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If you are tired of living in your present home then how about labeling a unique estate to your name? Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to be precise! Featured to the right is the tallest penthouse of the city. Offering a magnificent view of the city’s Twin Towers and city skyline, this penthouse is a worthy asset. News is few steps away, the four seasons development is about to start. This breathtaking estate provides a revolutionary lifestyle. Generous in architect and interiors, this splendid penthouse is expected to be furnished at the owners demand and choice of belongings’. The renowned designers engaged in the interior designing of the building are as Christian Liaigre, Ann Likoh and Yasumichi Morita. They say even a floor can be tailored to fit the concerned needs and desires.

Erected at a 12,330 square feet of well-designed living space, the starting price of this penthouse is $18,600,000.

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The AB 140, the newest and largest model in the AB line of jet-propelled yachts.

The yacht combines a powerfully rugged and concealing exterior with plush living, dining, and social areas that mask an underbelly and architecture made with optimal performance in mind.

The entire yacht stretches 42 meters long and reaches maximum speeds of 46 kn on three engines. It also includes a jet ski for three people,sun-deck with table, black wraparound sofa, and a sun-bed.

The  air conditioned saloon is divided into a living room and dining room with a table and chairs to accommodate a party of up to 12 people. An entertainment center, including a retractable 50″ flat-screen plasma TV, video-recorder, DVD player, stereo system, and satellite decoder, sits in between both sections and separates the saloon from the wheel room.

The lower deck includes a master cabin in the rear that spreads across the entire beam of the boat, a VIP guest room with double bed, and two guest cabins with two single beds each down the hall. All cabins include wooden beds (doubles in the Master and VIP, single in the guest rooms), bed tables, drawers, a closet, an attached bathroom separate from the other cabins, separately controlled air conditioning systems, and a mini entertainment center. The lower deck also includes two crew cabins and a gallery that can accessed directly from the wheelhouse, separating guest and crew living quarters.

If the banking crisis is threatening the size of City bonuses and property prices, then the news has not yet reached some in Canary Wharf.

The owner of a pair of penthouse apartments at Berkeley Tower, the tallest building in Canary Riverside, has put them on the market with a record asking price of £18.7 million. That’s £14million more than he paid for them three years ago

The total size of the properties are twice the size of the average three-bedroom semi, at more than 6,000 square feet.  This means the cost is more than £2,700 per square foot, more than double the previous Canary Wharf record of £1,216 per square foot.

It is estimated that about 88,000 homes are valued at over £1 million in England and Wales, up from just 30,000 homes five years ago, according to figures by Halifax

When it comes to sales above the £1 million mark, the SW7 postcode has been in second place for years but this year it was matched by W8. The SW1X postcode, which includes Knightsbridge, remains in fifth place, behind NW3 (Hampstead). This may change when flats at One Hyde Park come on to the market with asking prices of at least £20 million each.

However, estate agents today warned that turmoil in the financial markets could see central London homes fall in value for the first time in more than five years. Property agency Savills says houses and flats in the £1 million to £3 million bracket will be stagnant at best for the rest of the year and could fall by up to five per cent.

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William Beaver House is rising 47 floors above the historic Wall street area. Inside, there will be 258 simplex residences, 48 furnished residences, 10 duplex residence, each with a private terrace, and 3 penthouses with private terraces. Beaver House bosts the most spectacular views downtown. Most apartments have water views and at the top part of the building you can see all of Brooklyn, Statue of Liberty and Jersey! 26 out of the 28 unique layouts have direct southern light at some point during the day.

The famous Pushkin Golden Autumn Ball will be held on 11 October 2008, at the Catherine Palace in the town of Pushkin, so named, because this is the place where the great poet studied and made his first impressions as the future star of Russia.

Guests will also have the extraordinary opportunity to tour the splendors of the Palace including the world renowned Amber Room. The most elegant and glamorous event of the fall season in St. Petersburg, the Pushkin Golden Autumn Ball attracts elite Russian and international guests from the realm of business, politics, and culture.

You can get a three night stay at the Grand Hotel including tickets to the Ball for 65,100 RUB per person.

The package includes:

• 3 nights stay at the Grand Hotel Europe
• Airport transfer to/from the Hotel
• Daily Grand Buffet Breakfast
• Tickets to the Pushkin Ball
• Glass of Champagne in the Lobby Bar
• Transfer to/from the Catherine Palace
• Dinner in L’Europe restaurant (excluding beverages)

Virgin Atlantic owner Sir Richard Branson purchased this previously uninhabited island between Tortola and Anegada in the ’70s. He has slowly developed several residences in addition to the main house, an airy Balinese Villa. Branson spent some $10million turning the 74-acre island into a top-notch retreat, including two private beaches and stunning views. A favourite with royalty, rock stars, and movie stars, Necker Island is the ultimate private tropical vacation getaway in the Caribbean.

On Necker you can eat whatever you like, whenever you like.  Chefs will prepare guests favourites, or wow them with their Michelin star cuisine. Every evening is an adventure as guests dine in some of the most stunning locations around the island - Beach BBQ’s on Turtle beach, Sushi in the pool or Gala evenings in The Great House.

And the cost of a trip to this exclusive island? Rates start from US $322,000 for 7 nights, there is a 5-night minimum stay and can also  be hired privately for up to 28 people for $47,000 per night.

Increasingly, the world’s superrich are buying big, big planes — the same kind of widebody Airbus jets the airlines use on long-haul flights — and outfitting them with everything from his-and-hers bathrooms to onboard movie theaters. “Private jets are becoming flying apartments,” says Jacques Pierrejean, a French designer who specializes in aircraft interiors.

These airborne penthouses cost plenty. New widebodies, such as the Airbus A340 and theBoeing 777, list for well over $100 million. With price tags like that, it’s no surprise that only five or six such planes are sold each year. But that’s enough to provide a steady business for Pierrejean, Doret, and a handful of other aircraft-interior specialists. Their client lists — held in strictest confidentiality — range from Middle Eastern sheikhs and Russian oil barons to Western corporate moguls and Hollywood stars. , and a handful of other aircraft-interior specialists. Their client lists — held in strictest confidentiality — range from Middle Eastern sheikhs and Russian oil barons to Western corporate moguls and Hollywood stars.

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The Queen Mary 2 entered service in January 2004 and is the largest, longest, widest, tallest and most expensive passenger ship in history. The most anticipated ocean liner in the world comes with an unprecedented cache of luxuries and innovations. Three-quarters of her staterooms have balconies. Lavish two-story duplexes even have their own private exercise equipment. Exciting restaurants like Todd English and Cunard’s renowned Grills create the premier dining experience at sea.

The QM2, lavishly christened by the Queen herself in 2004, has a pair of 2,249-square-foot Grand Duplex Suites that include exclusive access to a private sundeck, restaurant and lounge. The price for the royal treatment? Try £30499 per person for an 86 day around the world cruise. However, you can grab yourself a four night stay aboard QM2 from Southhampton to Hamberg for as little as £399.

Take an interactive tour of QM2, as digitalised video walks you through moving images of her public rooms and brings QM2 to life.

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This is the first image of how the interior of London’s most expensive property will look.
The computer-generated picture visualises the £84 million Hyde Park penthouse, the most expensive flat in the world, upon completion in 2010.

Russian oligarchs, oil barons, Saudia princes and A-list stars are among those said to be buying the Candy brothers apartments.

Managed by brothers Christian and Nick’s development company Candy & Candy, the project features 80 flats designed by architect Richard Rogers with communal spas, squash courts and a private wine-tasting facility.  The most expensive penthouse apartments will feature bullet proof windows, purified air systems and “panic rooms” and everyone on site will have access to an underground passage leading to the nearby Mandarin Oriental hotel.

Half of the units have already been sold at an average of more than £20 million each with average per square-foot prices hitting £6,000 this year.

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What is the most expensive chocolate in the world I hear you cry?

So how much can you charge for chocolate when you are considered the second best chocolatier in the world? A whopping $2,600.00 a pound!

Chocopologie by Knipschildt, which was founded in 1999 by Fritz Knipschildt, sells the world’s most expensive chocolate, a hand made chocolate with 70 percent Valrhona cocoa powder rolled over French Black truffle for a chocolaty $250.00 each or $2,600.00/pound.

The chocolates are only available by pre-order, but you can pick them up at 12 South Main Street Norwalk, Connecticut.

Now that’s what I call expensive taste!