But the judge said evidence that both Soteriou and Parker used the money to “purchase luxury items and pay for living expenses” for a decade indicated that the spiritual enlightenment purported by the filmmakers was just a cover for a broad scam that …

And I have done it within a budget where there are no line items for grand final wishes. Booming … She was adamant that my father, rigid and trapped in his own body by Parkinson's disease for the last decade of his life, deserved every immortal luxury.

Many seem mostly interested in the shopping, often for luxury items. "Who among them is really interested in those Gothic cathedrals and has been reading about them in preparation for the trip?" In recent months, the misbehavior of Chinese tourists …

DIY's Style Expert and Managing Editor, Amber Milt, has a keen eye for the hottest trends, and awareness for finding affordable alternatives to expensive luxury items. The series was an instant success on AOL – views have reached up to 1.6 million …

The way we spend money, and what we spend it on, has changed quite dramatically over the generations. While energy and childcare costs have risen, car prices are at their most affordable since the 1970s, as are airline tickets. Costs of electronic …

As efforts increase to reduce emissions, and the price of oil continues to rise, encouraging people to cut their energy consumption is quite important for many governments and organizations; although persuading people to reduce their usage of luxury …

During the Colonial period, refined sugar was a luxury item, used only in posh parlors during tea. Along with tea, sugar was one of the commodities on which the British levied a tariff, leading to the War of Independence. At the time, simple candies …

A multimillion-dollar deal to provide ski lifts for a resort in North Korea has been cancelled, after Switzerland's government decided the plan violated U.N. sanctions forbidding the export of luxury items to the country. Those sanctions were …

“When we opened, we just wanted to test the market, we were not sure of the product's acceptance as there is not a lot of male luxury items available here, it was a gamble but it paid off as we experienced very good growth rate. I believe we opened at …