She feels a kinship with the man and covets his lifestyle. "Oh," she says on spying his house. … has been carved up by motorways. These days the villages are less working farming communities than affluent dormitories for city commuters. Happily …

But her lavish lifestyle falls apart when she discovers Hal's investment banking is not only dishonest but also he's a habitual philanderer. When he's sent to prison and the government repossesses everything, pampered Jasmine has no choice but to pack …

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In fact, they're so common that a higher level of luxury exists to set the super-rich apart from the merely affluent. A budget of about $1,000 to $2,000 will buy one of the cheaper bags by luxe labels such as Prada, Hermes, Fendi, Chanel or Louis Vuitton.

When they realized the older generations, in their affluent self-assurance, wasn't going to listen to their ideas about cultural preservation and nationhood, this generation looked back to their people's history. They found inspiration in stories about …

In Mindanano, many prepared food, money and other items for sharing at the congregational prayers' sites, while others who chose recipients in distant places swarmed banks and money-transfer establishments to send their “fitra” or charities. Some poor …

The item at the centre of the Winfrey dispute was reportedly a Tom Ford Jennifer bag – named for Jennifer Aniston, a fan of the American designer. The version on sale at Zurich's Trois Pommes was one of the higher-end models, priced at 35,000 Swiss …

By Whitney McFerron – 2013-08-09T13:51:42Z. Gold traders are the most bearish in seven weeks as investors weigh when the Federal Reserve will reduce bond purchases and holdings of the metal in exchange-traded products dropped to a three-year low.

(Kitco News) – With a close over $1,300 an ounce, gold prices might be in a situation to build slightly on this week's gains, but continued physical demand will be important and U.S. economic data could determine the market's direction. Gold prices …