Abroad, attention to chronic diseases and health care is exploding among governments and affluent consumers in emerging markets like China, India, Brazil and Russia, and global health care corporations are stampeding into these markets.

The focus of the amendments in tax laws does not reflect Mr Dar's claim of bringing affluent people into the tax net and, therefore, look like political rhetoric. One of the major changes includes increase of one … The raising of tax rates – whether …

Google has marketed Glass as an all-around smartphone replacement to be worn by the general — albeit affluent — consumer all day long. (The company has not said what it will charge consumers for Glass, but Explorers, those lucky few getting to try an …

The company reduces the risk of consumers defaulting on loans by targeting the affluent customers who are likely to spend high amounts and are less likely to default on a credit loan. Amex's delinquency rate or the percentage of total loans that are …

The tea industry could also emulate coffee in another way, by producing more upmarket, speciality teas to encourage consumption by younger, more affluent consumers. Although there are some bespoke tea shops, Forum for the Future's Brouder points out, …

The report also reveals that affluent suburban families are more than twice as likely to shop online as the average American household, spending about $200 online a year and that e-commerce will continue to grow over the next five years. Although …

It's not simply that there are less well-off and affluent consumers; often the same shopper wants a product at an entry-level price and others with a premium price tag. This is what analysts at Rabobank are now calling the rise of the 'hybrid' consumer.

Although American Express has historically appealed to more affluent consumers — a group that can weather downturns like the recession with less difficulty — the economy's comeback and the market's gains over the past few years have nonetheless …

The gap between affluent and non-affluent spending grew in 1Q13 compared with the December 2012 holiday period, when affluent consumers were only 31% more likely to buy and spent only 15% more. Below, additional key findings from the Affluent …