… Monthly Pulse" states that not only are affluent Americans buying luxury items, but that about one-third of American adults — extrapolated from Shullman's surveys — said they definitely or probably will buy a luxury product or service over the …

Photograph: Ron Scherl/Redferns. One of the UK's most active philanthropists, the Littlewoods heir Sir Peter Moores, is calling time on his charitable foundation after 50 years during which time he has given more than £215m to the arts, education and …

Just as we're now figuring out parenthood along the way, we hardly knew anything about philanthropy before creating Jolkona. All we knew was that we wanted to use our spare change to help specific people around the world in a tangible, transparent way.

It comprises a yachts maintenance unit at the Port of Tabarka, a marina, an industrial and commercial area near the airport, the extension of the tourist area "El Morjane" in the village of Barkoukech, a luxury hotel, a clinic, a stadium, residences, a …

The new hotels in Lagos, the growth of capital city of Abuja, the importation of luxury goods, the Audi and Porsche dealerships, the sky-rocketting real estate prices, the money earmarked for infrastructure projects, the increase in flight passengers …

These range from small dinghy tenders such as the FoldAway 8 and the NautiRaid Coracle 250, to some of the world's most desirable sailing and motor yachts such as the Bavaria Vision 42 and Gunfleet 58. There will also be impressive luxury motor yacht …

The NBA is down to a series of Instagram photos from moving yachts and crossed fingers from worried teams hoping their players stay safe in the summer off. There's nothing going on, save for that clock on the wall that is ticking down to the 2013-14 …

Cocaine worth an estimated $330 million has been seized from a luxury yacht on the South Pacific island of Vanuatu in a joint operation involving Australia and the United States, officials said Friday. More than 1,600 pounds of the drug was discovered …

Swiss firm Pictet, for example, runs a Premium Brands fund that aims to profit from demand for luxury goods, from watches and clothing to luggage. Because buyers of these goods are increasingly from Asia, this is a way of playing the wider emerging …