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Posted: 4/17/2013 12:43:29 PM EST
In this photo taken Friday, April 5, 2013, rebel soldiers from the Seleka alliance stand guard outside the entrance to the Ledger Plaza Bangui Hotel, in Bangui, Central African Republic. Rebel fighters seized the presidential palace when they overtook the capital in March, though when it came to setting up shop they set their sights a bit loftier: the city's sole luxury hotel. The hotel is now home to the top brass who sleep in rooms where executive suites start at $675, and the self-appointed president, whose luxury villa behind the drained swimming pool has a listed rate of about $3,850 a night. (AP Photo/Krista Larson)
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Posted: 4/17/2013 12:43:29 PM EST
FILE - In this March 28, 2013 file photo, rebel leader and self-declared president Michel Djotodia, center, arrives for a meeting with members of the government armed forces at the Ledger Plaza Bangui hotel, in Bangui, Central African Republic. Rebel fighters seized the presidential palace when they overtook the capital in March and it is revealed Wednesday April 17, 2013, that the administration is based in the city's sole luxury hotel. Top military brass occupy rooms where executive suites start at $675, and the self-appointed president, whose luxury villa behind the drained swimming pool has a listed rate of about $3,850 a night.(AP Photo, File)
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Posted: 4/17/2013 12:43:29 PM EST
In this photo taken Tuesday, April 2, 2013, rebel soldiers from the Seleka alliance stand guard at the entrance to the Ledger Plaza Bangui Hotel, in Bangui, Central African Republic. Rebel fighters seized the presidential palace when they overtook the capital in March, though when it came to setting up shop they set their sights a bit loftier: the city's sole luxury hotel. The hotel is now home to the top brass who sleep in rooms where executive suites start at $675, and the self-appointed president, whose luxury villa behind the drained swimming pool has a listed rate of about $3,850 a night. (AP Photo/Krista Larson)
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Posted: 4/17/2013 12:43:29 PM EST
FILE - In this March 27, 2013 file photo, Prime Minister Nicolas Tiangaye enters the Ledger Plaza Bangui hotel, in Bangui, Central African Republic. Rebel fighters seized the presidential palace when they overtook the capital in March, though when it came to setting up shop they set their sights a bit loftier: the city's sole luxury hotel. The hotel is now home to the top brass who sleep in rooms where executive suites start at $675, and the self-appointed president, whose luxury villa behind the drained swimming pool has a listed rate of about $3,850 a night.(AP Photo/File)
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Posted: 4/17/2013 12:43:29 PM EST
In this photo taken Thursday, April 4, 2013, rebel soldiers from the Seleka alliance, now controlling Central African Republic, stand guard in military fatigues around the pool at the Ledger Plaza Bangui Hotel in Bangui, Central African Republic. Rebel fighters seized the presidential palace when they overtook the capital in March, but when it came to setting up shop they set their sights a bit loftier: the city's sole luxury hotel. The hotel is now home to the top brass who sleep in rooms where executive suites start at $675, and the self-appointed president, whose luxury villa behind the drained swimming pool has a listed rate of about $3,850 a night. (AP Photo/Krista Larson)
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Posted: 4/14/2013 7:17:58 AM EST
A sales woman displays a mink coat to customers at a shopping mall in Shanghai, April 4, 2013. Fueled by demand for high-end clothing and luxury home goods among China's burgeoning middle class, U.S. exports of mink pelts to China jumped to a record $215.5 million last year - more than double both the value and volume shipped in 2009. REUTERS/Aly Song
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Posted: 4/10/2013 8:33:24 AM EST
FILE - In this Jan. 14, 2012 file photo provided by the Guardia di Finanza (border Police), the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leans on its side after running aground off the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. A judge in Tuscany fined Italian cruise line Costa Crociere SpA 1 million euros ($1.3 million) Wednesday, April 10, 2013 for the shipwreck that killed 32 people. (AP Photo/Guardia di Finanza, File)
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Posted: 4/2/2013 1:33:23 AM EST
In this Saturday, March 30, 2013 photo, a worker cleans the floor as shoppers leave the Emporio mall in New Delhi, India. In a country of 1.2 billion people, a country where years of staggering economic growth have created tens of thousands of new millionaires annually and a recent slowdown has done little damage to a thriving luxury goods market, far less than .01 percent of the population admits they are in the top tax bracket. Less than 3 percent of Indians file income tax returns at all, and officials say only about 1.5 million taxpayers declare earning more than 1,000,000 rupees per year (about $18,000). (AP Photo /Manish Swarup)
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Posted: 4/2/2013 1:33:23 AM EST
In this Saturday, March 30, 2013 photograph, shoppers arrive at Emporio mall in New Delhi, India. In a country of 1.2 billion people, a country where years of staggering economic growth have created tens of thousands of new millionaires annually and a recent slowdown has done little damage to a thriving luxury goods market, far less than .01 percent of the population admits they are in the top tax bracket. Less than 3 percent of Indians file income tax returns at all, and officials say only about 1.5 million taxpayers declare earning more than 1,000,000 rupees per year (about $18,000). (AP Photo /Manish Swarup)
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Posted: 4/2/2013 1:33:23 AM EST
In this Tuesday, March 26, 2013 photo, a salaried Indian, left, fills in his income tax paper as others wait for their turn to submit their papers at Income Tax office in New Delhi, India. In a country of 1.2 billion people, a country where years of staggering economic growth have created tens of thousands of new millionaires annually and a recent slowdown has done little damage to a thriving luxury goods market, far less than .01 percent of the population admits they are in the top tax bracket. Less than 3 percent of Indians file income tax returns at all, and officials say only about 1.5 million taxpayers declare earning more than 1,000,000 rupees per year (about $18,000). (AP Photo /Manish Swarup)
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Posted: 4/2/2013 1:33:23 AM EST
In this Saturday, March 30, 2013 photograph, Indian shoppers arrive in their cars at Emporio mall in New Delhi, India. In a country of 1.2 billion people, a country where years of staggering economic growth have created tens of thousands of new millionaires annually and a recent slowdown has done little damage to a thriving luxury goods market, far less than .01 percent of the population admits they are in the top tax bracket. Less than 3 percent of Indians file income tax returns at all, and officials say only about 1.5 million taxpayers declare earning more than 1,000,000 rupees per year (about $18,000). (AP Photo /Manish Swarup)
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Posted: 4/2/2013 1:33:23 AM EST
In this Tuesday, March 26, 2013 photo, shoppers leave a mall by their cars in New Delhi, India. In a country of 1.2 billion people, a country where years of staggering economic growth have created tens of thousands of new millionaires annually and a recent slowdown has done little damage to a thriving luxury goods market, far less than .01 percent of the population admits they are in the top tax bracket. Less than 3 percent of Indians file income tax returns at all, and officials say only about 1.5 million taxpayers declare earning more than 1,000,000 rupees per year (about $18,000). (AP Photo /Manish Swarup)
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Posted: 4/2/2013 1:33:23 AM EST
In this Tuesday, March 26, 2013 photo, shoppers walk inside a swanky mall in New Delhi, India. In a country of 1.2 billion people, a country where years of staggering economic growth have created tens of thousands of new millionaires annually and a recent slowdown has done little damage to a thriving luxury goods market, far less than .01 percent of the population admits they are in the top tax bracket. Less than 3 percent of Indians file income tax returns at all, and officials say only about 1.5 million taxpayers declare earning more than 1,000,000 rupees per year (about $18,000). (AP Photo /Manish Swarup)
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Posted: 4/2/2013 1:33:23 AM EST
In this Tuesday, March 26, 2013 photo, Indians stand in a queue to file tax papers at an Income Tax office in Mumbai, India. In a country of 1.2 billion people, a country where years of staggering economic growth have created tens of thousands of new millionaires annually and a recent slowdown has done little damage to a thriving luxury goods market, far less than .01 percent of the population admits they are in the top tax bracket. Less than 3 percent of Indians file income tax returns at all, and officials say only about 1.5 million taxpayers declare earning more than 1,000,000 rupees per year (about $18,000). (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
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Posted: 4/2/2013 1:33:23 AM EST
In this Monday, March 25, 2013 photo, an Indian taxpayer waits outside a help center set up for salaried employees and pensioners at an Income Tax office in Bangalore, India. In a country of 1.2 billion people, a country where years of staggering economic growth have created tens of thousands of new millionaires annually and a recent slowdown has done little damage to a thriving luxury goods market, far less than .01 percent of the population admits they are in the top tax bracket. Less than 3 percent of Indians file income tax returns at all, and officials say only about 1.5 million taxpayers declare earning more than 1,000,000 rupees per year (about $18,000). (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
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Posted: 4/2/2013 1:33:23 AM EST
In this Tuesday, March 26, 2013 photo, Indian salaried employees file their income tax papers at an Income Tax office in New Delhi, India. In a country of 1.2 billion people, a country where years of staggering economic growth have created tens of thousands of new millionaires annually and a recent slowdown has done little damage to a thriving luxury goods market, far less than .01 percent of the population admits they are in the top tax bracket. Less than 3 percent of Indians file income tax returns at all, and officials say only about 1.5 million taxpayers declare earning more than 1,000,000 rupees per year (about $18,000). (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
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Posted: 4/2/2013 1:33:23 AM EST
In this Tuesday, March 26, 2013 photo, Indian salaried employees file their income tax papers at an Income Tax office in New Delhi, India. In a country of 1.2 billion people, a country where years of staggering economic growth have created tens of thousands of new millionaires annually and a recent slowdown has done little damage to a thriving luxury goods market, far less than .01 percent of the population admits they are in the top tax bracket. Less than 3 percent of Indians file income tax returns at all, and officials say only about 1.5 million taxpayers declare earning more than 1,000,000 rupees per year (about $18,000). (AP Photo /Manish Swarup)
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Posted: 3/28/2013 2:38:26 AM EST
Zayna Abdul, 34, an Abigail Michaels concierge, works at her desk in the the Mercedes House apartments, in New York, Monday, March 25, 2013. A brownstone overlooking Central Park is no longer enough for the well-to-do New Yorker on the hunt for an apartment. What the very wealthy want now is the ease of hotel living in their own apartment buildings. That means room service delivered from the restaurant down the street, a concierge who will handle even the most outlandish requests and, of course, a spa in the lobby. There is no amenity left behind in Manhattan's soaring luxury real estate market.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Posted: 3/28/2013 2:38:26 AM EST
Zayna Abdul, 34, an Abigail Michaels concierge, works at her desk in the the Mercedes House apartments, in New York, Monday, March 25, 2013. A brownstone overlooking Central Park is no longer enough for the well-to-do New Yorker on the hunt for an apartment. What the very wealthy want now is the ease of hotel living in their own apartment buildings. That means room service delivered from the restaurant down the street, a concierge who will handle even the most outlandish requests and, of course, a spa in the lobby. There is no amenity left behind in Manhattan's soaring luxury real estate market.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)
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Posted: 3/28/2013 2:38:26 AM EST
Zayna Abdul, 34, an Abigail Michaels concierge, works at her desk in the the Mercedes House apartments, in New York, Monday, March 25, 2013. A brownstone overlooking Central Park is no longer enough for the well-to-do New Yorker on the hunt for an apartment. What the very wealthy want now is the ease of hotel living in their own apartment buildings. That means room service delivered from the restaurant down the street, a concierge who will handle even the most outlandish requests and, of course, a spa in the lobby. There is no amenity left behind in Manhattan's soaring luxury real estate market.(AP Photo/Richard Drew)
