IBT Staff Reporter

BMW surpassed August's global sales volumes for its core brand not just versus last year's month but for those of 2007 and 2008 as well, underlining the strength of the recovery in the premium car market.

Swiss cloth Hennes & Mauritz manufacturer has roped in exclusive Paris Fashion group Lanvin to design a collection for its autumn sale. The exclusive Paris fashion group Lanvin would design a collection for the world's third biggest clothing retailer to go on sale in the autumn.

The luxury market which has so far been dominated by the West is facing stiff competition from China. Top global luxury brands like Burberry and Coach are trying to affirm supremacy in market by pouring funds in multi-billion dollars and function on their own instead of running on a franchise basis.

The sultry British actress Keira Knightely reportedly has left her home country to settle in U.S. According to recent Companies House paper works, Knightley has been listed as the director of her firm Ponder Rights where her country of residence is mentioned as U.S.

India's only coral island chain made up of 36 islands and dotted off the coast of Kerala (the southern state of India), Lakshadweep (Laccadives) islands is as spectacular as it is tricky to get to.

In the first quarter of 2011, Raffles Hotels & Resorts will open up its first ultra-luxury resort in Praslin Island, Seychelles.

Reforms will slightly accelerate the rise in healthcare spending, according to a survey released on Thursday, handing Republicans more ammunition as they attack the Obama administration's legislative victory.

With the advent of folic-acid supplementation of certain foods, few Canadians are now getting too little of the B vitamin, a new study estimates -- in findings that question the need for children and men to get additional folic acid from vitamins.

Britain's healthcare cost watchdog said it was unable to recommend use of Bristol-Myers Squibb's schizophrenia drug Abilify in children aged 15 to 17 and has asked for more information on its effectiveness.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent warnings to five makers of electronic cigarettes for marketing them illegally as stop-smoking aids and said on Thursday it intends to regulate the products as drugs.

The risks of a potential new diet pill and a 13-year-old weight-loss medicine face U.S. scrutiny next week as medical experts consider if the drugs' benefits outweigh possible side effects.

Men who have a certain genetic variations that put them at higher risk of prostate cancer may benefit from regular screening for the disease, a study by British scientists found Friday.

Exposure to extremely low-frequency magnetic fields (ELF-MFs)--emitted by anything from power lines to appliances or improperly grounded wiring--is not likely to increase children's risk of developing brain tumors, the authors of a new analysis conclude.

U.S. Department of Agriculture experts knew about sanitary problems at one of the two Iowa farms at the center of a massive nationwide egg recall, but did not notify health authorities, the Wall Street Journal reported.

Welsh researchers said the risk of psychosis seems to be higher in cities than in rural areas. This may be a reflection of increased social fragmentation in cities.

The more education a person has, the lower the heart and stroke risk, U.S. researchers say, at least in high-income countries.

U.S. and British researchers say that drinking and withdrawal from chronic drinking can increase the stress hormone cortisol, raising the risk of memory loss.

As the premier motorsport Grand Prix season begins in Singapore from 17 to 26th September the city is gearing up with a series of parties, art exhibitions, Sound Park, and shopping festivals.

Get your dose of wellbeing with a balanced diet at Joya Terrace in InterContinental Montelucia Resort & Spa. The new healthy menu designed by the resident Resort Executive Chef Christian Pratsch includes dishes that please the palate and feed the body with vital nutrients.

After winning accolades from Conde Nast Traveller Magazine UK edition Jalousie Plantation Resort in Sugar Beach St. Lucia is gearing up to renovate itself and creating a new branding as the Tides Sugar Beach.

George Clooney's assassin drama The American failed to dazzle the box even in the holiday season. The film had a lackluster opening in the US, making only $13 million during the three-day Labor Day weekend holiday, according to studio estimates.

African Americans are known to have a higher rate of heart disease and stroke than whites, and a new study suggests that those excess risks emerge at a relatively young age.

An estimated five million uninsured children in the United States were eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) but were not enrolled in either plan, according to a new report.

Transmission of the AIDS virus seems to be out of control among gay men in France despite an overall fall in the number of new HIV cases in the country, according to a study published on Thursday.

Younger chief executives with high testosterone levels may be more likely to try a hostile takeover -- and to get burned in the attempt, Canadian researchers said on Wednesday.

Johnson & Johnson has pledged grant money, drugs and research funding for new HIV and tuberculosis medications as part of a five-year, private sector effort to improve the health up to 120 million women and children in developing nations each year.

New U.S. reforms are poised to dramatically shift the nation's healthcare spending, not only curbing Medicare costs but also pumping more money toward the private sector as roughly 32 million people gain coverage.

Tests of tumor samples taken before and after treatment with an experimental melanoma pill helped researchers find the right dose in early stage testing, an approach that may boost the drug's chances of success and aid in developing others, company researchers said on Tuesday.

Daily tablets of large doses of B vitamins can halve the rate of brain shrinkage in elderly people with memory problems and may slow their progression toward dementia, data from a British trial showed on Wednesday,