… a depreciating rupee but the general slowdown in the economy, which has led to a decline in discretionary spends, especially for products which have local substitutes available at cheaper prices, with the exception of the very affluent consumers …

And in the past three US presidential elections, voters in many low-income communities have been forced to wait for hours to cast their votes while polling places in affluent suburbs remained queue-free. Some of our deepest thinking about how to …

Jeff Pfeil of Pfeil Hardware at Third and State streets, a short walk from the Hudson, said boaters need not only hardware items but also bathroom tissue, paper towels, dish detergents and housewares, all items his store carries. "In the past, we got …

SOUTHBOROUGH— The Police Department in this affluent town has stockpiled hundreds of seized drugs from as long ago as 1992, an unusual practice that has raised suspicion that drugs could be missing or at risk of theft. … station include heroin …

As London frets over the bureaucratic obstacles placed in the way of high-spending visitors from Beijing or Shanghai, Paris is reaping the reward of an official drive to make the city the destination of choice for hundreds of thousands of increasingly …

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And while the wealthy may be less concerned with purchasing certain luxury items, they are not about to stop spending. Affluent consumers are expecting to boost spending in key discretionary categories, such as electronics and automobiles, according to …