The nominees and honorees for the 2013 CFDA Fashion Awards

The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) announced the nominees and honorees for the 2013 CFDA Fashion Awards, awards that will take place on Monday, June 3rd at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and will be digitally broadcast on the internet. The nominees for Womenswear Designer of the Year Award are Alexander Wang, Marc … Read more

Cadillac Escalade, Mercedes-Benz E-Class, and Lincoln MKT among 2013 Best Cars for Families award winners

What are the vehicles that provide the best combination of quality, features and space that today’s families need? Check the 2013 Best Cars for Families award winners announced by U.S. News & World Report. In different luxury categories the winners are 2013 Mercedes-Benz E-Class (Luxury Full-Size Cars category), 2013 Audi Q5 (Luxury Compact SUVs), 2013 … Read more

Neutral emotions – best for getting to the gym

Emotions can sabotage your best intentions to stay active Researchers from John Carroll University in University Heights suggest in a new study that being neither happy or sad makes us most likely to hit the gym. Feeling sad or stressed strongly influences whether or not a person will exercise, reports MyHealthNewsDaily. The study is published … Read more

Mobile industry’s innovators and leaders: The winners of 2013 Global Mobile Awards

The 2013 GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the mobile industry’s premier event held at the end of February, shone the light on the mobile industry’s many innovators and leaders, from all corners of the world.  GSMA announced the winners of the 18th Annual Global Mobile awards. “This year’s new categories reflected the industry’s reach … Read more

Luxury residential property market: London, New York and Côte d’Azur – the highest record home sale prices

Top global destinations lead resurgence in luxury residential property market, reports Christie’s International Real Estate in a new study on the global prestige residential market. Entitled Luxury Defined: An Insight into the Luxury Residential Property Market, the report compares 10 of the world’s top property markets—London, New York, Hong Kong, Paris, San Francisco, Cote d’Azur, … Read more

Asia – home of the largest proportion of super-rich

Asia has the world’s most billionaires Carlos Slim (73) – ranked as the “Richest Man on the Planet” On its 2013 list, Hurun Report, a monthly magazine best known for its “China Rich List“, a ranking of the wealthiest individuals in China, has ranked 1453 individuals with personal wealth of US$1 billion or more. Real … Read more