In November, Tom Ford introduced a dozen face products for men, including a $25 lip balm. L'Oréal in September bought Baxter of California, a niche luxury skin-care line, in an attempt to expand in e-commerce. One of the founders of eyewear startup …

There's no need to go through the list of luxury items, loans and other gifts that the McDonnells later accepted from businessman Jonnie R. Williams. This one e-mail sums up what seems to have been Maureen McDonnell's mindset about being First Lady.

According to the report from Voit Real Estate Services, the fourth quarter of last year ended with a 14.08 percent vacancy rate, down from 15.7 percent at the end of 2012, representing an improvement of more than 11 percent in the last 12 months. In …

It felt like 2013 was a crazy year for real estate, with the flood of all-cash buyers, Billionaire's Row on 57th St., shrinking inventory and skyrocketing prices. Yet for all the madness, all the hype, the market citywide barely moved last year. The …

The high–end real-estate market in Atlanta is "still soft," says listing agent Jim Gibson, adding that the affluent suburb of Roswell, where the house is located, is faring better than lower-priced markets in the area. Enlarge Image. cat. The mansion's …

An international economic group seeking to ensure that multinational companies pay their taxes says it will publish a proposal focused on the digital economy in the next two months. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, supported …

Dan Jones, partner in the sports business group at Deloitte, said, “The combined revenue of the top 20 clubs, almost all of which grew their revenue during 2012/13, increased by 8%, far outpacing the wider global economy. This growth comes even before …

"I still believe that the BRICS will continue to lead the global economy," said Guido Mantega, the Brazilian finance minister, while discussing the state of the world's emerging powerhouses at the Davos World Economic Forum. Their economies were thrown …

The world's largest economy, the US, is expected to grow by 2.8% this year, an improvement on the previous estimate of 2.6% that the IMF made in October. It expects the euro area as a whole to grow by 1%. "The euro area is turning a corner from …