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This past week, Barclays Capital added an exchange-traded note that tracks the Indian stock market. ETNs are senior, unsecured debt securities issued by the London-based bank that are traded like a stock, and where returns are linked to the performance of a market index. Philippe El-Asmar, managing director and head of investor solutions for Barclays Capital, said the Indian-linked ETN is for people that "understand emerging markets are more risky, but realize its a good way to diversify their portfolio." He said the company has seen increasing interest this past year for financial instruments that track Russia, India and China. "We're finding ways for them to get easier access," he said. And more are on the way. The New York Stock Exchange hopes to roll out new ETF products once it closes its acquisition of Paris-based Euronext NV.
Depending on one's credit, it is usually easy enough to find financing for a conventional house. But what about a yurt? Yurts, circular structures still built by the Mongols, occupy a tiny, but growing, niche in residential architecture, a segment in which owners take satisfaction in the knowledge that no one within miles lives in a house like theirs. .
The 12th session of the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change came to an end in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, recently with little mention of cleaner sources of energy. This was troubling, given the huge potential for such energy sources in Africa -- and the fact that a third of the world's population, the bulk coming from the continent, currently has no access to electricity. .
During the first week of December, as part of the routine of decorating our home for the holiday season, we placed the Advent wreath in its usual place, arranged in the middle of the dining room table.
Because our wreath is modular for storage purposes, it could be arranged in several formats, so my 6-year-old grandson asked the logical question, Why do we put it out in a circle? It put me on the pattern of thinking about some of our customs, especially those that blend secular and religious traditions.
The wreath, in its circular format, can be traced in several directions, one of which leads to the ancient celebration of the solstice. Both the use of evergreens and the circular (sun) shape reminded people in the pre-Christian world, especially northern parts of Europe, that winter would not be as endless as it seemed.
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Start transforming your home with new products, ideas and trends guaranteed to explode onto the market in the coming year. Oklahoma Citys largest Home & Garden Show will be held at the Oklahoma State Fairgrounds January 19-21, 2007. The theme of this years show, Blooming with New Ideas, will provide sensational new concepts and the latest products for the home and garden throughout four buildings at the fairgrounds. With more than 400 local and national exhibitors expected, the show will be Blooming with New Ideas that visitors can utilize in their own homes and gardens. Some of this years features include: The Junk Market Girls Forget trendy, high-priced home decor. This creative duo is getting national attention for their ability to transform flea market finds into original flair for the home.
SAN MATEO, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- Subhead of release should read: Milestone Shipment Comes Only 15 Months After First Shipment of Simulcast Edge Processor (sted Only 12 Months). The corrected release reads: RGB NETWORKS SHIPS 1000TH VIDEO PROCESSOR Milestone Shipment Comes Only 15 Months After First Shipment of Simulcast Edge Processor RGB Networks, the leader in network video processing, today announced that they have shipped their 1000th VIA family video processor, a Simulcast Edge Processor (SEP), that was delivered to Time Warner Cable. The SEP was first shipped in August of 2005 and has since shipped to every major cable operator in the U.S., as well as operators in Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. The 1000 video processing units shipped to-date also include RGB's Broadcast Network Processor (BNP) and recently introduced Modular Media Converter (MMC).
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