Another summer, another Car and Driver Cars and Coffee event! Every event we’ve run has been bigger than the last, and despite some dreary rain and ominous clouds early in the morning this past Saturday, we had more attendees than ever before. Cars filled up nearly our entire office park (total parking space for about 700 cars). We brought a McLaren 650S Spider, a Chevrolet Corvette Z06 convertible, and a
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NEW YORK (AP) — Activist investment firm Starboard Value says retailer Macy’s could boost its share price by spinning off its real estate into a separate company or forming a joint venture, saying the shares are worth almost double their current price.
By Andrea Hopkins TORONTO (Reuters) – Sales of existing homes in Canada fell in June from May as a decline in sales in Ottawa and Montreal outweighed increases in the Toronto area, but national prices continued to rise, the Canadian Real Estate Association said on Wednesday. The industry group for Canadian real estate agents said sales activity was down 0.8 percent last month from May, but noted that sales levels
Filed under: Buying, Financing, Refinancing ZillowThe weekly mortgage rate chart illustrates the average 30-year fixed interest rate in six-hour intervals. By Lauren Braun Mortgage rates for 30-year fixed home loans rose this week, with the current rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgages at 3.95 percent, up 7 basis points from the same time last week. The 30-year fixed mortgage rate rose late in the week, then hovered around 3.98
China’s real estate investment in the first half eased to its slowest since 2009, pointing to persistent weakness, even as sales improved on government measures to support the sector. Property investment, a main driver of the economy, grew 4.6 percent in the first half of 2015 from a year earlier, marking the slowest rate since the March quarter of 2009, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed on Wednesday. A
Filed under: Buying, Lifestyle, Selling ZillowThe home behind these gates in Roseville, about 20 miles from the California capital of Sacramento, has fairway views. By Melissa Allison Whether the fences, walls and gates are for a single home or a whole community, they bring privacy — and a certain degree of glamour — to what’s behind them. Celebrities have long favored gated living, and retirees are known to roam there
Mandarin Oriental’s “Stay and Shop” package As the global population of ultra-high-net-worth individuals grows, wealthy consumer behavior will also shift and alter how wealth is used, according to a new report from Wealth-X. In some emerging markets, such as India and South Africa, entrepreneurship is forming new millionaires, while in other developing nations, wealth is changing hands for the first time as inheritance. This calls for revised strategies to target the
Image from Versace’s breakfast via Periscope In the second quarter of 2015, brands took advantage of many of the new social media platforms that have been recently introduced. Social applications that stream video content such as Snapchat and Periscope were especially popular, as they allow brands to connect with consumers in a different way. The more immediate and intimate access gives consumers an inside look at brands and keeps them
Infusion de Fleur d’Oranger from Prada Italian fashion brand Prada is showing consumers the “poetic interpretation” of the ingredients found in its Les Infusions fragrance range. Shared socially, Prada included a 30-second video in its communications for Les Infusions which shows flowers used in the fragrance range dusted with pigment, or colored pollen, and drips of paint. Luxury perfumers often script detailed narratives around the ingredients used in their fragrances
Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards 2015 For the past two decades Time Inc.’s Travel + Leisure has asked readers to rank the world’s top hotels, airlines, cruise lines, airports and cities. Asking for reader insights helps to personalize Travel + Leisure’s content, and suggestions from peers are often taken as more authentic than recommendations made by those in the travel field. As a trusted voice in travel, publications that
Travel + Leisure’s World’s Best Awards 2015 For the past two decades Time Inc.’s Travel + Leisure has asked readers to rank the world’s top hotels, airlines, cruise lines, airports and cities. Asking for reader insights helps to personalize Travel + Leisure’s content, and suggestions from peers are often taken as more authentic than recommendations made by those in the travel field. As a trusted voice in travel, publications that
