Tag: economic

It's not only military intervention--economic foreign policies are coming under fire too.
As the International Monetary Fund meets in Washington, critics blame their policies of the conditions that led to the unrest in the Middle East.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters Life!) - Economic woes have taken their toll on Wall Street and Main Street, but they won't dim the glamour on the red carpet at the Academy Awards.

It will be business as usual on Feb 22, the biggest night of the U.S. film industry when it pays tribute to its finest actors, directors, producers and writers.

GUCCI, Yves Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta and Puma are powering luxury conglomerate PPR through the economic turbulence; strong sales across the brands have seen PPR's third quarter sales rise a modest-yet-respectable 1.7 per cent to 4.9 billion Euros, or £3.67 billion.

Gucci saw like-for-like sales rise 6.2 per cent, while those at Yves Saint Laurent and Puma were up 27.4 per cent and 9.2 per cent respectively. Double-digit growth was also reported at Stella McCartney and Alexander McQueen.