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Luxury fashion house Burberry has reported consistent double digit revenue growth for the first half of the year. The growth has been reported in retail, wholesale and almost all product categories of the brand.

Charlie Gilmour, son of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, was released from a Norfolk, England prison after four months for an LSD-fueled violence charge.

A new luxury Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts will be opened in the heart of central Amsterdam, the leading global hospitality company has announced.

Monti said he would “act with urgency” to resolve Italy’s deep financial crisis.

Union workers at Freeport Indonesia are extending their strike into a third month, keeping production and exports halted from the world's second biggest copper mine.

Crude oil prices declined to below $98 a barrel in Asian trade on Tuesday as renewed concerns over the euro zone debt crisis weighed on the markets sentiment.

Fans of Elizabeth Taylor will have a chance to buy an item from the vast collection of the Hollywood actress when Christie's sells nearly 1,000 lower-priced pieces in a special online auction.

Actress Meryl Streep unveiled a poster in London on Monday promoting her upcoming big-screen portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, which one early review described as magnificent.

The current economic rebound could be short-lived, given the continued strength of the yen currency, the global economic slowdown and the floods in Thailand.

Both police and the military will be reportedly deployed across London during the games next year.

The yield on Spain’s 10-year sovereign bonds rose just above the dangerous 6 percent level from 5.85 percent on Friday

The bank is also heavily exposed to Italian sovereign bonds -- holding about 38 billion euros.

van Persie has just 18 months left on his current contract

Italy paid a euro-era high price to sell five-year bonds on Monday, with investors wary of buying its debt until the country's new leadership undertakes profound economic reform.

Former Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas has warned Arsenal against losing their current skipper and in-form striker Robin van Persie.

Despite economic growth predicted to slide in the near future, U.S.-based tour operators estimate an increase in the outbound travel. The latest report by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the European Travel Commission (ETC), the number of tourists to Europe, from the U.S. is expected to grow.

Gold traders in India stayed away from fresh physical buying as futures prices extended gains to near last week's peak.

Sixteen-time grand slam winner Roger Federer won his first Paris Masters title with a 6-1 7-6 (7-3) victory over Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Theo Walcott has made 125 appearances for Arsenal and scored 20 times, since his arrival in 2006.

World champions Argentina, who missed out on their usual ticket to the Olympic women's hockey tournament, have got into the London 2012 Games by the back door.

Oprah Winfrey received an honorary Oscar for her charitable work on Saturday in what she called an unimaginable moment for a black woman who grew up poor in Mississippi and rose to the top of Hollywood stardom.