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‘A LOT of people don’t understand that you can still make a small apartment feel comfortable if you do not put in the wrong things. Space planning to me is the most important part of interior design; it is not about decoration first,’ says William Ong, executive chairman of Axis ID.
Micro apartments and shoebox units have gained currency in the past year or so as some developers have shrunk apartm… more

GREECE’S debt crisis rattled investors again yesterday and sent markets south despite overnight gains on Wall Street.
Reassurance from Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that interest rates would stay low for some time pleased investors, who sent the Dow Jones up 91.75 points, or 0.89 per cent.
But concerns over the weak United States job market and poor housing sales data outweighed the promis… more

Fed chairman Ben Bernanke told lawmakers the central bank is looking Wall Street’s use of a sophisticated investment instrument to make bets that Greece will default on its debt.

Ben Bernanke – Wall Street – Central bank – Greek language – Business

The dollar remains on a firm footing. In spite of attempts by US central bank chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues to dampen rate hike expectations triggered by last week’s increase in the discount rate by repeatedly stating that interest rates would remain “at exceptionally low levels for an extended…

Democratic leaders on Tuesday rounded up support for Ben Bernanke, aiming for a vote as early as Thursday to confirm him for a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Ben Bernanke – Democratic – Chair of the Federal Reserve – FederalReserve – Federal Reserve System

A House committee is broadening its probe of secretive bank bailouts to include former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and former Federal Reserve Bank of New York Chairman Stephen Friedman.







Federal Reserve Bank of New York – United States Secretary of the Treasury – Henry Paulson – Federal Reserve System – Government