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A customer at a shopping mall in Hong Kong looks at shirts at a shop of Kent & Curwen, an English clothing label that started out making school, club and regimental military ties in 1926. Asians have been buying or licensing fashion labels brands, many of them European, with long and rich histories.

    Western brands geta new lease on life

    Faded and forgotten Western brands are being dusted off and brought back to life by companies in Asia targeting the burgeoning number of people looking for labels to match new middle-class lifestyles.

  • Hefner succeeds in bid to take Playboy private

    A partnership led by Hugh Hefner has succeeded in taking Playboy private.

  • LA County says 170 sickened at conference

    A mysterious illness sickened about 170 people attending a global Internet conference in Southern California, but it was unclear if a party at the Playboy Mansion played any role in spreading it, health officials said Monday.

  • Hugh Hefner

    Playboy agrees to Hefner buyout offer

    The publisher of Playboy magazine said Monday it has agreed to a sweetened offer by founder Hugh Hefner to take the company private.

  • FILE - In this April 26, 2010 file photo, Hugh Hefner, left, and Crystal Harris arrives at the premiere of "Iron Man 2" at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles. The publisher of Playboy magazine said Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, that it has agreed to a sweetened offer by founder Hugh Hefner to take the company private. A group led by Penthouse magazine has also made an offer for Playboy Enterprises Inc. valued at $210 million. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

    Playboy agrees to Hefner buyout offer

    The publisher of Playboy magazine has agreed to accept a sweetened buyout offer from a partnership headed by founder Hugh Hefner, allowing the original playboy to fulfill his plans to take the company private.

  • American Scene

    Federal prosecutors on Monday dropped all remaining charges against 12 defendants accused of plotting to overthrow the communist government of Laos.

  • In this photo taken July 15, 2010, a laptop displays the web site the smokingjacket.com, produced by Playboy Enterprises at the company headquarters in Chicago. Playboy says the web site is safe to look at while at work _ welcome news for men tired of throwing themselves over their computer screens whenever the boss walks by. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

    Playboy launches work-safe website for office use

    Finally, something for those guys who say they read Playboy for the articles: a chance to prove it.

  • Playboy launches new work-safe website

    Finally, something for those guys who say they read Playboy for the articles: a chance to prove it.

  • Matt Gibbs, lead producer of TheSmokingJacket.com shows why the website won't raise a boss's suspicion even though it's from Playboy Enterprises Inc. Humor, not nudity, is the attraction. (Associated Press)

    Playboy launches work-safe Web site for office use

    Finally, something for those guys who say they read Playboy for the articles: A chance to prove it.

  • Penthouse owner makes competing bid for Playboy

    The owner of Penthouse magazine made a formal, competing bid for the Playboy empire Thursday despite founder Hugh Hefner's insistence that he does not intend to sell the company and instead wants to buy the shares he doesn't already own.

  • Playboy Enterprises Inc. said Monday, July 12, 2010, that its iconic founder, Hugh Heffner, is offering to buy the remaining shares of the media empire, taking the company private, in a deal that values the company at $185 million.(AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

    Penthouse likely to bid for Hefner's Playboy

    Hugh Hefner's offer to take Playboy Enterprises Inc. private drew the promise of a competing bid on Monday from the owner of archrival Penthouse magazine. That raises the possibility that Playboy's 84-year-old founder could lose control of the men's magazine he started more than half a century ago.

  • Biographical information on Hugh Hefner

    NAME _ Hugh Hefner.

  • Summary Box: Hefner offers to take Playboy private

    PRIVATE OFFER: Playboy Enterprises Inc. says founder Hugh Hefner has proposed taking the company private with help from a private equity firm.

  • Bunny bid: Hefner offers to buy rest of Playboy

    Hugh Hefner wants to buy out the portion of the Playboy empire he doesn't already own in a bet that the iconic brand can still bring in profits even if the ink-on-paper magazine is past its prime.

  • Hugh Hefner offers to take Playboy private

    Hugh Hefner's offer to take Playboy Enterprises Inc. private drew the promise of a competing bid on Monday from the owner of archrival Penthouse magazine. That raises the possibility that Playboy's 84-year-old founder could lose control of the men's magazine he started more than half a century ago.

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