Spot gold gained as much as 0.3 percent to $1,338.50 an ounce, and traded at $1,334.55 at 8:30 a.m. in Singapore. Prices are 3 percent higher this week after advancing to a one-month high of $1,348.65 on July 24. Volumes for Shanghai's benchmark spot …

… 66 percent for the top real estate companies and 170 percent for the Philippines's top 1,000 non-financial corporations],” World Bank said. It said real properties that were selling did not only include mid-level units. The luxury residential …

Nineteen years after Amazon launched in the U.S. and seven after Apple introduced the iPhone, 98 percent of the U.S. population has access to basic broadband services (80 percent in their own homes) and nearly 65 percent own a smartphone. eCommerce …

"As 2013 draws to a close, the global economy looks to be exiting the slowdown of the past three years and entering a new phase of modest recovery and growth," wrote Willem Buiter, Citi's Chief Economist. Buiter sounds decidedly optimistic. In the past …

This home, built by a renowned houseboat builder features outstanding craftsmanship combining the best of the yachting world with a luxury residence that is literally ON THE WATER. This jewel of Seattle is located on Lake Union near Troll Avenue and JP …

The Italian-born Grillo sisters countered they had approval to spend outrageous sums on designer clothes and luxury vacations provided they didn't spill the beans about Lawson's drug habit. During the trial Nigella Lawson was forced to admit she'd used …

Following last year's trend of real estate developers enlisting Indian celebrities as brand ambassadors, this year, high–end properties came with global branding like Walt Disney, Armani, Swarvoski and Donald Trump. The trend of theme homes and …

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has made involving the private sector and philanthropy one of his top priorities at the United Nations, particularly in regard to the fight against health scourges like malaria and polio. Two of the most successful …

Cruises and winter vacations are now the norm. … No matter how we struggle now, we need to be thankful that we grew up when we did and had the luxury of high employment, cheap travel, relative security and nearly unavoidable upward mobility. If …