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...months admits she relapsed four days earlier after a fight with her husband. "He wanted money in order to grant me a divorce," says the mother of two. She lost $515 playing baccarat. A well-dressed engineer says that he's considered kidnapping children for ransom in order to pay off $500,000 in gambling debts. Tan has heard these stories before. He listens patiently and delivers a PowerPoint presentation about coping with addiction. "Don't read the racing papers and don't carry too much cash," he warns. "And stay out of the casinos...
...willing to pay a small ransom to own a Roller? They're people who tend to own four to eight cars, and often have at least one Rolls in the garage already - 37% are repeat buyers. Buyers tend to be entrepreneurs, showbusiness celebrities or sports stars; few are corporate executives. One factor working against Rolls-Royce in the West is a growing tendency among the wealthy to be less ostentatious, Rhys says. But showing off one's megabucks is culturally acceptable in China, he adds. That helps explain why China is now Rolls' third largest and fastest-growing market, accounting...
Then again, model Agyness Deyn was spotted recently in a leather ruff and farthingale by British designer Gareth Pugh. Silhouettes aside, designers this fall are offering a king's ransom of silk, satin, fur and jewel-like ornamentation that alone evoke the Tudor spirit. Oscar de la Renta showed ermine and chinchilla shrugs atop embroidered tulle. For Burberry Prorsum, Christopher Bailey referenced armor with a collection of austere leather coats, metal-studded dresses and black gauntlets that would not seem out of place in the Tower of London. Rodarte featured shimmering gold dresses fit for a nascent Queen...
...military personnel from Afghanistan before the kidnapping occurred - and end missionary work in the Islamic country. Seoul has also acceded to the Taliban's demand for removal of all Korean NGO workers from Afghanistan. But the spokesman said that the Seoul government has not agreed to pay a ransom for the hostages, contrary to media reports last week, nor has it agreed to release Taliban prisoners...
...involved and have a hand in the kidnapping. They are worried that if they report something they will have more problems in the future." The son of a friend, he says, was kidnapped and taken across the border to Peshawar, where he was held for a $30,000 ransom. It was eventually negotiated down to $16,000, which was all that the man could scrape together...