The former prime minister told the NACC that she had paid for the watch, and then sold it to buy other ornamental items. The deal was made before she assumed the post of premier in 2011, and she decided not to report it in her asset statement filed …

You've spent time on the water, perhaps you've even worked on the water for years, so you can't help noticing these things. It's pretty hard to fool someone who lives on the coast of Maine when some movie director tries to cut corners in scenes dealing …

“While they are saying they are working toward banning them in the future, they are leaving open the option of continuing to use them in the meantime, which is kind of a contradictory way to approach things,” Goose said. “They're bad enough to ban them …

Middle Eastern shoppers are making an annual pilgrimage to London to shop for luxury items before the holy month of Ramadan begins this weekend. Middle Eastern tourists ranked second for money spent in Britain last year as they doled out $1.5 billion.

The Fancy, based in New York, sells luxury lifestyle items such as $9 waterproof lights to put in cocktails, $205 magnetic coat hangers and a $120 bird feeder that connects with an iPhone to take pictures of birds. When a potential customer likes an …

The Japanese have a tradition of giving gifts several times a year and fruits are seen as luxury items. The watermelons go for at least $100 and are sold at high-end department stores. Now overseas markets are buying into the square-shaped luxury item too.

"We're seeing private security guards in some of the more luxury boutiques here in Union Square as well as Maiden Lane," said Stewart. "We do have luxury products here. That makes us an easy mark to a certain extent. We have to be vigilant to protect …

But not everything in the SkyMall catalogue lends itself to idyllic daydreams of the sweet life surrounded by luxury goods. It's not all mail-order steaks and in-home jewelry cleaners that restore a showroom shine. Every once in a while, SkyMall …

A 35-year-old Alabaster man will spend five years and 11 months in prison for bilking 12 investors out of more than $2.8 million and spending the money on items ranging from championship football tickets to private jet flights. … checks to himself …