
It's taken all of recorded history, but this year China finally looks set to overtake India as the world's number one gold consumer.
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It's taken all of recorded history, but this year China finally looks set to overtake India as the world's number one gold consumer.
Twenty-year-old South Korean supermodel Daul Kim was found hanged in her central Paris apartment after an apparent suicide, the South Korean embassy said, citing French police officials.
Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz posted an unexpected 3 percent drop at established stores in October, blaming weak sales in some of its major markets on the global downturn and knocking its shares.
Britons are among the ugliest people in the world, according to a dating website that says it only allows "beautiful people" to join.
Italian clothing retailer Benetton Group SpA turned in a higher third-quarter net profit as deferred sales boosted revenues and said it expected to lower its rising debt by the end of the year.
Weekly sales at John Lewis department stores jumped 7.8 percent year-on-year, boosted by demand for Halloween products and early Christmas shopping and adding to signs of a consumer recovery in Britain.
Confidence about economic recovery appears to be building, though companies remain wary and are still relying heavily on cost cutting to boost profits.
Clothing and homewares retailer Next is still budgeting for negative like-for-like sales in Spring/Summer 2010 even after raising second-half guidance, its chief executive said.
Updates from three of Britain's biggest clothing retailers should shed a little more light next week on whether consumers are starting to spend more freely ahead of the key Christmas trading period. Mid-market players...
Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz (HMb.ST) posted worse-than-expected sales in September as the economic downturn and warm weather kept consumers out of the shops.