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Standard Chartered launches VISA Manhattan Platinum lifestyle Credit Card. Standard Chartered launched today the VISA Manhattan Platinum Credit Card, which has been designed to complement the lifestyle of the young and affluent segment in the UAE …

The Laings of Glasgow name, for example, is every bit as powerful to affluent shoppers in the Scottish city as the brands that the store sells. The same goes for 32 other Houlden members that collectively own 80 stores with a turnover of £250 million …

The study sampled the opinion of 5,000 affluent and emerging affluent consumers across five of Standard Chartered's key markets – Indonesia, India, Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya. It revealed big differences in the background and employment status of …

Before becoming vice president, Biden was, if not the poorest member of Congress, at least its least-affluent senator. However, his most recent financial … Specialty items such as the Frappuccino, however, won't see price increases. The price of …

Before becoming vice president, Biden was, if not the poorest member of Congress, at least its least-affluent senator. However, his most recent financial … Specialty items such as the Frappuccino, however, won't see price increases. The price of …

The big-box retailer was long known for a “cheap chic” style that drew shoppers looking to spend $20 on everyday basics but who left with $100 worth of “impulse purchases”—items they didn't expect to buy. … Fewer new products were introduced …

Before becoming vice president, Biden was, if not the poorest member of Congress, at least its least-affluent senator. However, his most recent financial … Specialty items such as the Frappuccino, however, won't see price increases. The price of …

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 …