Paris: The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which monitors and compares wealthy nations, recently released a report that ranks its 34 member countries based on two broad housing measures: The price of the average home compared to what it could be rented for and What the home costs compared to the average [...]
By Nauman Farooq Buick has just turned 110 years old, and is still going strong. While sales in North America are doing fine, it is in China where the brand has really taken off. It is perhaps the sales numbers in China that saved Buick from the axe, when General Motors decided to offload some [...]
Toyota has ranked first among automakers in the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands study released by market research company Millward Brown. The Japanese carmaker has overtaken last year’s best ranks car manufacturer, BMW. Toyota’s 2013 brand value rose 12 percent to $24.5 billion, mainly due to its significant inroads in the hybrid market, [...]
Infiniti boss Andy Palmer has shared details on the Leaf-based premium EV, which was previewed with the LE concept shown at the 2012 New York motor show. Infinisti says its future “hinges on a standard process of induction charging being introduced around the world,” and it is explained that having cumbersome cables and plugs to [...]
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi: Just when will Bollywood ever get it right? As the world celebrates 100 years of Indian cinema, Indian stars, it seems, went a little overboard in projecting the ethnic, oriental look at the Cannes red carpet that saw Sonam Kapoor, Vidya Balan and Sherlyn Chopra either going big on [...]
New Delhi: Socialite Paris Hilton wore Indian designer duo Falguni and Shane Peacock’s creation at the amFar (The American Foundation for AIDS Research) Cinema Against AIDS Gala in Cannes. Paris was spotted wearing a customised baby pink coloured full-length gown with feather embellishments at the bottom. “Paris has always loved our clothes and we have [...]
Mumbai: The hoopla over Indian celebrities and films at Cannes overshadows the harsh reality that it has been 19 years since any Indian film has made it to the Palme d’Or or the Golden Palm section of the prestigious film fest. Prominent filmmakers cite the race for clicking at the box office rather than [...]
Mumbai: Actress Sherlyn Chopra grabbed the paparazzi’s attention by grooving at the 66th Cannes International Film Festival wearing a white and gold Indian lehenga choli. She is there to promote her movie “Kamasutra 3D” with the team. The film’s director Rupesh Paul said Sherlyn was “very excited and she grooved for the paparazzi without any [...]
New Delhi: Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who is busy with the ongoing 66th Cannes International Film Festival, is extending her stay in the French riviera to attend a fashion show for amFar (The American Foundation for AIDS Research). “The Ultimate Gold Collection Fashion Show” for AIDS research will see Aishwarya walking the red carpet [...]
New Delhi: Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor oozed oomph in a voluminous white floral gown by Italian luxury brand Dolce & Gabbana on day two of the 66th Cannes International Film Festival. The actress flaunted a D&G gown at the premiere of “Jeune & Jolie” after making India-inspired statements in apparel by Anamika Khanna and Shehla [...]
