In summer 2009, Senate Democrats put out such a bill, and the $1.6 trillion sticker shock led them to hide the transfers by forcing people to buy overpriced products. This political mugging is … They're middle class, rarely affluent. They took …

The shares posted their biggest gain in more than two years. Tiffany, the world's second-largest luxury jewelry retailer, is benefiting from surging stock prices and rising home values that are bolstering affluent shoppers' willingness to purchase …

While the top 1% of taxpayers will bear much of the burden of this year's increases, experts say, the code also has new tax traps for the affluent, roughly defined as people with an adjusted gross income, or AGI, between $150,000 and $500,000 …

He is restoring frequent sales and basic merchandise that were eliminated as Johnson aimed to attract a more affluent, younger shopper. … The number of items shoppers threw in rose 1 percent, but the average order size slipped 2.5 percent to $127.59.

The twin billionaires of democratic politics are back in the headlines. On Wednesday Silvio Berlusconi, convicted fraudster, was finally heaved out of the Italian Senate. Meanwhile, in Thailand, hundreds of thousands protested against a law that would …

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In receiving the money, the man tells how he was deprived of an affluent life as was his birthright given his biological family's wealthy status. Instead the man, an unmarried truck driver went on to tell how he ended up being subjected to … Told smh …

Other major cities, notably Los Angeles and Chicago, have suffered similar losses since the 1970s, notes Brookings, as middle income neighborhoods have declined while both poor and very affluent areas have grown. Becoming the ultimate playground to the …

Consumers of organic food and products already pay price premiums for their consumption habits, and with organic products clearly labelled, discerning consumers have choices regarding food purchase. However, it is an extravagance available only to …