The Fortune Character Institute – a luxury industry research and consulting company – said in its China Yacht Report that the total revenue of the country's yacht market reached RMB1.75bn in 2012, with the luxury yacht sector accounting for RMB780m.

The Nevada Democrat threatened Thursday to invoke the so-called nuclear option on the filibuster and change the Senate rules so that only 51 votes were required to overcome a filibuster, rather than 60, unless Republicans agreed to approve several …

Police also seized 81 properties located in Calabria, Basilicata, Umbria and Lazio, as well as bank accounts, insurance policies, a 50-hectare plot of land, two yachts and 33 vehicles including luxury and vintage cars. –IANS/AKI. pm/. Read more on: Italy.

Last week, the boat stopped in New York City for a few days on its way north. The squat carbon-fiber craft, its wide and flat top deck dominated by the photovoltaic array, looked a bit out of place among the luxury yachts and other more conventional …

Human Resources Manager Jennifer Swogger from the company's Port Angeles office cited market conditions as the reason for the layoffs "The reduction is reflective of the current market conditions for premiere luxury yachts." Swogger did not comment on …

Wright was the criminal mastermind behind an organisation overseeing the shipment of tonnes of cocaine worth hundreds of millions of pounds from South America using luxury yachts. He was jailed for 30 years in 2007 after an "unprecedented" 11-year …

You don't need a luxury yacht to enter the All Wales Boat Show – an old bath tub will do! A round of the Bathtubbing World Championships is being held at the show on July 27 with entrants expected from around the globe. But competitors have been warned …

And maybe figuratively, too; although we won't know about that until this Saturday, when “South Bay Contemporary” opens – with a reception from 6 to 9 p.m. – at PS Zask Gallery in Rolling Hills Estates. The show was juried by Peggy Zask and her husband …

Compared to her sisters, who lost their virginity to an unforgiving human population, sisal estates and the odd forest still cover a healthy chunk of Kilifi. It is not a wonder that this region is now a playground for the rich as luxury real estates …