The inability to collect taxes from the rich and excessive public expenditures have led to regressive measures of taxation as the continuous increases in basic items of expenditure on the spurious ground of increasing domestic consumption. A strong …

One of the main issues that everyone from the affluent countries and the representatives of the international community – the US, EU, the Nordic countries – seem to be concerned about the human rights violation that is purported to have occurred in the …

As banks zero in on more affluent customers who promise twice the revenue of their lower-income counterparts, shutter branches in poor areas and remain stingy with credit, pawnshops are revamping their image and stepping into the void to offer …

In affluent Greenwich, between 16 and 27 homeless students were reported annually between 2007 and 2012. In the well-to-do, but more rural community of Litchfield, Superintendent Deborah Wheeler estimated the homeless … The school district has …

Anthony D. Marshall, the 89-year-old son of philanthropist and society grande dame Brooke Astor, was granted medical parole Thursday after serving two months of a one- to three-year prison term for plotting to steal tens of millions of dollars his …

The children of Holiday Inn founder, Kemmons Wilson, and their company, Orange Lake Resorts, pledged $500,000 to the capital expansion and improvement campaign of Give Kids The World, a Florida nonprofit resort for children with life-threatening …

IT WILL INCREASE IMPORT TAXES ON SOME LUXURY GOODS – LKE CARS AND YACHTS – AND AIMS TO BOOST EXPORTS, BY OFFERING TAX BREAKS FOR SOME INDUSTRIES. IT WILL ALSO MAKE IT EASIER TO INVEST IN THE COUNTRY'S …

But that delicate balance is in danger of imploding because Bernard Arnault, France's richest man is turning the entire Mediterranean port into a glitzy showcase for his luxury boutiques, defenders of the famed Riviera village have warned. Mr Arnault …

Dartiailh's small galley is below decks on the 82-year-old yacht and despite its size, he manages to lay out delicious multi-course meals with fine china and tingling crystal around the eight-seat banquet table. Passengers however don't eat all their …