Hallmark Jewelers has launched a Christmas bauble valued at $136,000.

“Bauble” as the exquisite piece is named, is sure to catch everyone’s eye at your next Christmas party.

Bauble, designed by Mark Hussey, is adorned with 500 diamonds, three of them one carat apiece, and 188 rubies, to make a beautiful snowflake pattern.

A 750-gramme white truffle from northern Italy sold for 100,000 euros ($150,000) during an auction at the end of the 79th White Truffle Festival of Alba.

The Piedmont region, where Alba is located, is considered to have the best ‘tartufo bianco’ (white truffles) in the world.

The latest visual of Lady Dior Campaign with Marion Cotillard has been released on Twitter. It’s beautiful and it’s signed by Annie Leibovitz!

The world’s tallest hotel will open in Hong Kong in 2010 when the Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong, welcomes its first guests.

The 312-bedroom hotel will occupy floors 102 to 118 on the International Commerce Centre (ICC) — currently taking shape on the Kowloon waterfront spanning 484 meters and 118 storeys when completed by the end of 2010.

That will make the new Ritz-Carlton the “world’s tallest hotel,” according to the company, although that claim is debatable.

Burberry, the British fashion label, has told Women’s Wear Daily that it will release a whole new range of beauty products next year.

After successful fragrance launches such as The Beat, it seemed like a natural move: “It gives another dimension to the brand,” Philippe Benacin, chairman and managing director of Burberry collaborator Inter Parfums SA told WWD.

Italian luxury sports car manufacturer Maserati is the overwhelming best-seller in the US among niche luxury car brands, according to business magazine Forbes.

Maserati is the top-selling brand among cars that sell at least 1,200 models a year in 47 of 50 states, plus the District of Columbia.

Three states prefer less flashy English automakers: Bentley is the favorite in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, while Virginia’s elite favor Aston Martin.