Last Monday The Wall Street Journal kicked off a debate on how best to allocate scarce resources to solve the world’s problems. Bjorn Lomborg offered a summary of the latest findings from his Copenhagen Consensus project, where he has enlisted some of the world’s top economists to address the issue. Over the next few Mondays [...]
will create three businesses within its home and networks mobility business to focus on the sectors’ growth potential, the cell phone maker said.
The unit previously had been organized as a mixture of businesses, making cable set-top boxes, modems, cable infrastructure and network gear to carry voice and data signals, the Wall Street Journal newspaper said.
“This [...]
FEDERAL Housing Minister Tanya Plibersek has given the thumbs down to tax breaks on loans for first home-buyers.
Aussie Home Loans boss John Symond has said the measure would help ease the housing affordability crisis.
But Ms Plibersek said it wasn’t the fairest way of helping first home buyers.
What needed to be done was to make sure [...]
Home builders Hovnanian Enterprises and Toll Brothers Inc. have had a tough week, reporting quarterly losses amid the suburban housing slump. But home builder Lennar Corp. was granted a gift from San Francisco voters on Tuesday night.
City voters soundly supported a measure that will allow the Miami-based builder to develop a sprawling, 770-acre property into [...]
Ajay Naqvi of Shark Designs works from home three days a week. Not because his office has space constraints, but, as he puts it, because of the comfort he feels at his ‘home office’. He has converted the first floor of his duplex home into an office that gives him best of both worlds.
As working [...]
ICI Paints and The Home Depot will launch the first, truly comprehensive and environmentally friendly paint nationwide in April 2008. The Freshaire Choice? Paint offers exceptional quality, free of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and is backed by a lifetime guarantee and GREENGUARD certification. Featuring a custom color palette of 66 beautiful colors available through an [...]
Deal offers free Wi-Fi access to the Nokia Music Store
LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nokia today announced a deal with The Cloud, Europe’s leading wireless broadband provider, which will see its customers gain free access to the new Nokia Music Store whilst on the move at any one of over 7,500 Wi-Fi hotspots.
The non-exclusive deal gives users a free [...]
The Home Depot Inc. has sold its HD Supply segment for $10.3 billion to a group of private equity firms, including the Carlyle Group.
Atlanta-based Home Depot (NYSE: HD) said it will sell the unit to D.C.-based Carlyle Group, Clayton, Dubilier %26amp; Rice and Bain Capital. The deal is expected to close in [...]
TRENT WOODS — Taxpayers here will have an opportunity to make their opinion known on a plan to tap on to New Berns wastewater treatment plant.The proposed contract, which goes out for bids next week, will have real numbers to review in mid-January, board members said at a special meeting Thursday night.After that, the town [...]
Residential town debates hookup to New Bern systemTRENT WOODS — For almost 12 years, officials of this low-lying, upscale, riverfront town have talked about the possibilities of providing sewer service for its residents.A primarily residential town of 4,192, it has grown steadily since its incorporation in 1959 as essentially a bedroom community for New Bern, [...]