The search for fame is becoming a commodity in itself. TLC's latest reality entry, "Raising Fame," features mothers who will do anything to help their daughters get famous. Like signing up for a reality show, perhaps? Hoping to be the next Kardashians …

With the self-protecting, self-serving attitudes of the affluent in full sway in recent decades, nonprofits have to realize that an anti-poverty agenda will be smothered in lip service and squashed somewhere between the White House and Congress. It …

Many of them wind up in Clearwater, drawn by the same balmy climate, world-class beach, numerous parks and other amenities that also attract more affluent visitors. And a sizable number of them … Last year, the City Council approved Marbut's …

Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao's promoter says his fighter will not end his boxing career with a fight in New York City because of the state's high income tax. “He'd have to be a lunatic,” Top Rank CEO Bob Arum said, according to The Wall Street Journal.

This is because policing urban areas requires more resources and these forces rely more heavily on Government funding, while police in more rural and affluent areas get a bigger contribution from local taxpayers. In North … South Yorkshire Police's …

Meanwhile, Eliot receives a $180,000 annual salary from his work with his father's high–end real estate company. Joining in: The tax returns show that Silda, seen here entering Spitzer's office building on Wednesday, is living apart from her husband …

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"'If you list it too high, you would never sell your house,' they thought." Pricing low may speed up the sale, which can save the real–estate agent both time and money spent marketing the property. In the end, agents may get a lower commission, but the …

But when interest began to build among Chinese citizens a few years ago, its focus was a handful of high–end, high-rise condominiums in Manhattan. Now, as the pool widens to include more upper-middle-class buyers — and as Chinese investors overall …