JACKSON HOLE, Wyo. (Reuters) – Federal Reserve policymakers are signaling they could raise U.S. interest rates soon but they are already weighing new tools they may need to fight the next recession. A solid U.S. labor market “has strengthened” the case for the first rate increase since last December, Fed ... Read More »
What do Apple, Disney and Harley-Davidson have in common? They all started as minimum-scale, home-based businesses. With the World Wide Web bridging the gap between office and home-based jobs, setting up a home-based business is no longer a far fetched dream.You just need the time and energy to set up ... Read More »
Offline threats to consumers like business fraud have long turned up in the online world. So it’s no surprise that long-time safety woes in China’s food industry are also bedeviling a public that increasingly orders meals and snacks by smartphone. Take-out delivery firm Ele.me, invested by the country’s e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, ... Read More »
Superstars in business are the ones who get things done, not the ones who work the most hours or are always busy. Whether it be in a startup or a large enterprise, everyone can name those few individuals who stand out as unstoppable, and always seem to be in the ... Read More »
Not many people break $1 million in a one-person business. Laszlo Nadler, whose startup appeared in this blog last year, blasted through that milestone in 2015. This year, the father-of-two, based in East Brunswick BC -1.33%, N.J., is on track to break $2 million at his Amazon store Tools4Wisdom—and still ... Read More »
What a flamboyant treat. Oak House No.1 is an exclusive boutique establishment filled with a sensational collection of modern art. Set in the heart of Tetbury, it’s a brilliantly opulent private house whose welcoming owners have devised it as the ultimate take on a B&B. Location The house is just ... Read More »
You’ve been perusing real estate apps for months, have gone to countless house inspections and finally found the home of your dreams. But before you start building your decor Pinterest board and investing in new wares, it’s time to tackle one of the most frustrating parts of the process: moving. ... Read More »
Dr. Thomas Manjooran is passionate about Interior Designing and a huge fan of colonial style houses. Complete with arches, a symmetrical facade and roof shingles, this house has striking colonial style exteriors. He has done away with a compound wall and gate. The light colors used are pleasing to the eye and ... Read More »
What we see, experience and stuff into our suitcase on our annual summer break has an increasing influence on our homes. Holidaymakers return from a pampering stay wanting to recreate the relaxing mood of their time off, from the marble-clad bathrooms to the plates they ate from. And few of ... Read More »
A case in point is the Pacific Northwest where trends are bucked with every new experience, generalisations are redundant and everything’s just that little bit different – and purposely so. Bookended loosely by the Pacific Ocean at its westernmost edge and the Rocky Mountains to the east, the region is ... Read More »
Have you moved to your dream house? When you were living in a shared room of a hostel or PG, the thought of your own house was always hidden inside your mind. Now, it is time to decorate your house as you like. With simple, but amazing home decor tricks, ... Read More »
Lauren Henkin’s photographic work explores our relationship to nature in this an era in which that relationship is perpetually mediated by technology and mass production. For example, in her new “Botanical” series, she photographed silk flowers up close. Printed at a scale relative to the human body and cropped to ... Read More »
