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Shared of real estate giant DLF jumped nearly 2 per cent to Rs 179 apiece in early morning deals on Friday on BSE after the company announced its decision to quit life insurance business.

DLF, India's largest realty company, announced on Thursday that it had signed an agreement to offload its 74 per cent equity stake in the life insurance joint venture called DLF Pramerica Life Insurance Co Ltd to Dewan Housing Finance Corp.

New York, July 26 : Not sleeping properly? Fine lines, uneven skin tone and reduced elasticity are some of the problems the skin can face if one is sleep-deprived, says a study.

Cosmetic brand Estée Lauder, along with University Hospitals Case Medical Center, studied 60 women aged between 30 and 49, reports huffingtonpost. com. The effects their sleep patterns had on their skin was analysed. They were divided into 30 poor quality sleepers and 30 good quality sleepers.

During the four nights of evaluation, tests were conducted to find out how each woman's skin fared.

Patna, July 26 : Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Friday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the demand by a BJP MP that the Bharat Ratna be taken back from noted economist and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen.

"This just makes it clear that the decision of parting ways with the BJP was totally correct. What kind of thinking do they have," Nitish Kumar told reporters here.

Sen had Monday said that he did not want to see Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the prime minister of the country as Modi did not have secular credentials.

Mumbai, July 26 : Pakistani singer-actor Ali Zafar doesn't see himself as a spontaneous actor. He says that he acts as per his directors' requirements.

"I can't categorise myself as a method or spontaneous actor. I perform as per my director's requirements even if that means doing workshops for a particular role, or even receiving my lines on the very day of the shoot," Ali said in a statement.

The "Tere Bin Laden" actor is relaxed before the camera. For him, anxiety and creativity should be miles away from each other.

UK publisher, Penguin has reahed a settlement with the European authorities over its pricing of E-books over the internet.

Penguin, which is owned by Pearson PLC , has made an offer to the European Union's antitrust watchdog, which as been accepted. By the officials. The European Commission has said that the company has made a satisfactory offer to the authority following the investiations into distorted pricing of electronic books in Europe.

US retail giant, Wal-Mart is now selling Apple's iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S at chaper rates ahead of the launch of the new device in the market.

There are indications that the iPhone 5S might be launched this fall and the retailer is already selling the iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S for $129 and $39 respectively, in order to clear inventory and also to earn some additional income before Apple discounts the items further.