Category: Business
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Jack Ma (Alibaba), Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, and Patrick Drahi are this year’s top gainers
The Biggest Gainers And Losers Of 2014. Wealth-X study. According to Wealth-X, the biggest gainer of 2014 was Alibaba founder and executive chairman Jack Ma, the former English teacher-turned billionaire entrepreneur. Ma’s fortune swelled by US$18.5 billion this year to US$29.2 billion, representing an increase of 173%, largely due to Alibaba’s blockbuster IPO in September…
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Ryokan-style Suiran Kyoto to be the first Luxury Collection Hotel in Japan
The first Luxury Collection Hotel to open its doors in a ryokan-style accommodation. Kyoto (Japan) is a city steeped in tradition with numerous historic palaces, temples and shrines. In this well-established hospitality industry, with limited supply and few new developments at the high-end of the market, Starwood Hotels & Resorts announced will debut the…
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Cheaper oil could damage renewable energies, says Richard Branson
Entrepreneur claims Saudi Arabia is encouraging collapse in oil price in bid to undermine fracking and clean energy
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Lucia Pica named Global Creative Makeup and Color Designer at Chanel
Chanel Beauty Division hired a new beauty genius. Italian makeup artist Lucia Pica was named Global Creative Makeup and Color Designer at Chanel. Pica officially starts her new job on January 1, bringing “her creativity, her distinctive colour expertise and her modern interpretation of beauty, to Chanel.” This new position at Chanel entails developing products…
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Europe’s luxury industries, Europe’s Silicon Valley, continue to deliver strong performance. Report
#Luxury is not just for rich people, it’s jobs for Europe. If EU luxury sectors, taken collectively, represented a country, they would be the seventh largest economy in the EU. Despite the weak economic conditions Europe’s luxury industries continue to deliver strong performance, according to a new report issued last week by The European Cultural…
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Tiger Woods to design The Trump World Golf Club Dubai
‘Trump World Golf Club Dubai’, 18-Hole Championship Course will be Designed by Tiger Woods. Golfing superstar Tiger Woods, one of the most famous and iconic sportsmen in the world, will bring his design expertise and worldwide playing experience to ‘Trump World Golf Club Dubai,’ a new 18-hole championship golf course. Site preparation work on the…