Upscale Atlanta neighborhood to protest Justin Bieber moving in
Residents of Atlanta's upscale Buckhead neighborhood want no part of Justin Bieber's plan to move into their community.The Buckhead Neighborhood Coalition is staging a protest Monday morning to object...
View ArticleNYC company to open luxury pay restroom service
NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- A company in New York City says it is opening an upscale pay restroom for tourists for $8 a day. The service, called Posh Stow and Go, is opening in the Midtown area in June...
View ArticleWealth gap: A guide to what it is, why it counts
Christopher S. Rugaber and Josh Boak Gallup poll shows two-thirds of Americans are unhappy with nation's wealth distribution.WASHINGTON (AP) — From the White House to the Vatican to the business elite...
View ArticleTiger 21: Ultra wealthy, secretive millionares club chooses Palm Beach for...
Mike Trim PALM BEACH, Fla. - It's one of the wealthiest groups in North America and it's only found in 17 cities.Now, Tiger 21 is digging in to Palm Beach.Charlie Garcia is the South Florida chair of...
View Article10 best Caribbean resorts for the 1%
Tiffany Dowd1. Musha Cay, BahamasIf your desktop screensaver is a Caribbean version of Fantasy Island, then Musha Cay, owned by illusionist David Copperfield, is your escape come true. With over 500...
View ArticleInevitability of snobbery and its uses
by Memphis Barker Snobs are everywhere if you know how to look. In the best seats of a small café, on the hunt for a local butcher, browsing vintage sneaker blogs. As far as I see it, the term "snob"...
View ArticleThe things we admire in men,
The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed,...
View ArticleBritain's 10 Richest People
By Tom Porter According to a new survey by the Hurun Global Rich List, 56 sterling billionaires now live in Britain.Approximately half of the country's richest residents are foreign, drawn here by the...
View ArticlePolo for Normal Folks
By CARRIE COOLIDGE Long considered a kingly sport, polo has an image routinely projected by glossy magazine photos of handsome royals, women in weird hats holding flutes of Champagne as they stomp...
View ArticleBoarding school kids can 'barely open a tin of beans'
Joe MurphyMichael Gove's wife has attacked the “snobbery” of private schools, claiming parents who choose them do not want their sons and daughters to mix with ordinary children.Sarah Vine made the...
View ArticleA DEFINITION OF A GENTLEMAN
Written by CARDINAL NEWMANIt is almost a definition of a gentleman to say he is one who never inflicts pain. This description is both refined and, as far as it goes, accurate. He is mainly occupied in...
View ArticleTHE WAY TO WEALTH
BENJAMIN FRANKLINCOURTEOUS READER: I have heard that nothing gives an author so great pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by others. Judge, then, how much I must have been gratified by an...
View ArticleBe interesting,
Be interesting, be enthusiastic... and don't talk to much. Norman Vincent Peale
View ArticleU.S. IRS audited fewer wealthy Americans in 2013
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service said on Friday that it audited fewer high-income Americans in 2013 than it did in 2012 or 2011, while it conducted more audits of people with no income.Total audits...
View ArticleWealthy couple accused of living on yacht, collecting welfare
PALM BEACH, Fla. —A wealthy couple is wanted by the law for allegedly living in luxury while collecting welfare benefits.Prosecutors say Colin and Andrea Chisholm milked the Minnesota welfare system...
View Article$1 trillion student loan debt widens U.S. wealth gap
Roughly 37 million people in the U.S. are so saddled with student debt they may never catch up with their wealthy peers who began life after college debt-free.By Carolyn Thompson The Associated Press...
View ArticleLuxury boat floating in harbour for two years claimed by wealthy owner who...
A wealthy Norwegian sailor has finally claimed a luxury boat that has been floating in a Swedish harbour unattended for two years - after he FORGOT all about it.Police had issued a Facebook appeal to...
View ArticleThe 67 People As Wealthy As The World's Poorest 3.5 Billion
Kasia MorenoOxfam International, a poverty fighting organization, made news at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier this year with its report that the world’s 85 richest people own assets with the...
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