Yesterday's hearing under the Proceeds of Crime Act at Ipswich Crown Court heard that although Albon's benefit from offending was £9.4m she only had available assets of £213,565 including money in her bank accounts and luxury items such as the BMW …

Hundreds of luxury items were donated by Woodburn Doctor Victor Dolezal. He and his partner were animal lovers and after their deaths the Humane Society was notified the house and all its contents had been left to raise money for shelter animals.

As auction sales improve, high net worth individuals in the country are expected to up their spending on luxury items. In a recent poll, the researchers found 22 per cent of collectors expect the market to rise this year, while 15 per cent think it …

Inmates shop at the commissary, but for basic goods, rather than luxury items. No Manolos are in evidence, but Piper makes shower sandals out of maxi pads, and Sophia fashions her own out of scotch tape on the grounds that metallics are in this season.

Once a national corporate communications specialist, McDermott said she battled despair for almost a decade, relying on career success and the acquisition of luxury items to achieve it. "I was earning six figures and I had a wardrobe full of shoes and …

Critics have pointed out that the budget omitted such luxury items as food and heat, that it made absurdly low estimates for medical insurance — and that, most strikingly of all, it appeared to suggest that its workers should maintain two full-time jobs.

The e-mails, obtained by The Washington Post under the Freedom of Information Act, are the first indication that McDonnell (R) directly intervened on behalf of Williams, whose gifts of luxury items and five-figure payments and loans to the McDonnell …

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA, (MC) the world's largest luxury–goods maker, owns about 22.6 percent of Hermes. LVMH was fined 8 million euros this month for breaching disclosure rules when it built its stake in the company. Hermes said in March …

Charlotte Libby, a Mintel analyst, said: 'Prestige products have benefited from the “Lipstick Effect”, which has seen sales of luxury beauty products remain strong despite the economic downturn, as consumers treat themselves to small items …