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Before becoming vice president, Biden was, if not the poorest member of Congress, at least its least-affluent senator. However, his … The incident has Gallagher questioning whether she will buy any more items from a fast fashion chain. "To be honest …

Two new items on the homepage: James L. Fredericks looks at Francis's approach to interreligious dialogue, while the editors comment on the conflict in Iraq and the problems it poses for President Obama. From “Francis's Interreligious Friendships”: [W …

When departing from an evening's entertainment, the commissionaire would summon a Hansom cab from the ranks over the road for the more affluent. … It was not successful, so the main attraction became a foreign picture with 'newsy' items filling in.

This year, his single store, New Bond Street Pawnbrokers in London's affluent Mayfair, is celebrating 15 years in business and has just breached the $85 million barrier in short-term loans made against luxury assets owned by the elite. The global …

Athletic programs with bigger budgets will have the resources to check off more items from that list. People both involved in and observing the NCAA believe that a large gap will appear between the … They've crept toward the coming changes this past …

The study of 5,000 affluent and emerging affluent consumers across five of Standard Chartered's key markets – Indonesia, India, Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya – offers new insight into the aspirations of these consumers, including their appetite to travel …

And we entered their facility, their shared law, their shared understanding, the affluent market – which they enjoyed – and we found ourselves thinking, there were more Europeans knocking around than Americans, ok there are 30 odd different countries …

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