If it succeeds in its lofty aims, the first shop in Palermo showcasing goods from businesses who refuse to pay Mafia extortion fees will eventually be forced out of business.
Major department store chains reported lower February same-store sales on Thursday as consumers spent less on home goods and women's apparel in the weaker U.S. economy. J.C. Penney Co Inc reported a 6.
Hong Kong's famed solid gold toilet is, well, a fixture on the city's tourist itinerary. But with gold prices touching record highs, part of the site could soon be headed down the pan.
Platinum prices spiked to an all-time peak close to 2,300 dollars on Tuesday March 4th as the white metal got fresh support on the back of a weak dollar and supply worries in key producer South Africa.
By Sophie Hardach and Yoko Kubota TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Jelly drinks, pigs' trotters, and now turtle meat and blood: a beauty craze over food rich in collagen, considered to be good for the skin, has added some unusual items to Japanese menus.
From Pop Kek cakes to Mio soap, Turkish products dominate shop shelves in Iraq's Kurdish north.
The reason they put bubbles in it, wine-growers from Bordeaux and Burgundy have been heard to say, is because the wine is no good. But with 338 million bottles sold last year and exports up 5.3 percent, champagne has come far from humble times.
By Mary Milliken SAN MARINO, California (Reuters Life!) - Beyond the Wall of the Colorful Clouds and around the Lake of Reflected Fragrance, the largest traditional Chinese garden in the United States to date has sprung from the soil of Southern California.
US authorities raided dozens of stores in New York's Chinatown Tuesday in a crackdown on counterfeit goods that yielded fake watches, bags and perfumes with a street value of one million dollars.
Driven by demand from rich Middle Eastern clients and high-flying businessmen, the market for luxury private jets is booming, industry leaders said at the close of the Singapore Airshow.
The price of oil touched an all-time peak of 101.32 dollars a barrel in trading on Thursday, lifted by fears of supply disruptions, according to analysts. Oil's surge helped gold to a record high of 948.
French cosmetics giant L'Oreal said on Thursday February 12th it expects further improvement in its earnings this year as an expected slowdown in the key North American market is offset by emerging country demand.
Reckitt Benckiser , the world's biggest household cleaning goods group, met market forecasts with an 18 percent rise in 2007 profit but signalled slower growth this year.
For 400 years, Canada sold most of its wild animal pelts to Europe -- but now Russia and China have become its biggest markets as their booming economies breed a wealth of fur fashionistas.
EU antitrust regulators stepped up a probe into microchip giant Intel on Monday February 11th by raiding the US company's German offices and computer retailers on suspicions they might have stifled competition.
