Their faces appear in advertisements around the country, and star-spotting is a favourite pastime in Mumbai's posher establishments.

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Low-carb products and other dietary imports from the United States have already made an appearance on the posher Mexican supermarket shelves.

ECONOMIST: Fat Mexico

With the Maybach brand going the way of Duesenberg and DeLorean, Mercedes dealers will debut an even posher version of its top-of-the-line S-Class sedan this fall to help fill the gap in the corporate model line and perhaps compete more efficiently with Bentley and Rolls-Royce for the hearts and wallets of the rich and famous.

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Though the posher hotels had swimming pools, golf courses and nightclubs, this was a magnet for Jews of all classes, and many families and their friends returned to the same hotels or rooming houses year after year, until air conditioning, affluence and cheap air travel made alternatives available and brought the enchanted little world to an end.

ECONOMIST: Lexington