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Millionaire watches get a makeover
It was a festival of super-bling, as a $2.8m diamond encrusted watch dazzled crowds at the world's biggest watch and jewellery fair in Basel.
The cigar bar makes a comeback
European night clubs spearhead a revival of the private smoking lounge.
'Fabulous' pink diamond sells for $47m
A rare pink diamond has smashed the world record for a jewel at auction, selling for more than $US46 million ($A47.2 million) to a well-known gem dealer.
Little steps are just the ticket, unless you're ivy
Catharine Munro SYDNEY firms have won the top prizes at the Australian Institute of Architects awards for the first time in four years, but the judges lamented the nation's lack of inspiring public buildings.
Architecture award winners
The winners of the 2009 Australian Institute of Architects state and territory architecture awards.
Extreme billionaires
Steven Bertoni, Forbes.com Forget golf. These billionaires have journeyed to space, crossed oceans in balloons and raced on the NASCAR circuit.
Heritage village sale opens the corridors of history
Jonathan Chancellor A dormant 75-hectare heritage village at Goulburn, complete with 77 buildings, cricket oval, clock tower, and bowling green has been listed for mortgagee sale with $5 million-plus hopes.
