zaha hadid has teamed up with hamburg-based shipbuilders blohm + voss to design a superyacht. the concept is based on the sculptural form of a master prototype for a 128m yacht–presented at an exhibition of the architect's work at the david gill …

It is wise to include fraud risk (and in particular bribery and corruption risk) on the list. Navigating new and unfamiliar cultures is part of the challenge. For example, in China the giving of luxury goods – watches, liquor, and handbags – to cement …

Most of the luxury-brand products, including cosmetics, watches, clothes, handbags, and cars (Dior, Rolex, Burberry, Louis Vuitton, Mercedes-Benz and so on), experienced dramatic growth over the past five years in China, while their sales in many …

Still, nearly 50 percent of those who try fitness gadgets don't stick with them, says Sarah Robb O'Hagan, president of Equinox Fitness, which operates a chain of luxury gyms across the country. Fitness buffs untether themselves from their gadgets for …

She arrived at the wrong driveway, a one-way path that serves as an exit to the nearly two-acre Pulido compound in the affluent Floral Park neighborhood. But her mistake … What matters to her is the on-the-ground quality of service she receives from …

Smartphones have reshaped mobile, but really only in the rich Western world. Throughout much of the planet, old-school feature … Emerging market consumers can't afford it and more affluent Western consumers don't want it, as recent data from Mixpanel …

United Airlines customer service representative Desiree Yoos (L) takes a her picture inside the cabin while touring the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner at Los Angeles International Airport on November 30, 2012 in Los Angeles, Calif. by Gigi Douban …

But it is almost as if he is creating a brains trust, we don't know what so much of this new technology is going to deliver, how is going to be used, how function and form are going to interact. He's almost sort of creating a brains trust without it …

Strike Force Carnarvon was established in the wake of the Herald's 2011 revelations of systemic corruption and nepotism in the Health Services Union, which Williamson had run as a personal fiefdom for 16 years. The police statement of facts, … The …