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Wellograph: A Fitness Watch for the Luxury Market
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If you've been craving a self-quantified lifestyle but the Nike+ FuelBand SEand Fitbit Force just don't have enough bling for your taste, a new activity tracker with a crystal sapphire watch-face may be more your speed. At $330, the Wellograph watch …

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Asian Pac expects 25% revenue contribution from lifestyle luxury mall by 2016
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Asian Pac Holdings Bhd expects its lifestyle luxury mall in Kota Kinabalu, the Imago Mall, to contribute 25% to overall revenue by 2016. Its Group Chief Executive Officer Raymond Yu said the mall, which boasts 300 retail outlets across a net leasable …

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Couple used tiger charity to fund luxury lifestyle, court hears
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Couple used tiger charity to fund luxury lifestyle, court hears. A woman claims money for a charity set up by her and her estranged husband to save Chinese tigers was used to fund their extravagant lifestyle, as she takes her claim for her share of …

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Why does a fancy purse say 'stay away from my man'?
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Women are unconsciously deterring romantic rivals by buying certain luxury items, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. “Spending on luxury goods in the US amounts to as much as $525 billion per year, with women's products …

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China Luxury Growth Slows to Weakest Pace Since 2000
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Spending in luxury goods is estimated to have increased about 2 percent in 2013, compared with 7 percent last year, the Boston, Massachusetts-based company said in a report released yesterday. Growth in 2014 will be at a pace similar to this year, it said.

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PRECIOUS-Gold drops as investors await outcome of Fed meeting
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LONDON, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Gold fell 1 percent on Tuesday as investors awaited the outcome of the latest Federal Reserve policy meeting, amid expectations that the U.S. central bank may be set to trim its bullion-friendly economic stimulus. The Fed …

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"Makes Absolutely No Sense": David Cay Johnston on Budget Deal That Helps …
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The tax-avoidance techniques of billionaires, who can legally live tax-free if they choose to, are not being shut down. The hedge fund and private equity managers will continue to be advantaged. And we're going to kick 57,000 poor children out of Head …

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James Pattison takes crown as Canada's richest as new information reveals …
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Pattison's namesake conglomerate has more than a dozen businesses, including media distribution, grocery stores, outdoor advertising and auto dealerships. He has a fortune of US$9.5 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

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Guinness Records Magnate Emerges as Canada's Richest Man
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He has a fortune of $9.5 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. “I haven't done the numbers, so I really don't know,” Pattison said in a telephone interview yesterday. “I never pay attention to that.” Thomson owns about 14 percent of …

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