There is no scope for complacency - Tribune
S peaking in Parliament on Friday, the Prime Minister gave three reasons for the price rise: global recession, a hike in world commodity prices and drought. Recession has brought down the oil prices from $148 a barrel in July 2008 to $80 now. Global

For rent: 2BR, 2BTH, 1 Butler - New York Post
Celebrities renting an apartment in a converted Chelsea mansion will get a unique amenity — Graydon Carter’s butler. Ivo Juhani, 33, is a modern-day Jeeves who serves as the Vanity Fair editor’s part-time manservant and as head waiter at his

Share this on Twitter - ECSTASY Series — Juliet and Julian: Two - DAILY KOS
A support group and discussion forum for those who want to kick the habits of consumption that are damaging the world we live in. Preparing for this week's ECSTASY diary I was thinking about the addictive properties of the consumerist lifestyle

Tycoon stands out, urging HOS flats be resumed - Hong Kong Standard
New World Development managing director Henry Cheng Kar-shun has bucked the standard refrain of property developers and urged the government to resume building Home Ownership Scheme flats. Most developers are against the idea, claiming it would

Highmark condominiums auction seen as bellwether - Steamboat Pilot & Today
Steamboat Springs — The Steamboat Springs real estate and development communities will be paying close attention Friday when 15 luxury condominiums at The Highmark go on the auction block. By the end of the day, it could become clearer whether

Barbados has plenty of budget options - Vancouver Sun
There's something about the onslaught of winter that triggers my Caribbean dreams, and there may be no better year than this to explore an upscale isle like Barbados. Barbados definitely has loads of luxury (the only island with its own AAA and Zagat

Resort gem sinks in a sea of red ink - Atlanta Journal Constitution
The once-vaunted Sea Island Co. is awash in debt, badly behind on its loan payments and desperately trying to find a buyer for its five-star portfolio that once seemed immune to the economic whims that batter regular folk. The company’s downward

Aston Martin part owner seeks Kuwait state aid - Charleston Daily Mail
Other than Aston Martin, Investment Dar holds a range of banking and property investments. DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The debt-troubled Kuwaiti Islamic investment firm that owns half of British luxury car maker Aston Martin said Sunday it may

Dubai Pearl teams with Singapore's realty firm - Gulf News
Dubai : Pearl Dubai FZ LLC, developers of the 20-million square foot Dubai Pearl integrated destination overlooking the Palm Jumeirah, yesterday announced a tie-up with Singapore Sotheby's International Realty to leverage its luxury real estate

British conman jailed in US for £50m trail of fraud and theft - The Guardian
Robert Tringham with former girlfriend Barbara Abrass: he bought her a new home in Florida. Robert Tringham gave every appearance of living the American dream ‑ a self-made man, running a string of lucrative investment businesses in the United