The very wealthiest Americans earned more than 20 percent of the country's household income last year — their biggest share since 1928, according to an analysis of Internal Revenue Service figures dating to 1913 by economists. By ANNIE LOWREY … High …

Whitt told Berger that Hughart's life has been ruined, with him going from an affluent lifestyle and a six-figure mine official salary to losing his home and becoming essentially destitute. "I think he has the message already," Whitt said. "He already …

Bankers, however, say the findings don't necessarily mean there isn't a large wealthy population developing in these countries, but are more a sign that rich people in these markets are mainly entrepreneurs still focused on building up their businesses …

Rich landowners could afford the help required to maintain such greenery, and they had the luxury of dedicating their tract of land to something as frivolous as a non-food crop. In the 1900s, however, suburban planners began to splice up the North …

More than 35 leading interior designers will transform the mansions into unique expressions of creativity and power — with rooms inspired by their own accomplished clients or iconic "titans” of business, entertainment, technology and fashion. The …

9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Terlato Wines, a leading marketer of luxury wines in the U.S., announced today a long-term agreement with Marnier-Lapostolle, Inc. to import and market Marnier XO Cognac. … Mike Ditka Wines, Seven Daughters; Oregon: Sokol …

The leafy estate in South Kensington Photo: Beauchamp Estates / SWNS. A luxury mansion, nestled among the trees on its own country estate has gone on sale for a record-breaking £105 million, 640 times the average house price. But this is a property …

Failure to help this poor, ill-educated underclass in a city where luxury cars and other conspicuous displays of wealth are increasingly common could lead to social unrest. Most democracy uprisings in Yangon against the former junta were sparked by the …

Jerome Goldman, a naval architect, inventor and businessman who developed the luxury condominium complex One River Place and moved into its penthouse, died Thursday at his New Orleans home. He was 89. A native of Kankakee, Ill., Mr. Goldman …