Automakers are rapidly implementing new engine technology to save fuel, including direct fuel injection and turbocharging, stop-start systems that automatically shut cars down at traffic lights and transmissions with higher gears. But those more …

After years of improving car reliability, automakers have shifted into reverse while attempting to exact better fuel economy and add in-dash technology, J.D. Power & Associates reported in its 2014 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study. Owners of 3-year-old …

Bud Konheim, CEO of luxury-fashion company Nicole Miller, has a message for the 99% — stop whining. "We've got a country that the poverty level is wealth in 99 percent of the rest of the world," Konheim said on CNBC's Squawk Box this morning. "So we …

Uber is a San Francisco-based technology company that launched a mobile app-based private car service in Dallas. The Dallas Morning News. Published: 09 February 2014 06:00 AM. Updated: 07 February 2014 05:27 PM …. Fantastic service; clean, luxury …

The luxury-goods company founded by the designer of the same name raised full-year sales and profit forecasts after customers in Europe and in North America bought more of its products, which include accessories, footwear, watches and jewelry. … The …

I live in Rome, where domestic work comes cheap and technology is expensive. … Transnational workers rich and poor have long dealt in an ever-evolving system of arbitrage for luxury goods carrying significant price differences around the world. A few …

The firm's better-known Northwest projects include the Greater Tacoma Convention and Trade Center, Redmond City Hall and Seattle's Hyatt Olive 8, a luxury hotel and condominium project. MulvannyG2, like other local design firms, does business globally.

ESCP Europe has launched a chair in Fashion and Technology on its Paris campus to research innovation in the fashion and luxury sectors. The chair is in collaboration with Lectra, which develops software and cutting systems for the fashion industry.

The BMW 5-Series sedan is the 2014 Luxury Connected Car of the Year. (BMW photo). The BMW ConnectedDrive system. (BMW photo). The Mercedes-Benz S-Class is the 2014 Ultra Luxury Connected Car of the Year. (Mercedes-Benz photo). The Tesla …