The Comité Colbert, the French luxury goods trade association, added Ducasse to its roster in June alongside two other French ambassadors of haute gastronomy, Joël Robuchon and Guy Savoy. It has been a busy year for Ducasse. He has also taken over …

A: Luxury items reach a point of the population where people have a certain income that isn't as affected by those downturns in the economy as your upper-middle class. There is still a market for those people. Q: What attracted you to chandeliers? A …

Gold swung between gains and losses amid concern that the U.S. Federal Reserve will slow the pace of its monthly bond purchases before the end of the year after leaving the stimulus program intact this month. Bullion for immediate delivery lost 0.7 …

For me, first and foremost it's great service, to be a great host, to be able to read what a guest wants and what will make their experience the most enjoyable. Obviously, as a sommelier we're focused on the beverage side of that. Does the image of …

Stick Fly offers a raucous portrait of an affluent African-American family, keeping it real with humor and on-the-mark observations about family life. October 24-December 22, 2013. Arden Theatre, 40 N. 2nd Street, (215) 922-1122, ardentheatre.org; The …

In an interview with the Stanford News Service, Jiménez discusses the project and his findings from the Cupertino case study, "When White Is Just Alright: How Immigrants Redefine Achievement and Reconfigure the Ethnoracial Hierarchy," which was …

Recent equalizing policy changes — like the higher federal income tax rates on the rich that came in earlier this year — remain, notes Saez, “modest relative to the policy changes that took place coming out of the Great Depression.” And this reality …

It, understandably, is strongly linked to deprivation, and Hastings has long been lagging behind more affluent towns elsewhere in Sussex. The Government does offer financial support to help vulnerable people combat fuel poverty, including grants to …

Sheriff's Lt. Jeff Hallock says the trouble began after authorities received a call about 7:30 p.m. Tuesday reporting a man had been stabbed in the street in the affluent hillside coastal community. A shooting occurred soon afterward. Hallock said the …