United States stocks dropped last week, resuming a two-month slump, after home sales fell more than economists forecast and bond investor Bill Gross predicted 1 trillion U.S. dollars of losses for banks and brokerages.
All of the 23 developed nations in the MSCI World Index except for Canada have experienced bear-market plunges of 20 percent or [...]
Take the chill off the cost of home heating this winter by using pellet-fueled heat to warm your house. As fuel costs soar, homeowners in-the-know are switching to a pellet-fueled heater to cut their home heating costs, in some cases, over 50%.
Unlike homeowners bound to the rising costs of natural gas, propane, and heating oil [...]
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 [...]
A second day of hot weather and dry wind stoked new wildfires across Northern California on Wednesday, as firefighters battled blazes that have damaged at least 50 homes and threaten hundreds more.
About 1,500 residents in the heavily forested hills north of Santa Cruz were told Wednesday afternoon to leave their homes as a quick-moving wildfire [...]
Brink’s Home Security Holdings Inc. on Friday filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission related to its anticipated spin-off from Brink’s Co.
The deal has been approved by the Brink’s board. No shareholder vote is required.
Under terms of the deal, Brink’s shareholders will receive a tax-free stock distribution from the new company.
As separate [...]
Surprise police are searching for three people who reportedly broke into a home early Saturday morning and held a man at gunpoint while they stole items from the residence.
The victim said he was awoken by three intruders inside his home in the 15900 block of Mountain Vista Ranch Boulevard about 2:30 a.m., said Surprise Lt. [...]
Greater Sacramento’s home values have declined 30 percent since the peak of the housing market in fourth-quarter 2005, according to a real estate Web site.
And almost 70 percent of families in the four-county region who bought their homes in 2006 have negative equity, one of the highest rates in the nation but far from the [...]
IT GETS lonely sometimes for Chen Wen Tsong – the nights are especially hard. A carpenter for an interior outfit solutions company based in Dubai for the last two years, Chen feels a more acute yearning for his wife and children as the day draws to a close and he waits for sleep to Home [...]
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 [...]
A creamy-coloured female llama standing in yards in the South Island became the first member of her llama herd of 10, who live with her on the outskirts of New Plymouth.
Living with llamas has become a passion for Uta, who describes them as kind, gentle animals.
When the photographer and I visited last Friday, its fair [...]