Forbes began the pursuit of the world’s billionaires 25 years ago. The first cut yielded 140 names. This year the magazine have counted an all-time high 1,226 billionaires worth a record $4.6 trillion. Carlos Slim tops Forbes billionaires list at $69 billion. There are now billionaires from 58 countries. The U.S. is still home to … Read more
Boeing delivers biggest 747 to secret VIP buyer First of nine 747-8 VIP airplanes will enter service after interior-completion program Boeing, the world’s second-largest plane-maker, celebrated a major achievement in the effort to create a Queen of the Skies for the 21st Century, delivering the first 747-8 Intercontinental VIP airplane to an undisclosed customer, thought … Read more
Since 2007, Isabelle Gellé, a French perfumer based in Yorkshire has been striving to make people rediscover the smells of Nature through botanical perfumes. Ahead of her time, Isabelle anticipated that consumers would want to return to periods when natural ingredients were the only known things around. Isabelle is a native of the Indian ocean … Read more
LeDIX Furtif – stealth power symbol Significantly inspired by the stealth technology used in the most advanced aircraft, LeDIX Furtif by Celsius X VI II, the pioneer brand in the development of amazing mechanical mobile phones, is the very first mobile phone with a carbon fibre structure endowing it with sturdiness, lightness, a virile new … Read more
La Montre Hermès – 100 years of horological history Hermès has a watchmaking tradition that dates back to 1912. At 2012 Baselworld Watch & Jewellry Fair La Montre Hermès presents its two first manufacture movements. One calibre has given rise to two exclusive movements measuring time in both the feminine and masculine worlds of the … Read more
London’s Grosvenor Hotel reveals Cora Pearl Suite – an homage to its once infamous visitor The Grosvenor Hotel, near Victoria Station, has revealed its past connection to one of the most risqué residents of 1870s London – the scandalous Miss Cora Pearl – one of the most feted courtesans of her time, notorious with ‘entertaining’ … Read more