief inaugural address mentioned many of the issues he raised repeatedly on the campaign trail — jobs, immigration and trade ... Read More »
Shortly after the end of his inaugural parade, President Donald Trump issued his first executive order: instructions for the federal government to dismantle the Affordable Care Act “to the maximum extent permitted by law.” The executive order is a powerful political statement about the health care law, one that directs ... Read More »
