A report released Thursday by bank consulting firm Moebs Services Inc. calculated the average balance for U.S. checking accounts at $4,436 at the end of last year — more than double the average of $2,100 over the 25 years of the annual survey. A …

The couple, who have 12-month-old daughter North West, have decided to sell the $11 million mansion they bought last year in the affluent Bel Air neighbourhood after more than a year of renovations, as they are fed up of waiting for it to be completed …

Britain is home to more than 100 billionaires for the first time in history. 72 of those are resident in London and of Britain's 104 billionaires, Richard Branson was brought up in the capital. Yet, what is also interesting is the distinct disparity of …

And surprisingly, despite a long-running education campaign about the dangers of sun exposure, it is the areas the Cancer Council describes as the state's “more affluent” that have emerged with the highest diagnosis rates. Brisbane, the Gold Coast and …

The study, the fifth and last in a series by BMO Private Bank examining trends among the affluent, found that just over half of the country's wealthy engage in some form of hobby investing. Hobby investing is defined as adding … Through integrated …

The stores there – maybe even department stores – could even complement lifestyle center Carriage Crossing, which is just south of Bill Morris Parkway on Houston Levee. "It's kind of a different animal," Buring said. "I think this will cater to the …

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A food consumption and lifestyle survey and a detailed molecular analysis of individual urine samples could not predict differences in nutritional habits between recruited participants from a 'risk-of-poverty' group or an 'affluent' group. A difference …

Perhaps, said another, more whites feel they can afford to drop everything and experiment with lifestyle. One thought is that it begins in … It was like looking inside a yoga studio and seeing only thin, affluent, white women. Images are powerful …