Once a national corporate communications specialist, McDermott said she battled despair for almost a decade, relying on career success and the acquisition of luxury items to achieve it. "I was earning six figures and I had a wardrobe full of shoes and …

The Troika programme for Greece has entailed IMF-style austerity without the IMF cure of devaluation, which was ruled out by euro membership. … “By now it would probably be exporting its way back to growth with a more competitive drachma,” he said.

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To earn their cash, teens will turn to fast food service (27%), grocery stores (16%), landscaping (15%), babysitting (12%) and waiting tables (11%), and expect to earn an average of $456. No matter what their summer job plans, 96% of parents say their …

Of course, [such events] help us to sell real estate," said Andrey Shcherbakov, head of the real estate department at "Rietumu Banka," a private Latvian bank for affluent individuals mainly from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other former …

Such a network will be able to support the relatively simple service needs of the mass market as well as the more in-depth service requirements of mass affluent and affluent customers. But the banking industry must tread a careful path to this destination.

Demand from increasingly affluent China and Southeast Asian nations has driven a surge in elephant poaching in recent years, leading to the deaths of tens of thousands of the animals annually, wildlife monitoring groups say. But in a new development …

A Saturday morning trip to the travel agent sealed the deal with flights and hotels all booked up and the services of a tour rep at their service. Then along came the internet democratising travel and stripping the tourist operators, those … A …

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke Thursday said falling gold prices may reflect less concern among investors about “extreme outcomes” for the economy. “Gold is an unusual asset. It's an asset that people hold as a sort of disaster insurance,” Mr.