Source: Reuters About one in five workers around the globe, particularly employees in the Middle East, Latin America and Asia, telecommute frequently and nearly 10 per cent work from home every day, according to a recent Ipsos / Reuters poll. Telecommuting is particularly popular in India where more than half of workers were most likely ...
Source: Reuters The bubble may have burst in the Bordeaux market, but new Asian collectors are seeking diversity and in some cases even choosing second growth Bordeaux for value, said Robert Sleigh, head of Sotheby’s Asian wine department. Global economic uncertainty has hit the Asian wine market, with demand falling for top Bordeaux at the ...
Source: Reuters The pieces unveiled by Switzerland’s luxury watchmakers at the Geneva watch fair harked back to bygone eras with classic shapes, roman numerals and a good dash of gold to lend a sheen to troubled economic and political times. “The high-end watch industry has a duty to make the world smile,” Richard Mille, the ...
Source: Reuters Australia’s government has lambasted British and American Tobacco for using the image of a kangaroo on packets of cigarettes sold in Europe, ramping up hostilities with Big Tobacco ahead of a legal battle over plain-packaging laws. Attorney-General Nicola Roxon, who as Health Minister led the drive to introduce laws forcing tobacco products to ...
Source: Forbes The rich are different ‒ or so we’re told ‒ which is probably why organisers of the upcoming North American International Auto Show in Detroit have moved the most luxurious vehicles out of the city’s run-down convention centre (where they’d be forced to mingle with Chevys, Fords and Toyotas) and into a swank ...
Source: Reuters Beauty coaching, online wellness, snow showers and sound massages are just a few of the luxury treatments clients at spas around the globe will be experiencing in 2012. Massages and facials will still be big draws for the US$250 billion industry, but spas will be branching out into more personal coaching programmes, spa ...
Source: Reuters If you worry whether your kids will fall into the future ranks of “haves” or “have-nots”, consider your own financial behaviour in a more imperative duality: Are you a “doer” or a “dreamer”? As college tuition and student loan debt continue to soar and job growth for graduates looks sluggish in many fields, ...
Source: Reuters Forget nuclear missiles. Russia’s military arsenal will soon be bristling with badminton rackets. Hoping to keep soldiers and recruits in fighting form without great expense, the Defence Ministry plans to buy 10,000 badminton rackets and tens of thousands of shuttlecocks next year, the newspaper Izvestia reported last month. Call it military exercise. “Playing ...
Source: Reuters Beaujolais Nouveau has launched the 2011 French vintage, but if you’re interested in looking beyond the Bordeaux, Burgundy and Rhone classics for emerging wine experiences from all corners of the planet, then you’re in luck. Men’s magazine AskMen.com (www.askmen.com) has come up with a top 10 list for up-and-coming wine regions. 1. Austria ...
Source: Reuters Vienna’s excellent infrastructure, safe streets and good public health service make it the nicest place to live in the world, consulting group Mercer said in a global survey which put Baghdad firmly in last place. German and Swiss cities also performed especially well in the quality of living rankings, with Zurich, Munich, Düsseldorf, ...
