Other areas of 'luxury' spending that have also decreased include spending on personal good and services, such as makeup or medicine (-£10 a month) and spending on postage, telephone calls and internet connections (-£9 a month). Consumers' …

Silence has become a luxury in New York that only a scant few can truly afford, and cultural, technological and economic changes in recent years have added to the din everyone else must endure, creating not just one culprit, but many. Giant rooftop …

My experience with codeshare buddy China Eastern is nowhere close to Qantas standard. But if you have to go with China Eastern, at least you get Qantas frequent-flyer points. THE FREQUENCY. Qantas increased its codeshare arrangements with China Eastern …

Companies that produce generic products or services do not have this luxury and must accept whatever price is being offered in the market. BHP is one such price taker producing commodities such as iron ore and petroleum. In the face of excess supply …

Zephyr Real Estate is a member of the international relocation network, Leading Real Estate Companies of the World; the luxury real estate network, Who's Who in Luxury Real Estate; and the local luxury marketing association, the Luxury Marketing …

Despite the changes, Gurinder Sandhu, executive vice-president of Re/Max for Ontario-Atlantic Canada, said volatile stock markets and low interest rates have made luxury real estate attractive for both Canadian investors and foreigners. "People like to …

The revenues of worldwide luxury goods market are forecast to grow as much as 50 per cent faster than the global GDP, achieving a four to five per cent growth in 2013 and five to six per cent annual average through 2015. By mid-decade, the global …

An 85-foot luxury yacht burned for hours along a dock at Roche Harbor, San Juan County Sheriff's officials said. Video from a local web camera showed thick black smoke billowing above the yacht and surrounding dock area. Local fire and sheriff's …

Westport Shipyard, the luxury-yacht maker, imposed companywide layoffs Wednesday at its facilities in Port Angeles, Westport and Hoquiam because of a lack of work, a spokeswoman said. The company has a 100,000-square-foot plant at 637 Marine Drive and …