Japan gold dealer unveils $275,000 metallic gown
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TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - It may weigh you down, but it would be worth it. Japan's largest bullion house on Thursday unveiled a shimmering gown adorned with hundreds of gold coins weighing a staggering 8 kg and valued at close to 30 million yen ($275,000).
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Nissan Motor Co said on Wednesday its all-new GT-R sports car, to be unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show next month, would start at around 7.8 million yen ($68,010) in Japan, where sales will kick off in December.
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ATHENS - Mizuki Noguchi pulled away around the 27-kilometer mark and held on in sweltering heat to win the women&#39;s marathon gold medal at the Athens Olympics on Sunday, giving Japan its 13th gold of the Games, its best haul in 32 years.
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ATHENS: Already flushed with Olympic success, Japan toasted Mizuki Noguchi on Monday after her brave marathon victory gave the country a 13th gold medal in Athens.
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Fashion Wire Daily - Oversized handbags, candy colored patent leather, delicate gold filament jewelry, vintage brass and plastic or enamel cuffs were just some of the major accessory trends at the Accessorie Circuit tradeshow this week, held Jan. 7-9 in New York.
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Christian Dior Couture's largest Asian store opened to the public in the chic Ginza district of the Japanese capital Tokyo.
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KYOTO, Japan -- His fingers muscled from almost a century of weaving, Yasujiro Yamaguchi worked the humming loom in his private workshop. Patiently lacing golden threads through a warp of auburn silk, he fashioned a bolt of kimono fabric blooming with an autumn garden in shades of tea green, ginger, and plum.
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Gold rallied to a 7-week high on Monday and close to a record high of $850 on speculative buying driven by a weak U.S. dollar and tensions in Pakistan following the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
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The black Givenchy gown worn by Audrey Hepburn in the film "Breakfast at Tiffany's" sold at auction Tuesday for $807,000.
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Gold may be the color of the  coveted Oscar award but silver gowns dazzled the red carpet at  the world's leading film awards, while those featuring  intricate bodices, beading and master detail proved that  exquisite workmanship always merits a second glance.
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Gold hit another record high above  $898 an ounce on Monday on speculative buying as uncertainties  in financial markets and expectations of aggressive U.S. rate  cuts raised the metal's safe-haven appeal.
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Mizuho Financial Group Inc , Japan's second-biggest bank, is in talks to invest more than $925 million in Merrill Lynch & Co Inc , sources said on Tuesday, amid speculation the U.S. bank is looking to further boost its capital.
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Gold surged to a historic high above $910 an ounce on Monday as investors rushed to buy the metal on further weakness in the dollar and expectations of a sharp cut in U.S. interest rates.
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Fortunoff, the jewelry and home furnishings company founded in 1922, is expected to announce today that it will sell its business to Trimaran Capital Partners, a private equity firm, in a deal that values the chain at $280 million.
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U.S. cosmetics and health care company  Neways Inc. is on sale in Japan for about $600-700 million,  with private equity houses among the bidders, sources familiar  with the process said on Tuesday.
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The retailer does a little gold digging, aiming at affluent customers with a new fashion collection.
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Gold rallied to its highest level in more than seven weeks on Monday, hovering near a record high of $850, on a weak U.S. dollar and tensions in Pakistan after the killing of politician Benazir Bhutto.