That has meant rearranging, if not abandoning, the well-worn rituals of the usual Obama holiday on Martha's Vineyard, a scenic New England island of beetlebung trees, BMWs and an affluent summer population used to vacationing presidents. On Sunday, for …

The 20-something Beijing lawyers and fans of South Korean pop idol Rain are part of a small but growing number of affluent Chinese for whom the craze for all things South Korean means flying to Seoul for the weekend to have wedding pictures taken …

EVEN Hotels also will have healthy food options, eco-conscious design, LED mood lighting, naturally derived bath products and antibacterial wipes, according to emailed information from Adam Glickman, head of EVEN Hotels, and Jordan Worrall, public …

The announcement is just the latest structural change for the soup maker since Morrison took over two years ago. Morrison has vowed to right the company's struggling canned soup business in the U.S. and has moved to diversify with the type of fresher …

American Express (AXP) has long been seen as the upscale, mass affluent, competitor to mass-market cards from Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA), but the company is making some changes that will allow younger, less well off, consumers to carry American …

Whereas Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) offers a number of high-end PC products for affluent consumers as well as powerful IT systems for small and medium-sized businesses, Dell has a reputation for selling cut-rate, low-quality computers and …

Before his death in 1975, Voegtlin published a diet book that recommended meat protein and fat, but no dairy products, no salt and minimal plant-based foods (especially grains and sugar). In the late 1980s, Boyd Eaton published a somewhat …

Cleve E. Carney championed a range of nonprofit groups and causes, including the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, the B.R. Ryall YMCA in Glen Ellyn and the DuPage Community Foundation, which named him "Philanthropist of the Year" in 2007. A longtime …

The 2013 Central Minnesota Community Foundation has selected winners of its Philanthropy Awards. They will be presented Sept. 12 at the Holiday Inn & Suites, St. Cloud. The Alex Didier Award in Philanthropy honors a person or couple who have given …