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Turkey wakes up to tax hikes
www.hurriyetdailynews.com

The Finance Ministry announced it would ramp up a number of fees it collects, including the private consumption tax (ÖTV), implemented on tobacco products and value added tax (VAT) by 3.93 percent. The ÖTV share in auto prices that used to vary between …

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A Drag on the State – By Liz Carter
www.foreignpolicy.com

For example, Chinese sales of luxury products, including expensive alcohol, fell sharply after President Xi Jinping announced a campaign against officials' extravagance in June 2013. But exhortations to cadres to follow pre-existing rules have a hidden …

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The Motley Fool: Women in charge
www.chron.com

I'm named after a Kansas railroad machinist who wanted to produce affordable luxury vehicles. Brands under my roof over the years have included DeSoto, Willys Hudson, Nash, Plymouth, Maxwell and Chalmers. I assembled tanks for the U.S. Army in World …

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15 Fab Architecture Quotables From a Marc Jacobs Interview
curbed.com

I was brought in because the private homes that I built were of very, very, very high quality, and luxury brands want to convey this [high quality] to the customer. If you're still buying Chanel handbags they are still being made by hand in France …

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China cracks down on smoking
www.heraldonline.com

For example, Chinese sales of luxury products, including expensive alcohol, fell sharply after President Xi Jinping announced a campaign against officials' extravagance in June 2013. But exhortations to cadres to follow pre-existing rules have a hidden …

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Global Optimism for 2014, With an Eye on Dormant Risks
www.nytimes.com

Many investors remain optimistic about prospects for euro zone indexes, in part because of increased exports of products like German cars or French luxury goods to the resurgent United States. Analysts surveyed by Reuters expect European shares to gain …

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33 Beauty Products We Were Obsessed With In 2013
www.huffingtonpost.com

4. Benefit "They're Real" Mascara. Sure, there are luxury mascaras that give our lashes an amazing flutter, but we find ourselves running right back to this mascara that makes it look like we're wearing a great pair of false eyelashes. BenefitCosmetics …

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Sales of luxury cars set to cross 30000 units in 2013
www.thehindu.com

Luxury car-makers managed to buck the trend of falling sales by launching low-priced models, expansion of network beyond metros to woo first-time buyers with schemes and offers, and aggressive marketing campaigns. In 2013, German brands continued to …

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Luxury Retailers Better Brace Themselves for Amazon
www.thestreet.com

SAN DIEGO (TheStreet) — This year Amazon quietly unveiled its luxury beauty products store, a slick online destination offering thousands of high-end makeup, skin care and hair care products from brands such as NARS, Dr. Brandt, Jack Black and Deborah …

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