DIY (Do It Yourself) first became a buzzword with the furniture industry ushering in desks, tables and library racks that could be assembled at home by the buyer herself. IKEA became a household name. Literally and figuratively. Next came fashion. ‘Mix-n-match’ became fashion’s DIY statement. Apparel brands no longer dictated what consumers were to wear.… Read More »
First, the good news. Inflation, or rise in prices, has a bloody nose from the pounding it’s been taking this year. While the Consumer Price Index (CPI) based inflation has dipped to 3.66% in August, the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) based inflation has plummeted to -4.95%. In fact, the WPI-based inflation has been floating in negative territory… Read More »
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Here’s what’s trending in India right now. No, it’s not Aamir, SRK or Sallu – the holy trifecta of Bollywood. It’s H1N1, dengue and cancer. H1N1 is making a comeback in Maharashtra like never before, where there’ve already been 667 deaths this year. To put this in perspective, the last major outbreak was in… Read More »
Markets tumbling. Economies stumbling. Governments bumbling. This is the stuff doomsday scenarios are made of. Not quite the catastrophic global devastation depicted in the Jake Gyllenhaal-starrer ‘The Day After Tomorrow’. Or the Bruce Willis-starrer ‘Armageddon’. But still, cataclysmic all the same. For starters, China, the workshop of the world, is having a severe bout of the… Read More »
Mark your calendars. Better still, mark out the spot outside the nearest Apple store you’ll stake out at dawn tomorrow. The new iPhone 6S and the iPhone 6S Plus are getting launched on 9th Sep. With dazzling new resolutions and tech specs. For starters, the resolution of the 6S has been upgraded from 326… Read More »
On Sunday, September 6th, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton took pole position at the Italian Grand Prix at Monza, sporting a new crop of bright blonde hair. And demolished the opposition with a 25-second lead over runner-up Sebastian Vettel who raced for Ferrari. Yet, Hamilton’s goose was all but cooked as he got pulled up by the… Read More »
Bappi Lahiri would be grinning ear to ear. King Solomon’s mines would be getting emptied like there’s no tomorrow. Reason? Gold’s going up! There are two indicators why gold investors can hope for an upside to their gold investments in the future. One, the gold import tariff has gone up. This just means that the government… Read More »
A slowing economy. A bonanza for property buyers. Contradictory? Not exactly. The Indian GDP fell by 0.5% in the latest quarter and currently is 7% for the quarter ended June 2015. Over the last year, growth has been hovering in the 6.5-8.5% range. On a global canvas, when most economies are tottering and China is choking, ask… Read More »
When it comes to loans, it sometimes feels like banks are playing the Godfather. There are some that easily become a part of the family, while others get rejected. Here are top 3 customer profiles that banks prefer, or don’t prefer. The Hit List Doctors: A privileged lot, to say the least! Banks believe that… Read More »