MA Assist, a UK-based provider of claims handling services for property insurers, is set to launch its new home insurance claims service, called Resilution on 2 September 2013. The new customer-centric service links an insurer's home ...
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Automobile manufacturer Nissan Motor Asia Pacific has expanded the Nissan Technical Centre South East Asia (NTCSEA) in Bangkok, Thailand with a total investment of about JPY3.4bn ($34.48m). The amount was used in the opening of a new test ...
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Asian stocks rose and gold hit a near three-month high while the dollar nursed losses on Monday, extending a move started late last week when a steep drop in U.S. new home sales tempered expectations the Federal Reserve will soon reduce ...
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They just keep coming up with innovative new materials for countertop construction; the days of choosing between cheap linoleum and luxury marble are over, that's for sure. Now there are a range of countertop products available, including ...
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Sales of newly built, single-family homes declined 13.4 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 394,000 units in July as higher mortgage rates prompted a temporary pause in buying activity, according to newly released data from HUD ...
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It's a common syndrome: you buy a new home, excited about all the possibilities. You take out those gross cabinets in the kitchen, slap down some temporary flooring, install makeshift plywood counters, and pledge to actually do the kitchen ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, kitchen
Moving out can be a really stressful and exhausting time for anyone most especially when you have so many things to worry about during the process. Whether you're moving out alone or with the family, your greatest worry would most probably ...
Is your home passive? By that, I don't mean "does your home lie there like a bump on a log"! The passive home movement, which originated in Europe, is crossing over to US shores in a big way, and it's changing the way we think about energy ...
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David’s Cookies, a US-based producer of cookies and frozen cookie dough, has opened its new headquarters and production facility in Cedar Grove, New Jersey, with an investment of $15m. With the opening of the new site, the company ...
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Housing starts in Canada were trending at 187,416 units in July compared to 182,142 in June, according to the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC). The trend is a six-month moving average of the monthly seasonally adjusted annual ...
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Median home prices continued to rise in the majority of metropolitan areas in the second quarter, with the national year-over-year price showing the strongest gain in seven-and-a-half years, according to the latest quarterly report by the ...
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2013 has brought about some amazing trends in both commercial and residential carpets. These trends are far more intrinsic than simple—or sophisticated—aesthetics. New fiber systems, improved performance characteristics and ...
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Members of the Building Systems Council (BSC) of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) are celebrating National Building Systems Week, which runs Aug. 4 - 10, by offering model home tours, demonstrations and much more. This ...
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Rising mortgage rates are showing no sign of derailing new-home sales. Single-family new-home sales rose 8.3 percent in June to the highest level since May 2008, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. What's more, they were up 38.1 ...
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Nike, along with Team Captain and striker Sunil Chhetri and midfielder Lenny Rodrigues (Football Players Association of India’s player of the year), released new home and away kits for the India National football team. The Indian ...
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