In fact, most of the planet has fallen into this state, so the rich and powerful have constructed a massive luxury space station, complete with palatial estates, called Elysium. Think of it like an orbiting Beverly Hills. There the wealthy inhabitants …

"I motorcycled for a couple of weeks and trotted around," she says of her adventure. "We had really no plan, except that we wanted to go to the Kumbh Mela [the Hindu pilgrimage that this year attracted 100 million … Such a pace is a rare luxury, and …

PEOPLE struggling with debt in outwardly affluent Stratford should not be embarrassed to ask for help. So says Sue Green, manager of the town's Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB), which has seen an … "Our service is free, confidential and entirely non …

That Tesla's luxury electric vehicle — the Model S sedan — has become popular with the affluent and the environmentally conscious is clear from the numbers. The company sold 5,150 of the cars in the second quarter, … next-generation Tesla vehicle …

In 2007, the same year the now retired U Than Shwe sought treatment in Singapore, Myanmar's former military junta spent less than $1 per person on health care, according to statistics from the Health Ministry. Six years later under the country's new …

China's affluent shoppers have average annual earnings of between $19,500 and $90,000 and are expected to be the driver for the future growth of luxury markets, according to Exane BNP Paribas, an equity research firm. "A strong middle-class is one of …

A BUS service that takes some of the least affluent children in East Dorset to school is under threat. The 844 school service, which serves the Heatherlands estate in Ferndown, may stop running after a proposal by Dorset County Council to remove the …

“Our students were very quiet, non-confrontational. I don't even think that they talked to anybody there.” Of course, these are people who claim that yelling at women trying to get into abortion … We are, after all, talking about high school and …

The site provides skimpy details on the gadgets for sale and it has fewer and less-informative customer reviews than are available at rival sites like Amazon.com Inc. Best Buy's site can't customize merchandise recommendations for individual customers …