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Wheels on fire: could cars be the new handbags? Liza Foreman reports

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Licence to frill

The enduring allure of lace – from ‘Downton Abbey’ to the Oscars red carpet

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Brides with bling

Wedding wear is big business for Indian designers

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Italian police seize €46m Bulgari assets

Grandsons of jeweller’s founder suspected of tax evasion

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More diplomat than bodyguard

For the modern ‘close protection operator’, a job as a hired heavy requires a light touch

From TECHNOLOGY 4:39am

Samsung puts firepower behind Galaxy

Challenge to Apple backed by money and hype

Sheikh Ahmed bin Said al-Maktoum, chairman of Emirates Airlines, (left) holds a press conference with Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone ©Getty From SPECIAL REPORTS Mar 14, 2013

Sponsorship: Brands beat a path to sport’s door despite drop in TV viewers

Rush of close-season deals constitutes substantial investment

From INDUSTRIALS Mar 14, 2013

BMW cashes in on US and China growth

German carmaker reports 5.9% rise in 2012 profits

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Mar 14, 2013

Italian luxury brands post strong growth

Tod’s and Brunello Cucinelli see success in international markets

From LEX Mar 13, 2013

Inditex: in and out of fashion

Creases begin to appear in world’s largest clothes retailer

From WORLD Mar 13, 2013

Qatar lined up for £10bn UK projects fund

Middle Eastern state eyes road, rail and energy developments

From TELECOMS Mar 14, 2013

Order for 1m smartphones boosts BlackBerry

Shares up on largest single order in Canadian group’s history

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Mar 12, 2013

Africa’s wealthy revel in luxury labels

Continent’s growing middle class find few local shops for sprees

Lex Mar 12, 2013

Blackberry: survival and the Z10

Time to gain customers on products’ merits

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Mar 13, 2013

Inditex expansion sustains profit growth

Fast fashion group’s store count passes 6,000

From WORLD Mar 11, 2013

Top executives join France exodus

Tough outlook facing Hollande underlined by new output figures

From COMMENT Mar 11, 2013

The shock news that made gold price soar

Central banks boosted the bullion market by limiting their sales of the metal

From SPECIAL REPORTS Mar 11, 2013

Dubai spotlight: Investors find real estate runes hard to read

Camilla Hall reports on the emirate’s rollercoaster property market

From SPECIAL REPORTS Mar 11, 2013

Secondary meltdown: Prime assets stay central to demand

Recovery in peripheral markets is a long way off, writes Ed Hammond

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