| Don't say no-no to the Nano
Here's some exciting news: The world's cheapest car will soon be hitting the roads of India. Tata Motors recently unveiled the Nano, a car that will surely make many middle-class people happy, particularly Hyundai owners, who will now feel like they're driving luxury cars. .
Freezing weather a hot time for furnace repairmen
Chances are it's coming from your poor overworked furnace in the utility room. Or it could be a loud sigh from the heating people in the Fox Valley -- who, after getting reacquainted with their families these last couple of moderate-temp days, must now go back into battle as winter returns with a vengeance. Fact is, we got spoiled. The past few winters have been unusually mild, which makes the current arctic blast like a, well, arctic blast of reality. Aurora, in particular, has sustained a string of sub-zero temperatures, including the day we hit 17 below and officially became the coldest place in the country. And no one is feeling the frigid effects more than businesses trying to keep up with the calls from us unfortunate schmucks who have awakened -- or arrived home from work -- to igloo-like conditions because the furnace is on the fritz.
This is the second half of the story 'Rands and sense of greening your ...
Altruistic investments
This is the second half of the story 'Rands and sense of greening your house'.
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Rands and sense of greening your house
Theres a pressing need for us to cut back on our energy consumption: apart from global warming, the cost of electricity is set to climb in South Africa. We look at practical ways in which you can reduce your reliance on the national electricity grid.
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How collecting gathered pace
Once the preserve of emperors and aristocrats, the desire to own beautiful and rare objects has developed into a popular obsession.
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You can make your bonus work for you over the coming year(s)
It's that time of the year again - when those of us licky enought to receive a 13th cheque find our inflated bank balances tempting us to spend.
Reflation Contemplation
Real Estate loans rose $10bn (up 7.3% y-o-y). Consumer loans added $1.5bn. Securities loans increased $1.6bn, and Other loans jumped $14.9bn. On the liability side, Deposits jumped $89.5bn. M2 (narrow) "money" supply jumped $50bn to $7.492 TN (week of 1/21). Narrow "money" expanded $403bn y-o-y, or 5.7%. For the week, Currency added $1.7bn and Demand & Checkable Deposits increased $24.7bn. Savings Deposits rose $7.0bn, while Small Denominated Deposits gained $3.9bn. Retail Money Fund assets increased $13bn. Total Money Market Fund assets (from Invest. Co Inst) surged another $62.9bn last week (4-wk gain $202bn) to a record $3.314 TN. Money Fund assets have posted a 27-week rise of $731bn (55% annualized) and a one-year increase of $958bn (41%). Asset-Backed Securities (ABS) issuance increased this week to $4.6bn.
District's Measure 'E' Sets Sights on Expansion
It's another day at Cathedral City High School. Students arrive in the morning to prepare for a day of learning. But once first period ends, it's a shoulder-to-shoulder race to get to the next class. The droves of students are not unusual at Cathedral City High. For a school built for 1,800, over 3,000 kids crowd the hallways each school day. The overcrowding is something the school has to endure. But it's not just there where teachers and students deal with inadequate space. It's becoming a district-wide issue throughout Palm Springs Unified. And this Super Tuesday, administrators and teachers hope that a $516 million bond will pass to remedy the overcrowding problem. Measure ‘E' will allow for the building of new schools and the improvement of existing schools.
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