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Debenhams’ New Luxury Divorce Registry

January 20, 2010 | Posted by Allison as Tid Bits & News at 11:27 am | (2) Comments »

UK department store Debenhams is trying to keep ahead of the luxury curve with a new concept, the Divorce Registry.

Peter Moore, head of retail services revealed, “A divorce means that one partner will be leaving the marital home and therefore be left without any essentials in their new house.”

Well, that’s certainly true, wonder who we can get to start one….?

Chicago’s Hotel 71 Sold

December 9, 2009 | Posted by Allison as Tid Bits & News at 10:10 am | Comments »

According to the Wall Street Journal Chicago’s Hotel 71 has been sold in an all-cash deal for $37 million.

The hotel was up to its eyeballs in debt and saw an official foreclosure back in July 2008.  If you’ll remember this is the hotel that housed Bruce Wayne’s apartment in the “The Dark Knight.”

Kourtney Kardashian Robbed

October 19, 2009 | Posted by Allison as Tid Bits & News at 10:41 am | Comments »

Kourtney Kardashian now joins the celeb ranks of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Orlando Bloom as the latest celebrity robbing victim.

Apparently Kardashian came home Saturday night to her Calabasas home missing some hundreds of thousands of dollars in luxury jewelry.  Some stolen pieces were even given to her by her late father Robert Kardashian and are irreplaceable. 

We’re just getting more and more surprised that it’s so easy to rob celebs.

Honda’s Electric Unicycle Unveiled

October 1, 2009 | Posted by Allison as Tid Bits & News at 9:20 am | Comments »

If Segways aren’t your bag, then maybe you should check out Honda’s new Electric Unicycle.

Much less bulky than the Segway, but using the same technology, this Electric Unicycle was developed by Honda’s robotics research team and can move easily in all directions.  Book your tickets to Japan’s Tokyo Motor Show on October 24 to see the cycle in person!

Oops, Randy & Evi Quaid Arrested For Hotel Nonpayment

September 25, 2009 | Posted by Allison as Tid Bits & News at 8:38 am | (4) Comments »

Kingpin actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi were arrested in West Texas earlier this week for burglary, defrauding an innkeeper and conspiracy.

The duo posted $20,000 bail each late yesterday and have been released after they failed to pay a $10,000 hotel bill for a luxury hotel in Santa Barbara, California.

B celebrities, they think they can just get away with anything, don’t they?

Ten Huge Companies Headed Towards Bankruptcy, You’ll Be Surprised

September 22, 2009 | Posted by Allison as Tid Bits & News at 8:30 am | (2) Comments »

A new report by Audit Integrity is listing some pretty heavy-hitting companies that are steering their mighty commerce ships toward bankruptcy.

Take a peek at the list, you’ll be surprised who might not be swinging in the market next year.

1. Hertz, yes it does
2. Textron
3. Sprint Nextel, there goes the HTC Hero
4. Macy’s, they have been far too unwilling to have major sales
5. Mylan
6. Goodyear, no it wasn’t
7. CBS
8. Advanced Micro Devices
9. Las Vegas Sands
10. Interpublic Group

Well, how shocked are you?

New Beyonce Fragrance Deal

September 16, 2009 | Posted by Allison as Tid Bits & News at 9:54 am | (2) Comments »

Beyonce has been the face for both Tommy Hilfiger and Giorgio Armani fragrances but now she is tuning in her spurs for her own scent with the help of Coty.

Debuting next spring, the new Beyonce perfume stands to make a potential $20 million over the next three years.  Let’s just hope it smells better that Britney Spears.

Forbes Billion Dollar Donors List Revealed

September 10, 2009 | Posted by Allison as Tid Bits & News at 9:50 am | Comments »

Forbes’  Billion Dollar Donors doesn’t leave you very surprised by the philanthropic individuals listed, with Bill Gates always in first place, but we do have a few newbies.

Out of 793 billionaires worldwide, Forbes has revealed the top fourteen philanthropic donors that have pledged over $1 billion.

1 Bill Gates, $28 billion donated.
2 George Soros, $7.2 billion
3 Gordon Moore (shown at right), $6.8 billion
4 Warren Buffett, $6.7 billion
5 Eli Broad, $2 billion
6 James Stowers, $1.9 billion
7 Herbert and Marion Sandler, $1.5 billion
8 Michael Bloomberg, $1.5 billion
9 Li Ka-shing, $1.37 billion
10 Dietmar Hopp, $1.25 billion
11 Michael Dell $1.2 billion
12 Klaus Tschira, $1.1 billion
13 Stephen Schmidheiny $1 billion
14 Ted Turner, $1 billion

Anybody you are surprised

Hurun Report Reveals Chinese Millionaires

August 25, 2009 | Posted by Allison as Tid Bits & News at 10:13 am | (1) Comment »

China is rising higher and higher into the sky and the only thing left to wonder is when you’re going to join the party.

According to the most recent Hurun Report, China holds 143,000 multimillionaires, along with 8,800 billionaires in Beijing, while even in Shanghai there are multimillionaires and 7,000 billionaires.

Now, why aren’t  our names amoung those?

Jack Nicholson Makes France His Own

August 13, 2009 | Posted by Allison as Tid Bits & News at 10:05 am | Comments »

Most luxury travelers consider France sacred and best to just immerse themselves in the culture and not think twice about it.  72-year-old actor Jack Nicholson, however, does not feel that way and we love it.

Jack has been seen on vacay this week loudly jumping off of yachts, swimming in the sea while smoking his cigs, and, as you can see, taking himself a nap on a grassy city median.

Ahh, Jack.

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