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Lifestyle trends, 5th November 2009
New York - People who work in offices where the lunchroom has a shared refrigerator know the problem: Colleagues sometimes steal each other's lunch. ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-05 ] Category : [ Homes (General) ]

Save your relationship by tango dancing
Frankfurt - Tango dancing could help patch up troubled relationships, according to the German Society for Sports Medicine and Prevention (DGSP). It cited a study done at Frankfurt University in which levels of the stress hormone cortisol and the sex ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-05 ] Category : [ Homes (General) ]

Decorating for Halloween
Hamburg - What do hot dogs and cauliflower have in common?They are both perfect for making guests at a Halloween party cringe in disgust. Hot dogs can be transformed with little effort into a severed finger, while cauliflower can be made to look like...

[Posted on : 2009-10-29 ] Category : [ Homes (General) ]

Malaysian state may reward married men who wed single mothers
Kuala Lumpur - A state in Malaysia is proposing that lawmakers who wed single mothers as their second, third or fourth wives be given an award, a news report said Wednesday. Legislators from the north-eastern state of Kelantan who marry single mother...

[Posted on : 2009-10-28 ] Category : [ Homes (General) ]

Mainland brides complain about discrimination in Taiwan - Feature
Taipei - Wang Hsiu-lien, a mainland Chinese woman who married a man from Taiwan and has been living on the island for eight years, hates going to the market to buy vegetables. Some vegetable selle...

[Posted on : 2009-10-28 ] Category : [ Homes (General) ]

Hong Kong implements measures to prevent property bubble
Hong Kong - Regulators introduced measures Saturday aimed at curbing a rising bubble in Hong Kong's property market. The Hong Kong Mortgage Corporation said it is no longer offering mortgage insurance to people who buy homes as investment properties ...

[Posted on : 2009-10-24 ] Category : [ Homes (General) ]

'Lucky' luxury flat may not be so lucky after all
Hong Kong - A mainland Chinese buyer who paid a record 56 million Hong Kong dollars (7.2 million dollars) last week for a lucky flat Hong Kong may be regretting his purchase, a media report said Tuesday. The buyer paid the equivalent of 88,000 Hong...

[Posted on : 2009-10-21 ] Category : [ Homes (General) ]

US to aid housing market, encourage energy efficiency
Washington - The US government launched a new effort Monday to revive the country's flagging housing market, which lies at the heart of the economic crisis. The Treasury Department will offer state and local authorities new bonds and other financing ...

[Posted on : 2009-10-19 ] Category : [ Homes (General) ]

Taipei to enact law to protect household pets
Taipei - The Taipei City government plans to enact laws to protect household pets by requiring ample living space and proper food, a newspaper said on Monday. The Taipei Municipal Institute for Animal Health is drafting the bill on raising pets, whic...

[Posted on : 2009-10-19 ] Category : [ Homes (General) ]

Five-bedroom Hong Kong flat sells for a record 56 million dollars
Hong Kong - A five-bedroom luxury duplex in Hong Kong has set a new world record after selling for 56.6 million US dollars, news reports said Thursday. The price, which works out at almost 99,000 dollars per square metre, is believed to have been pai...

[Posted on : 2009-10-15 ] Category : [ Homes (General) ]

 

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