the slowdown in the real estate sector seems to be impacting the larger players as well contradictory to the expectations of the market. Oberoi realty reported weak earnings in Q2FY20, where the booking value fell 43 percent at Rs 323 crore and sales volume fell 39 percent at 0.14msf compared ... Read More »
Gold options activity explodes 11:17 AM ET Mon, 24 Dec 2018 | 07:01 Gold scaled a six-month peak on Monday as sliding stock markets and concerns about a global economic slowdown sapped risk sentiment, driving investors to seek safety in the precious metal. Spot gold gained 1 percent to $1,268.38 ... Read More »
A small toy figure is seen on representations of the Bitcoin virtual currency. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters Over in New York, the US stock market has opened very slightly higher as traders return to work after the Christmas break. The Dow Jones industrial average rose by 16 points, or 0.07%, with ... Read More »
Although the residential sector is going through a difficult phase, the stakeholders are quite optimistic for the future, especially with regards to sales volume. New Delhi: The real estate sentiment fell to a three-year low in the October-December period, indicating pessimism among developers and financial institutions which reeled under the ... Read More »
An executive order signed by US president Donald Trump late on Friday afternoon immediately barring immigrants and non-immigrant visitors from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US has had immediate effects on scholars and students. More than 17,000 students in the U.S. come from the seven countries affected by the ... Read More »
AMBERNATH, India—Saturdays are typically busy at the sales office of Patel’s Planet, one of the many new apartment developments in the suburbs surrounding Mumbai where India’s fledgling middle class has been flocking in recent years. But last Saturday, it was virtually deserted. Prateek Patel, the cousin of the developer, complained ... Read More »
While the major U.S. stock indexes hit all-time highs Tuesday, health care stocks traded lower on disappointing earnings and gave back some of a post-election relief rally that had lifted the sector. “Medtronic certainly had a pretty tough quarter and [is] driving down medical devices” stocks, said Mike Bailey, director ... Read More »
A campaign led by Phil Doig to stop the potential demolition of 56 Barrack Street gained almost 800 signatures of support. Home to former furniture store Robertson’s for almost 130 years until the firm’s demise in 2011, plans have been lodged with Dundee City Council to turn the building into student ... Read More »
A 15-year-old girl who was allegedly sent indecent messages by former US congressman Anthony Weiner has criticised the director of the FBI. The teenager said James Comey’s decision to publicise part of the FBI’s investigation into Mr Weiner had led to her being hounded by news reporters. Mr Comey announced ... Read More »
Major internet services including Twitter, Spotify and Amazon suffered service interruptions and outages on Friday as a US internet provider came under sustained cyber attack. The internet service company Dyn, which routes and manages internet traffic, said that it had suffered a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack on its ... Read More »
Arsenal defender Kieran Gibbs is reportedly considering his future at the Emirates due to a lack of playing time. The Gunners academy product was Arsene Wenger’s first-choice left-back between 2012 and 2015, but has since lost his place to Nacho Monreal. And now The Sun claim the 26-year-old, who is ... Read More »
