In early 2004, home loan rates sank to a record low of under 7.5 per cent, thanks to the liberalisation of the Indian economy. Real estate investment was then an option only for the rich, but the low borrowing rates encouraged people from all income groups to step forward, which ... Read More »
Investors Real Estate Trust (NYSE: IRET) (NYSE: IRETPR) (NYSE: IRET PRB) has scheduled a conference call for Friday, September 9, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the Company’s first quarter 2017 financial and operating results. IRET’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal first quarter ended July ... Read More »
A change is coming at the end of the month in the way stock indexes are classified. Real estate, now part of the broader financials category, will go out on its own. But before you yawn and say that the change seems akin to moving the deck chairs around on ... Read More »
Stuff is a collection of vibrant and playful home decor objects—for adults and kids alike—by Cincinnati-based artist and designer Andrew Neyer. Combining wit and functionality, the pieces, ranging from lighting to candleholders to catch-alls, add a touch of bright, graphic whimsy to any room. The collection features an adorable selection ... Read More »
litics is one of the few careers whose successful practitioners almost never pay a penalty for aging. A quarter of the U.S. senators serving currently are seventy or older. Among the Senate’s twenty women, twelve are sixty or above. Ronald Reagan’s folksy paternalism was part of his appeal. White-haired, seventy-four-year-old ... Read More »
Owen Smith says he will try to stop Theresa May formally triggering Brexit unless she promises a referendum on the final deal or calls a general election to approve it. The Labour leadership challenger said his party should not give the Tories a “blank cheque” on negotiations. But rival Jeremy ... Read More »
The leaders of the Czech Republic and Hungary say a “joint European army” is needed to bolster security in the EU. They were speaking ahead of talks in Warsaw with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. They dislike her welcome for Muslim migrants from outside the EU. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban ... Read More »
LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Technavio’s latest report on the global general lighting market provides an analysis on the most important trends expected to impact the market outlook from 2016-2020. Technavio defines an emerging trend as a factor that has the potential to significantly impact the market and contribute to its growth or decline. ... Read More »
Seismologists in Japan have tracked, for the first time, a particular type of tiny vibration that wobbled through the Earth from the Atlantic seafloor. It was started by a “weather bomb”: the same low-pressure storm, off Greenland, which made UK headlines in late 2014. Tiny tremors, of two types, constantly ... Read More »
Britain’s Olympians flew home this week after coming second in the medal table at Rio. A Conservative MP attracted controversy for saying that which body had really come first in the games? The European Union The British Empire The public school system [Source:-BBC] Read More »
Firefighters in Norway have pulled a man from the inside of a toilet after he lowered himself in to retrieve a friend’s phone and became stuck in the tank below. Cato Berntsen Larsen climbed feet-first into the public facility after his friend dropped the phone while urinating. Mr Berntsen Larsen ... Read More »
Europe plans to give media companies the power to demand payment from search engines like Google when snippets of their content are republished. The European Commission is is working on a significant overhaul of copyright law that aims to help level the playing field between news outlets and tech giants ... Read More »
