CHENNAI: With the Reserve Bank of India cutting its key repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) this week, Citigroup has said that there is room for another 25 bps easing in policy rates by September or earlier. The brokerage has cut its FY17 consumer price index (CPI) forecast from ... Read More »
WEDNESDAY, April 6, 2016 — Along with diet and exercise, mindful eating may benefit overweight people trying to shed excess pounds, new research suggests. “Mindful eating practices promote awareness of experiences related to the desire to eat, actual sensations of hunger, fullness, satisfaction and enjoyment,” study author Jennifer Daubenmier, from ... Read More »
Petrol price was hiked by Rs 2.19 per litre and diesel by 98 paise per litre on Monday. The hike will come into effect by midnight of 4th and 5th April 2016. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 61.87 per litre as against Rs 59.68, said Indian Oil Corporation, ... Read More »
Fertilizer, power and steel companies to benefit here is good news in store for homemakers who use piped natural gas (PNG) for cooking and motorists who use compressed natural gas (CNG) with prices of PNG and CNG likely to come down by Re 1 to Rs 1.5 per kg with ... Read More »
STAMFORD, Conn., April 1 — China’s Anbang Insurance Company, the highest bidder at $14 billion for Starwood Hotels, withdrew its offer, leaving a buyout offer from Marriott International. The Chinese firm led a consortium of companies in making the $14 billion all-cash offer after Marriott had offered $13.8 billion in ... Read More »
Most schools have special weeks of some kind – arts, science, technology. Not many, I guess will play host to the De Lorean car from ‘Back to the Future’, the ‘Bloodhound’ Supersonic Car project, ‘Star Wars’ characters and a host of spectacular science and engineering presentations, all available free to ... Read More »
Spring home buying season has kicked into high gear, but it wasn’t enough to boost mortgage applications, which fell by 1 percent last week from the previous week, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported. That was largely due to a drop in refinancings, which slipped 3 percent. The refinance share of ... Read More »
MONDAY, March 28, 2016 — The percentage of the world’s population aged 65 and older is expected to double by 2050, a new report says. People who are 65 and older now make up 8.5 percent of people (617 million) worldwide. By 2050, they are expected to represent nearly 17 ... Read More »
A blue diamond ring that child star-turned-diplomat Shirley Temple wore for decades is going up for auction. Sotheby’s says the 9.54 carat ring is among the more than 300 lots in the “Magnificent Jewels” auction scheduled for April 19 in New York. It has a pre-sale estimate of between $25 ... Read More »
and light entanglement in front of a vast panoramic window and soft textures, assigns the character ofthis contemporary Ukrainian apartment design. The project is brought to life by the architectural firm FORMand is realized in close collaboration with the owner – a world traveler and collector of art. The main living ... Read More »
Tinderbox House is an apartment part of historic brick warehouse in Melbourne, Australia designed byBreathe Architecture. Taking the essential elements of an eighteenth-century fire starting kit, the architects developed the loft’s aesthetic around flint, char cloth, and a fire steel striker. Matte black wall tiles replicate the char cloth while ... Read More »
SEED is an object to be hung on the wall incorporating small plants as the focus. SEED comes in many variations of profile and surface texture. Each profile is taken from different river stones’ shape that is a result of a long smoothing process the stones go through in water ... Read More »
