Sponsored by The New York Racing Association, Metropolitan Aviation, Ketel One Vodka, Northeastern Fine Jewelry, Ball Watch, the Mercedes-Benz Center at Keeler Motor Car, NewsCenter 10, Fly 92.3, and the Times Union, the elaborate cocktail reception …

Along streets meandering from Water to Main to Cottrell to Holmes to Willow to Church, more than 250 artists featured displays running the gamut from fine watercolors to homemade jewelry. Penguins and zombies, ducks and cherries and wine caddies and …

The gallery, owned by Patti Kane Maguire, offers a selection of modern and fine art and fine jewelry, some of which are designed by Maguire. Also, featured are several works from Irish artist Richard Hearns. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday …

RIO DE JANEIRO — It was 2008, Brazil's economy was in its fifth-straight year of robust growth, exports were expanding fast and the government was euphoric about the newly discovered oil, billions of barrels of it, just waiting to be mined offshore.

Though urban and rural residents may come from very different backgrounds, everyone wants to have good public services, safety and opportunities for their children, Ellis said. And providing those will require convincing people that what happens in …

Middle East airline Emirates has launched a new private jet service billed as offering “unsurpassed luxury” for affluent travellers. Aimed at driving demand in some of the world's growing global markets such as China, India and Russia, the new service …

The enthusiasm that marked the monthly 'Bus Day' , held on the 4th of every month to encourage commuters to travel by bus, has lost some of its initial sheen. In an interview to STOI, former deputy CM R Ashoka, who held the transport portfolio when …

By JILL LAWLESS | Associated Press | 12 hours, 23 minutes ago in Lifestyle. A $38,000 handbag? For most people … In fact, they're so common that a higher level of luxury exists to set the super-rich apart from the merely affluent. A budget of about …

If we didn't have grand fortunes, their claim goes, we wouldn't have grand philanthropy. No foundations and handsome bequests for underwriting good causes. No gifts and grants by the tens and hundreds of millions. Philanthropy, proclaims a new study …