Word: unrested
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...influence on the mass market, and many ideas eventually trickle down to the mainstream. In this special issue of TIME, we explore the changing perception of luxury through the eyes of those who define it as well as those who buy it. Today, despite the general state of unrest in the world, the global luxury-goods business is booming--up 27.7% in the U.S. and 56.2% in Hong Kong in the first five months of this year. Although it's hard to predict how long the boom will last, most analysts agree that where the stock market goes, so goes...
Despite rising interest rates, staggering energy prices (gasoline has climbed 30% in the U.S. in the past year) and the general state of unrest in the world, conspicuous consumption is back. According to a study by the Italian association Altagamma, U.S. sales of high-end goods grew 27.7% in the first five months of this year, and consumer confidence is way up, hitting a two-year high in July...
...tough guy ready to impose draconian measures to quell the country's relentless violence. Yet taking the fight all the way to the golden-domed Imam Ali shrine, where al-Sadr's men were dug in, could spark uncontrollable rage among the country's majority Shi'ite population. Unrest had quickly spread across the Shi'ite south and into Baghdad's teeming Sadr City slums. Washington sensed that a critical turning point had been reached: a widening conflagration would not only be devastating to the U.S. effort to bring some order to Iraq, but it would also be sure...
...crude soaring. With growth in global demand at a 24-year high and supply overstretched, any hint of disruption becomes a market mover. Oil prices hit $46.65 per bbl. last week - the highest in the 21-year history of New York Mercantile Exchange futures - amid fears of political unrest in the wake of oil-rich Venezuela's recall referendum on President Hugo Chávez. The soaring price might not signal a return to the 1970s oil shocks, but it was enough to cause stock markets to tumble and prompt economic leaders to warn of the threat to global economic...
This past month, Gaza witnessed unprecedented civil chaos and unrest. Militant organizations stepped up their protests against the PA, abducting Palestinian security officials and French aid workers, attacking Palestinian security offices and stations and organizing street demonstrations featuring hundreds of masked armed men. A lot of Palestinians like to say it is God’s way of doing things; He gives with His right hand (referring to the latest ruling from the International Court of Justice against the Israeli separation wall), and takes with His left hand (referring to the events in Gaza). While this cynical attitude is common...