Newly affluent Chinese collectors began by buying works from their own country — both modern art and historic treasures — before moving into European contemporary art and other areas. Sotheby's estimates that China now accounts for $14 billion of the …

Jep, though still a working journalist, spends most of his time palling around with a certain subset of the Roman elite (creative types, all affluent, and mostly over fifty). Unlike Marcello, the journalist and main figure in La Dolce Vita, Jep doesn't …

Burberry has committed to eliminating hazardous chemicals from its supply chain by 2020 in the latest victory for Greenpeace's detox campaign. The luxury brand's announcement comes after a fortnight of social media campaigning and protests at stores …

Mulberry Group Plc (MUL) fell the most in more than a year in London after the luxury bag maker said profit will be “substantially below” estimates because of weak sales in the U.K. and order cancellations in South Korea. The shares slid as much as 28 …

The phone boasts of high–end specifications with the major USP being the swivel camera capable of rotating 206 degrees. Other than that, the phone also comes in a variant that runs Cyanogenmod, an alternative Android software, out of the box (optional).

Such high–end gadgets can detect any movement and subsequently alert the command and control room,”said an officer. The gadget called as Unattended Ground Sensors(UGS) was proven successful during US allied forces operation in Afghanistan and …

“Gold is returning to its historic role as a safe haven as we're seen problems globally,” said Darin Newsom, senior analyst at Telvent DTN. “Equities really needed a correction, they've been way overvalued. A lot of technical charts show they're way …

Canadian stocks rose, as an increase in U.S. consumer spending offset a decline in gold shares amid a report showing manufacturing in China contracted for the first time in six months. NuVista Energy Ltd. soared 9.4 percent after CIBC World Markets …

Twitter · Google+ · LinkedIn · Email · Comments; More. Tumblr · Pinterest · Reddit · Digg · FarkIt · StumbleUpon. The International Monetary Fund says the probability of the world economy falling into a deflation trap may now be as high as 20%.