He was surrounded by family after months of a debilitating illness that required the constant care of a team of doctors. Family friend Bantu Holomisa told The Associated Press that Mandela wasn't on life support in his final hours. He appeared to be …

Struggling to pay rent and tuition from her salary as a waitress in Almaty, the commercial capital, Samal says she would drop her boyfriend in a heartbeat if a wealthy older man offered to make her his second wife. “Becoming a tokal would be a …

Zuma sat beside Mandela's second wife Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and grandson Mandla Mandela amid about 700 congregants at the Methodist church in Bryanston, an affluent and mainly white area in northern Johannesburg. About 60 children sat before …

Some retailers, including online ones such as Sofa.com, have opened flagship stores to “showroom” their products and offer face-to-face customer service, although how many retail units this can save is unclear. Mr Garland also points to a positive …

Mandela's ex-wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, joined one of his grandsons, Mandla Mandela, and South African President Jacob Zuma in a prayer service in a Methodist church in Johannesburg. "We felt it important that we should have a day where all of us …

For every revered Steve Jobs, there's a reviled Bernie Madoff. For every folksy Warren Buffett, there's a tone-deaf Mitt Romney. The pursuit of happiness is patriotic, but the pursuit of riches can come off as greedy. This ambivalence toward the …

The 149-year-old firm has been winning market share from high-street rivals in recent years due to its strong online offering, modern stores and a more affluent customer base. Last Christmas it reported record sales, while rivals, such as Marks …

The health care market in New York is sufficiently unusual that members of the affluent classes routinely question the merits of doctors who do take insurance. How could the doctor satisfied to receive a $20 co-pay also be the doctor skilled enough to …

One year after its debut as a hyperlocal news website, DNAinfo.com Chicago has launched a print publication targeting of one the city's most affluent neighborhoods. Forty thousand residents of Lincoln Park this weekend received the first … to be a …