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A CERTAIN WELL-KNOWN online auction site (other well-known auction sites are available) can feel a little like the horological equivalent of Battersea Dogs & Cats Home. So many appealing little faces,

1. When you are away a lot travelling with work, you need a reliable way of waking you up. I bought this portable alarm clock from the Hermès shop in Harrods for my wife Bettina years ago, but appropr

Alarm sounds in private credit: Last month, Tricolor, a sub-prime car lender, filed for bankruptcy. Ohio-based First Brands, a maker of car parts, followed two weeks later. Both companies had borrowed

A DECADE AGO, RALPH LAUREN THE COMPANY WAS JEOPARDIZING ITS LUXURY REPUTATION AND WATCHING PROFITS PLUMMET. THE SOLUTION: FINDING THE RIGHT PARTNER FOR RALPH LAUREN, THE MAN. HOW PATRICE LOUVET HELPED AMERICA’S MOST IMPORTANT FASHION COMPANY GET ITS GROOVE BACK.

When Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia was just 13 years old, Ugandan despot Idi Amin claimed that he had been instructed by God to expel the circa 80,000 Ugandan Asians from their country. They had 90 days to

PEOPLE USED TO COMPLAIN THAT cars all looked the same. Now, though, with an endless array of retrofuturistic coupes and LED emblazoned crossovers, if you think cars are all copy/paste, you’re not look