The US broker is upbeat on diamond prices as it expects demand from the newly affluent combined with a US economic recovery to outweigh any additional production, despite good years so far for all of the major miners. Alrosa, De Beers, Rio … You …

While the market for more affluent and business clients becomes saturated, providing the world's poorest with access to financial products is an unmatched growth opportunity. Half the world's adults, over 2.5 billion people, do not have a formal bank …

The new rich are important in part because they spend only about 60 percent of their before-tax income, making them prime marketing targets. Companies increasingly turn to them to boost revenue with a range of new “mass luxury” products and services.

Companies increasingly are marketing to this rising demographic, fueling a surge of "mass luxury" products and services from premium Starbucks coffee and organic groceries to concierge medicine and VIP lanes at airports. Political parties are taking a …

Even the oil rich Arab states are now beginning to recognise the importance of this and starting to shift towards a lasting economy with citizens contributing to the national treasury with their share of the taxes. To put it simply, in all global …

These are older more affluent homes. Three-quarters … Over the past two years as new distribution and technology breakthroughs have created new opportunities for companies that control the most popular video products which are the broadcast networks.

In the recent Merrill Edge survey, the majority of mass affluent Americans said they learned to handle their finances through trial and error. That means even … Investment products are not FDIC insured, are not bank guaranteed and may lose value …

In the bigger picture, over the past century, as the world's population has grown and become more urban and affluent, solid waste generation has risen tenfold. By 2025 it will … There is sometimes a cost to recycle a product in New Zealand. That's …

Even in affluent communities like Wayland there are people who don't have enough to eat. From families with kids to seniors living in senior housing, people from all walks of life are affected by hunger. The food pantry is … Other things that are …