Investors rekindled their love affair with emerging markets this year, pouring billions of dollars into their stocks and bonds, but the prospect of the Federal Reserve raising U.S. interest rates threatens to cool the relationship once again. Higher U.S. rates and bond yields tend to make emerging market assets relatively ... Read More »
Ahead of the new iPhone announcement, Apple is going to push an update to nearly all iPhones this week. It’s called iOS 10, and is the tenth major revision to the iPhone and iPad operating system. iOS 10 will be available as a free update for existing iPhones (iPhone 5 ... Read More »
India’s Stock Market & Industry Growth The stock market index with the longest track record in India is the BSE Sensex. The index has returned about 16.14% per annum since 1979. Including dividends, the total return from the BSE Sensex between 1979 and 2016 has been around 17.5% per annum. ... Read More »
Chip maker Intel and British semiconductor IP company ARM announced an agreement that could help boost the chip giant’s custom foundry business. The deal, revealed today at the the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco, will allow Intel Custom Foundry to make ARM processors for third parties. Intel’s latest earnings announcement ... Read More »
Gawker Media has been sold — and with the sale comes questions of what happens next. Late Tuesday, Univision purchased the media company for $135 million following a bidding war with Ziff Davis. With the $140 million verdict from the Hulk Hogan trial hanging over the company, and with Gawker’s ... Read More »
Hospitals overflowing, with patients abandoned in corridors. Accident and Emergency rooms threatened with overnight closure. And it just keeps getting worse. It is clear the NHS is in a crisis that threatens its very existence. No doubt you’ve experienced it yourself – an agonising wait for much-needed surgery, a cancelled operation, ... Read More »
Hospitals overflowing, with patients abandoned in corridors. Accident and Emergency rooms threatened with overnight closure. And it just keeps getting worse. It is clear the NHS is in a crisis that threatens its very existence. No doubt you’ve experienced it yourself – an agonising wait for much-needed surgery, a cancelled operation, ... Read More »
It’s one of the largest of Sioux city’s new elementary schools. It also may be one of the most energy efficient.The new multi-million dollar Perry Creek Elementary will open in the fall with some new bells and whistles no other local elementary has. As you walk through the halls of ... Read More »
The Bitcoin community has debated a potential hardfork for over a year now. There have been various solutions proposed to change the cap on block size and increase the amount of transactions that can go into any single block. Leaving aside the discussion as to which approach would be the ... Read More »
Brelion is an online platform that connects investors with real estate companies looking for loans. The company primarily lists non-owner occupied residential projects lasting 12 to 24 months, as well as small to mid-size apartment and commercial property ventures. “Brelions goal is to bring together investors and developers of all ... Read More »
New Delhi: The goods and services tax (GST), cleared by the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, is expected to benefit the real estate industry, though the impact will depend on the final GST rate. “The enactment of this law will single-handedly solve many of the challenges faced by the real estate ... Read More »
Brushing aside objections from partner RJD and main opposition BJP, the Nitish Kumar government is bringing in several amendments to tighten the prohibition law in Bihar, including one that will make culpable all adults of a family if any member is found drinking, possessing or selling liquor from the premises ... Read More »
