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No Fit for Luxury Lifestyle for Tokyo Women Costs Versace, Gucci Customers Akiko Sayama re-examined her spending habits when the Tokyo staffing agency where she works cut its overtime budget. She lost more than $13,000 in annual pay, so one of the first things she did was curb her tastes for Louis Vuitton and PPR SA’s Gucci.

Land Rover Mixes $100,000 Mud Bath as New Models Go Large: Jason H. Harper That’s not a road, that’s a stream running down a steep ravine.

Google-Fueled Droid Attacks IPhone With Flash: Tech by Rich Jaroslovsky “It’s kind of heavy, isn’t it?”

Land Rover Goes Large With $100,000 Mud Bath: Jason H. Harper That’s not a road, that’s a stream running down a steep ravine.

Aston Martin DB2 Le Mans Racer Fetches $900,000 at London Sale A 1950 Aston Martin that raced twice at Le Mans sold for 550,000 pounds ($900,000) at an auction in London last night.

Google-Fueled Droid Attacks IPhone: Rich Jaroslovsky (Update1) “It’s kind of heavy, isn’t it?”

Don’t Move to Mac, and How to Do It Anyway: Rich Jaroslovsky So, now that Windows 7 is finally out, it’s time to ask the question: Should you switch to a Mac?

Girls Aloud’s Harding Backs City Bar; Squirrel Lunch: Food Buzz Sarah Harding of the pop group Girls Aloud is backing a Polynesian bar in the City of London that promises to transport visitors to an exotic paradise. Kanaloa is the project of Nick House and Piers Adam, the team behind clubs including Mahiki, Whisky Mist and the Punch Bowl.

New York Three-Star Chef Boulud to Open Restaurant in London Chef Daniel Boulud, who last month won three Michelin stars for Daniel in New York, is to open a bistro in London’s Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park next year.

Bone-Chilling Temperatures Make Great Canadian Reds, Sparklers Canada’s intensely sweet dessert ice wines have won well-deserved kudos over the last decade, but who knew that Ontario produces some first-rate dry whites and reds?

With $250,000 Grape Sorter, Napa Mountain Men Are Big in Valley Driving rain rattled the tin-roofed shed in Napa’s Spring Mountain wine district where I was playing grape picker and cellar rat during harvest. No picking cabernet at Cain Winery that morning. Sunny California was elsewhere.

Bon Jovi Joins Barenboim, Gorbachev to Fete Fall of Berlin Wall Daniel Barenboim, who was in town the night the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, is joining Bon Jovi, Mikhail Gorbachev, Lech Walesa and Hillary Clinton to celebrate the 20th anniversary.

Fellini’s Curvy Heroines, Clowns Strut in Paris Show: Review Fellini, once viewed by some as a mere farceur, has become a classic. The Jeu de Paume in Paris is honoring the Italian film director with a vast exhibition, aptly named “La Grande Parade.”