No adverts, trailers, or fancy introductions for this article – that’s how things end up going over budget (and word count). I’ll just note that all figures are either officially reported costs or estimates collated from various web sources. Movies are listed in order of adjusted budget (all adjusted to 2008 costs using this US [...]

An economic tsunami is reverberating around the world. The foundations of financial institutions are shaking. Governments, in an unprecedented move, are pouring billions of tax payers’ dollars into financial markets, guaranteeing customers’ savings and taking full or part control of major banks in an attempt to re-build confidence in lending and stabilise the economy. [...]

10. $78,100,000. Pierre-August Renoir – Le Moulin de la Galette. At the time of its sale in 1990, it was the second most expensive painting ever sold. This masterpiece even went to the same person that bought number one at the time, Daishowa Paper Manufacturing Co. chairman Ryoei Saito. Again, he wanted this one cremated [...]

With the world in the grip of an international food crisis, supermarket prices increasing weekly and the cost of a Pot Noodle at an all-time high it seemed like a good time to take a somewhat tasteless (pun intended) look at the world’s most expensive foods.
While people across the globe struggle to feed their families, [...]