Dec 16th, 2008 · My name is Renée. I am fifty-four years old. For twenty-seven years I have been the concierge at number 7, rue de Grenelle, a fine hôtel particulier with a courtyard and private gardens, divided into eight luxury apartments, all of which are inhabited, all of which are immense.
Dec 15th, 2008 · Levi Touger, owner of Royal Pawn & Jewelry Inc., talks about the calls he has received since Bernard Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme was revealed. He says people are asking if they can put up their luxury cars, yachts and other high-end items as collateral.
Dec 7th, 2008 · Peru is buying inexpensive computers for poor, rural schoolchildren, connecting them to new skills and information. Skeptics call the laptops a luxury when those kids don't have basics such as health care. They also say newfound skills could lead students to city jobs, spurring the brain drain in isolated villages.
Nov 28th, 2008 · Indian commandos halted operations Friday to dislodge militants inside Mumbai's luxury Oberoi hotel and officials said a similar assault on a Jewish center was wrapping up after suspected Islamic militants launched attacks that killed 143 people and wounded hundreds across the city.
Nov 28th, 2008 · Gunmen in Mumbai are thought to still be holding a number of foreign hostages. Indian commandos have been trading fire with the attackers. On Wednesday, gunmen armed with assault rifles and grenades fanned out across Mumbai and attacked popular tourist sites, including the city's top two luxury hotels.
Nov 27th, 2008 · Steve Inskeep speaks with Somini Sengupta of The New York Times in Mumbai. Sengupta describes the latest developments in the attacks on luxury hotels and other targets in India's commercial capital.
Nov 27th, 2008 · Teams of gunmen stormed luxury hotels, a popular restaurant, hospitals and a crowded train station late Wednesday in coordinated attacks across India's financial capital, Mumbai. More than 100 people were killed. Police also say the attackers took Westerners hostage. NPR's Philip Reeves talks with Steve Inskeep about the attacks.
Nov 27th, 2008 · Indian authorities say more than 100 people have been killed by gunmen, who stormed at least 10 locations in Mumbai Wednesday night. Teams of gunmen targeted the separate sites including luxury hotels, hospitals and a train station. Filmmaker Smriti Mundhra and Journalist Sara Rajan were near two of the hotels that were targeted and talk with Steve Inskeep about what they say.