Costco "has half the number of employees per square foot (of Walmart), is a much smaller company, its stores are only in affluent areas and people are buying in bulk," says Richard Berman, who runs a business advocacy group opposed to a minimum wage …

Investing.com – Gold prices dropped on Thursday after robust U.S. gross domestic product data cemented market expectations for the Federal Reserve to continue dismantling stimulus programs, which fueled demand for the dollar. Gold drops as upbeat U.S. …

Russia, of the eight billionaires who have had the biggest roles in the Olympics, whether as individual spenders, sponsors or recipients of state contracts (funded by state money). Not too surprisingly, Putin's friend and one-time Judo partner, Arkady …

A mother of two, Sandberg, 44, is one of the youngest female billionaires in the world. She is also one of a handful of women in the billionaire club–like Spanx's Sara Blakely, Tory Burch and Oprah Winfrey–who made their own fortunes, rather than …

According to the Russian state statistics service, imported goods account for two-fifths of all Russian retail sales year-round. The proportion is even higher in the winter when most fresh produce … In a wine and spirits shop in an affluent …

They say money can't buy happiness but the world's super rich are still giving it their best shot, spending $1.8tn (£1.1tn)last year on luxury goods and services – with extreme holidays, gourmet dining and art auctions emerging as the status symbols du …

Shadow Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Harriet Harman asked what was being done to ensure that council arts funding was guaranteed in deprived as well as affluent areas. Responding, Culture, Media and Sport Secretary Maria Miller said it was …

… services with specialty items other groceries don't carry. I suspect their prices won't be as low as Wal-Mart or Kroger, but they will be going after the more affluent clientelle in Carmel and other Hamilton County residents. … The convenience …

Sales in the fashion and luxury goods segment, the biggest for the group, dipped 0.4 percent to 9.9 percent in reported terms but grew 5 percent on an organic basis, which eliminates exchange rate fluctuations and changes in the company's structure.