Why do relationships fail?

Beyond the usual circumstantial reasons, like moving across the country, or an all-too-stressful job, spurned ex-lovers might have something in common: Their partner just wasn’t grateful. Or at least they didn’t think their partner was grateful.

According to a new study from the University of Georgia, saying thank you more often might just save your marriage.

Over the last decade, a growing body of research has suggested that feelings of gratitude play an important role in mental and physical well-being. Psychologists found that people who focus on what they’re grateful for reported being more satisfied, optimistic, and even exercising more than their negative peers, Business Insider's Erin Brodwin has noted. 

The new study, co-written by Ted Futris and Allen Barton, found that feelings of gratitude were the most consistent predictor of marital quality among couples of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds. Couples who are more grateful for one another report being closer, more committed, and having greater mutual relationship satisfaction.

To conduct the study, the researchers selected 468 married individuals through a phone screening process. Respondents were asked to complete surveys about their level of financial well-being, communication habits, spousal expressions of gratitude, and overall marital quality.

The study focused on instances of demand/withdraw communication between partners — that is, when one partner tends to nag or criticize while the other responds by avoiding any sort of confrontation and pulling away. The researchers found that demand/withdraw communication increases with greater financial distress, and is often correlated with lower marital satisfaction.

But gratitude, specifically measured as the degree to which individuals feel appreciated by their partner, can reverse this cycle and help overcome these communication issues. The researchers went as far as to suggest that gratitude can even counteract the negative effects of conflict between partners, particularly when it’s due to financial distress.

“It goes to show the power of thank you,” said the study’s lead author Allen Barton in a UGA press release. “Even if a couple is experiencing distress and difficulty in other areas, gratitude in the relationship can help promote positive marital outcomes.”

The study also notes that these positive relationship outcomes are not only associated with feeling gratitude for one’s partner, but also feeling appreciated and perceiving gratitude from one’s partner.

So it’s a two-way street. The next time you and your partner are arguing over money, or whose turn it is to clean the kitchen, just remember — a simple thank you can go a long way.

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It's every business traveler's nightmare: Flying into town for an important meeting and finding that your suit is wrinkled beyond repair.

One easy way to avoid creases is to wear your suit jacket on the plane instead of cramming it in your suitcase, said Eli Chess, managing partner at custom menswear maker Alabaster & Chess

But if you dread the thought of wearing business attire for any longer than you have to, there are also a few tricks to minimizing wrinkles, even if you're packing in a carry-on suitcase.

In this video, Chess shows us the right way to pack a suit for a business trip.

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Before traveling to Nevada, photographer Marc McAndrews had never been to a strip club, let alone a brothel.

Now he’s been to every single one in the state. 

Over the course of five years, McAndrews made regular trips to Nevada’s legal brothels, staying anywhere from a week to a month each time. He stayed in bedrooms in the houses, shared a bathroom with the working girls, and saw the world that no one — except those who work at the brothels — see. 

“It’s a different experience when you wake up in the morning and have to pass the cereal and the milk to your subject. It changes the relationship,” explains McAndrews. “People’s guards go down and they become more at ease. They start to let you see their world.”

McAndrews shared some photos from his trips inside the brothels with us. (You can see more photos and amazing stories in his book, "Nevada Rose.")

When McAndrews began shooting Nevada's brothels, he expected to find a seedy place, filled with drugs. What he found, at places like the Wild Horse Ranch (shown here from afar), was something completely different.

He started by going to Moonlite Bunny Ranch, which was made famous by HBO's "Cathouse" series. When he first asked about photographing, the women didn't believe him, thinking that he was just a nervous customer. He was eventually turned down.

After being turned down by several other brothels in the Carson City area, one of the prostitutes recommended that he try a smaller town like Elko or Ely, where proprietors might be more friendly.

Though many who live around the San Francisco Bay don’t yet know it, Silicon Valley and Bay Area businesses face a new threat to their well-being and continued growth.

Ironically for drought-stricken California, the threat comes not from an economic bubble or market crash, but from the growing potential of a major flood event that could cause the bay to jump its boundaries.

How could this happen?

Start with the fact that dozens of tech campuses, including Cisco, Oracle, Facebook, and Google (as well as other major employers and residential communities), are in low-lying areas right along the bay shoreline. Add in a dangerous mix of neglected shoreline infrastructure, as well as rising sea levels and more frequent storm events brought about by climate change, and you get a dangerous combination.

Historically, California — and especially the Bay Area — is no stranger to flooding, although it’s sporadic and usually localized. A storm last March sent waters into low-lying areas of San Jose and other recent storms have flooded Highway 101, the major traffic artery below San Francisco.

In the historical record, there have also been huge storms, like one that bankrupted California in 1862. Northern California is overdue for this kind of extreme storm, and El Niño is right around the corner.

Sean Randolph, senior director for the Bay Area Council Economic Institute, warns that a major storm would put tremendous strain on the infrastructure designed to keep water from flooding low-lying communities and businesses.

“A lot of the infrastructure along our shoreline is very old,” says Randolph, whose organization released a report earlier this year outlining the effects of a major storm on the region. “It needs to be upgraded. It needs to be replaced.”

What's at stake

Silicon Valley businesses are not the only ones at risk if a storm were to overtake our aging shoreline infrastructure and cause a major flood. Thousands of homes in communities like Alviso and East Palo Alto would suffer damage from flooding.

“We estimated that a major storm in the Bay Area could cost as much as $10.4 billion,” says Randolph. “Most of that is damage to buildings, damage to the contents of those buildings, loss of electrical power, loss of access to air transport.”

Even residents who live up in the hills would not be insulated. Much of the critical infrastructure that everyone relies on, such as airports, hospitals, and water treatment plants, is in the flood-risk zone.

What can the Bay Area do?

There are simple, low-cost solutions that scientists and experts agree will protect Bay Area communities:

• Building and updating the levees and outdated infrastructure.
• Restoring wetlands that act as natural flood protectors.
• Bolstering and supporting federal, state, and local efforts to create and restore flood-control infrastructure.

The good news is that defending the region against Bay flooding by restoring natural wetlands will also improve bay water quality and preserve it for decades to come.

This isn't a moonshot solution. It's doable. It's within our means. All it takes is for us to act.

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Condé Nast Traveler just released its list of the top 100 hotels and resorts in the world, as voted upon by its readers. Singita Grumeti, located on the western corridor of Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, earned the top spot. 

Singita Grumeti is a 340,000-acre concession in the Grumeti Reserve that's controlled by billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones. Jones partnered with Singita, a luxury safari brand with resorts around Africa, to build an oasis in the wild in 2006. There's a big emphasis on conservation — Singita Grumeti established an anti-poaching unit and effectively stopped poaching in the area, resulting in a resurgence of big game.

Singita Grumeti has three main lodges spread across the property, as well as some smaller locales, including a mobile tent camp.

When the Tanzania Tourist Board invited me to visit in 2012, I had to see what all the fuss was about.

I stayed at Sabora Tented Camp, the most rustic of the three main lodges. My room may have been made of canvas, but it wasn't an ordinary tent. It was ultra-luxurious, with air conditioning, Wi-Fi, an outdoor shower, and a canopied bed. The food was five-star, with a menu of locally grown produce and fresh meat and fish.

Singita Grumeti isn't cheap. Sabora Tented camp costs $1,425 per person per night in the high season and $1,150 in the low season; rates at Sasakwa, the flagship lodge, go up to $1,950 per person per night in a cottage. If you want to stay in a villa, it will cost you up to $7,900 per night during the high season.

Disclosure: Our 2012 trip to Tanzania, including travel and lodging expenses, was sponsored by the Tanzania Tourist Board, Africa Adventure Company, Singita Grumeti Group, Coastal Aviation, Qatar Airways, Tanzania National Parks, Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority and Wildlife Division.

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After a three-hour drive from Sasakwa airstrip through the plains of Grumeti Reserve, we finally spotted Sabora Tented Camp in the distance.

The place seemed to blend in with the scenery. From the kitchen to the guest rooms, the entire camp is actually made of thick canvas.

We hopped out of our off-road vehicle and were greeted by Sabora's staff, who welcomed us with a hand-washing ceremony.

People will do some pretty crazy things to get in the record books. 

Though some world record-holders are physical anomalies — like the world's tallest person, or the shortest — the Guinness Book of World Records is filled with some incredibly strange attempts.

There's the people who set a record for brewing the largest cup or cappuccino, for example, and the couple who broke a record by kissing for a really long time. 

Sometimes, breaking a world record is just a matter of showing up in your swimsuit. 

In honor of these odd achievements, here are the 27 weirdest records broken by people around the world.

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1,010 bikini-clad women posed on an Australia beach, setting a Guinness World Record for the largest swimsuit photo shoot.

Hassan al-Zayyat shows off Quranic verses that he had copied by hand on 39- by 28-inch paper, aspiring to enter the Guinness Book of World Records for the largest handwritten Quran.

In their attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the "Biggest Barbecue in the World," about 30,000 people grilled 13,713 kilos of beef.

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Last year, a video of rich Chinese kids showing off their super cars in America went viral, racking up more than a million views on YouTube and more than one hundred million views when leaked on Chinese social media.

Filmed by Vocativ, the video captures just how much money China's elite have these days. After all, China's billionaire population swelled from three to 354 in the past ten years and the ranks of new millionaires is booming exponentially faster. Of course, this newfound wealth is controversial in a communist country where nearly 100 million people still live below the poverty line.

A growing number of those elite, particularly their children, are coming to America. Chinese students account for 60% of all foreign student enrollment growth at US colleges, with the allure of a name-brand education and western lifestyle higher than ever, and Southern California is the number one destination.

With China's economic slowdown, it's not clear how much longer this party will last.

But in any case, we've broken down the highlights of Vocativ's video, noting exactly how expensive these supercars are.

The secret meetup of wealthy Chinese kids took place in California's San Gabriel Valley, a suburb of LA with a 61% Asian population.

Here, they can hang out and flaunt their wealth among peers.

The party may be raging inside the meeting venue ...

For some, the biggest attraction at Disney theme parks is meeting the real-life princesses.

Known as "face characters," the princesses not only have to look the part, but they need to know quotes from their movies, stay in character at all times, and know how to sing and dance.

Reddit user doublenn held an AMA a few years ago about her time as Snow White at Disneyland — she even posted a picture to prove it — and broke down what it's really like to work at the park as a princess.

NOTE: Answers have been edited for grammar and punctuation. While the woman's identity was verified by Reddit moderators, it can't be verified by Business Insider. The following Disney Princesses in the slideshow are not associated with the Reddit AMA.

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What's the audition process like?

Audition process is LONG. The first is a "type out" where they look to see if you have similar features, second is usually a dance, then a 'read' to have you act as the character, and an interview.

What are the specific look requirements?

Tink has a specified height requirement, as do all the other princesses. Princesses are usually 5'4''-5'7'', Fairies and Alice or Wendy are all 4'11''-5'2''.

What's the average age range for "face characters"?

Most girls are between 18 and 23, and a few of the girls who have been there awhile are 25-27. Rarely is a girl over 27 who does princesses or fairies.

Mmm, nothing like sitting back and cracking open a cold can of crisp amber ale...that was once sewage.

A municipal water utility in Portland, Oregon, recently held a contest to see who could brew the tastiest beer from what was once wastewater — i.e. the stuff that runs off our farms and goes down our toilets — and we got to try it.

But don't worry — the water used to brew the beer was strictly purified, and meets or exceeds the standards for drinking water (which specifies safe levels of bacteria, heavy metals, and other toxins).

The contest was designed to raise awareness about water scarcity, and to show that it's perfectly safe to drink purified, recycled water.

"All water has been consumed before, and will be consumed again," Clean Water Services spokesman Mark Jockers told Business Insider. "Let's embrace the yuck factor!"

Embrace it we did.

What sewage beer tastes like

We got our hands on a few cans of an American Amber Ale and a Munich Helles. After chilling it in our office fridge, we got ready to sample it.

As we poured the Amber Ale into a few clear glasses, we tried not to let its color remind us of its unappetizing origins.

We thought the beer smelled fruity and tasted somewhat hoppy and floral.

One colleague said she liked it and would drink it again, but noted that it tasted more like a pale ale. Another said she thought the beer tasted normal.

But not everyone liked it. Some of my other colleagues tasted the Purewater Brew Munich Helles side-by-side with a Yuengling. One of them (pictured at right) said the flavor was pretty generic, like Bud Light or Coors Light.

Most of them didn't like the taste of the Helles, citing its cloudiness and weird aftertaste. Though it's hard to say if they were influenced by knowing the beer's history.

However, the beers we tried were just a sampling of the many varieties on offer.

More than two dozen brewers took part in the contest and winners were selected this summer. First place went to a German Pilsner. Other beers included a Cascadian dark ale, a Belgian pale ale, and an American pale ale.

The point of the beer contest was simply to show people that recycled water is perfectly fine to drink.

After all, no matter where water comes from, "we should be judging it by its quality, not its history," Jockers said.

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Zara's mysterious founder, Amancio Ortega, was the world's richest man, bypassing Bill Gates, on Friday morning, Forbes reports. His net worth peaked to $80 billion when Zara's parent company Intidex's stock peaked. 

But when the stock went back down, Ortega went back to being the world's second-richest man, a title he attained in June. That's no small feat — he is richer than Warren Buffet.

But despite his impressive net worth, many people have never heard of him. 

The 79-year-old Spaniard fiercely guards his privacy and gives few interviews to the press. 

Ortega founded fast-fashion giant Zara with his then wife Rosalia in 1975. Today, his retail company Intidex SA — which owns Zara, as well as Massimo Dutti and Pull&Bear — has over 6,600 outposts around the world. Zara in and of itself is changing retail forever.

According to Bloomberg, Ortega's net worth is a whopping $71.5 billion as of June 2, 2015. The only person left for him to beat in this financial category? Bill Gates, who has a net worth of $85.5 billion. However, Bloomberg's data notes that since last year, Gates' net worth has decreased by $1.1 billion, while Ortega's has increased by an impressive $10.4 billion.

Amancio Ortega is the second-richest man in the world, with a net worth estimated at $71.5 billion.

Source: Bloomberg

This is his second wife, Flora. The couple has been married since 2001.

Source: Bloomberg

In August 2013, his ex-wife and Zara cofounder, Rosalia Mera, died at age 69. She was Spain's richest woman.

Source: Associated Press

Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are on the rise. That's one thing even the climate change skeptics can't challenge.

And most climate experts agree that CO2 emissions from humans is increasing Earth's overall temperatures at a faster rate than at any other time in recorded history.

However, there are some people out there — even scientists — who question whether Earth will, in fact, warm up over the next 100 years and how it will effect Earth's overall climate and ecosystems.

Here are some of the scientists who have gone on record with their controversial views:

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Craig Idso is founder and former president of the Center for the Study of Carbon Dioxide and Global Change, which is a non-profit organization that publishes the newsletter CO2Science, which sharply disputes scientific opinion on climate change.

Last year, a recurring face at the annual International Conference on Climate Change, Craig Idso said "There is no dangerous human influence on Earth's climate from a rise in CO2." 

Idso asserts that rising CO2 and resulting warmer temperatures will not only greatly benefit plant growth but will also reduce the risk of cardiovascular deaths in humans, as well as other spectacular claims.

His presentation, which you can watch here, is overwhelmingly positive, choosing to focus on the plants and animals that will thrive from raising CO2 and completely neglecting those that could go extinct, or the islands that will disappear, or the damage done by flooding coast lines.

Patrick Moore is the former president of Greenpeace Canada, a non-governmental environmental organization that focuses its campaigns on climate change, deforestation, overfishing, and other worldwide issues.

Earlier this year Patrick Moore told Energy Live News "I am firmly of the belief that the future will show that this whole hysteria over climate change was a complete fabrication."

According to Greenpeace, Moore "exploits long-lost ties" with the organization to sell his anti-environmental opinions on carbon dioxide. Moore thinks that this greenhouse gas is in no way related to global warming and that it's a "good thing" that we're putting more into the atmosphere. He's forgetting the overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Anastasios Tsonis is a distinguished professor of atmospheric science at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee who's research is widely touted by climate-change-denial outlets like Climate Depot.

Anastasios Tsonis has said he's not a climate change denier, but he also is of the belief that Earth is not necessarily getting any warmer. Tsonis is part of a group of scientists who think that Earth's climate flips between a "warm mode" and "cool mode" every 20 to 30 years, driven by oceanic temperatures, particularly the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO) current.

Right now we're in a "cool mode," he told British journalist David Rose in 2010. "We have such a change now and can therefore expect 20 or 30 years of cooler temperatures." While the AMO is a confirmed natural phenomenon, there is controversy as to its periodic changes and influence on climate.  

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Condé Nast Traveler (CNT) just released the results of its annual Readers' Choice Awards, and for the fifth year in a row, Italy is the No. 1 destination that travelers want to visit. 

The awards are based on the ratings and feedback of more than 128,000 readers — the highest level of participation in the magazine's history. 

Other Readers' Choice Awards include the world's best cruise lines, hotels, spas, airlines, and much more, all of which you can check out here. 

Keep scrolling to see a ranking of the 20 best countries you should visit this year. 

20. MOROCCO: The home of Casablanca is a treasure trove of spice markets, surrealist landscapes, jaw-dropping mosques, and world-class surfing. The cuisine is like none other, with a mix of Arab, African, Persian, and French flavors.

For more on what to eat, see, and do in Morocco, click here

19. CANADA: From wilderness camping on Vancouver Island to a stay at North America's oldest Ritz-Carlton in Montreal, Canada nets travelers of all types. A ride down the toboggan lanes in Quebec City is a must in the wintertime.

For more on what to eat, see, and do in Canada, click here

18. JAPAN: Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka are a few of the hot spots to explore in Japan. Home to more than 2,000 breathtaking Buddhist temples and shrines, Kyoto was voted the No. 1 city in the world by Travel and Leisure magazine this year.

For more on what to eat, see, and do in Japan, click here.

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Shafi Roepers, New York City socialite and ex-wife of hedge fund billionaire Alexander Roepers, has listed her sprawling Manhattan apartment for $65 million, the New York Observer reports. 

Roepers, who famously nicknamed her Gulfstream IV jet the "Shafi Express," is well-known on the Manhattan social circuit. Property records show she bought the home for $15.75 million in 2013, possibly as a condition of the divorce. 

The home has nearly 7,500 square feet of space and is located in an Upper East Side co-op building where Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen, Deutsche Bank director Kevin Parker, and pharmaceuticals exec Howard Soloman also own units. 

Its thirteen rooms have high ceilings, and many have views of Central Park.

According to the Observer, the interiors were recently done by noted architect Peter Marino, who is sometimes known as the "leather daddy of luxury" and has done retail work for Louis Vuitton and Christian Dior. He also designed the Shafi Express. 

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The apartment is on the third floor of a co-op building fronting Central Park on the Upper East Side. A private elevator opens to a marble-covered entrance hall.

This living room is positively huge, but a fireplace presumably keeps it warm.

The apartment is also notable for its art collection. Roepers reportedly owns several works by the late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

Source: WSJ

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When one 23-year-old left home for San Francisco to become a software engineer at Google, he didn't trade in his college dorm room for an apartment.

He moved into a 128-square-foot truck to save money on outlandish rent prices.

Five months ago, he purchased a one-way ticket out West, said goodbye to his family and home in Massachusetts, and bought his new home — a 2006 Ford truck — for $10,000.

"My extended family thinks it's a little bit insane, but they're not wrong," Brandon — who asked to withhold his last name and photo to maintain his privacy — tells Business Insider.

He's always been an independent kid, he explains, so rather than expressing worry or doubts, his family rolled with the punches.

"When I tell them that I'm going to do something, they understand that I've thoroughly planned it out and figured out logistics," he says. "They trust that I may be completely insane, but at least I can take care of myself while being completely insane."

As for his friends, they've been overwhelmingly supportive, he says.

"I've been continually surprised at how receptive people are to the whole concept of living in a car, normally once I explain all of my motivating factors," he writes on his blog. "Mainly, I get a lot of 'That's really great! I personally could never do something like that, but power to you for going through with it!' and that's vaguely encouraging for me."

Another, less surprising, reaction from his friends: envy, when the first of the month rolls around. His one fixed cost is truck insurance for $121 a month.

"They get jealous sometimes when their monthly rent bill comes in," Brandon admits.

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How do the world's greatest givers stack up?

We looked to answer that question when we created a list of the 20 most generous people in the world with our partners at Wealth-X, a firm that does research and valuations on ultra-high net worth individuals.  

Everybody on our list created a billion-dollar fortune during their career, including Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, who started the Giving Pledge to encourage billionaires to give away half or more of their wealth. Some have donated so much that they're no longer billionaires.

We ranked them based on their total charitable giving to date. All told, these 20 philanthropists have given away nearly $110 billion. 

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Age is but a number, and you don't have to be a teenager to play one on TV or film.

While some actors are closer in age to their character counterparts, others can be two or even 15 years older than the characters they portray.

Here are 11 celebrities who are well-known for their teen roles, even though they weren't teens at the time.

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Troian Bellisario plays Spencer Hastings on "Pretty Little Liars," an 18-year-old high school student.

In real life, Bellisario is 29. She was 24 when she was cast as the high-school junior. The characters graduated in the mid-season finale, and when the series returns in January, it's jumping ahead five years.

Also 0f note: Sasha Pieterse, who plays Alison DiLaurentis, is 19, so when the show returns, she'll be playing an older character.

Minka Kelly played high-school cheerleader Lyla Garrity in "Friday Night Lights."

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Condé Nast Traveler recently released its 2015 Readers' Choice Awards, an annual set of rankings based on surveys of thousands of experienced travelers. 

Included in the awards were readers' rankings of the 100 best hotels in the world.

The hotels named all offer top-notch accommodations with amenities like personal butlers, private swimming pools, and incredible encounters with nature.

From a lodge set on a glacier-fed lake in Whistler to a resort situated on a 37,000-acre cattle ranch in Greenough, Montana, here are the 25 hotels travelers love most.

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25. Triple Creek Ranch lies 75 miles south of Missoula in the mountains of western Montana. The all-inclusive luxury accommodations include one- to three-bedroom cabins, full ranch homes, and outdoor activities like horseback riding, hiking, snowshoeing, tennis, and swimming.

For more on Triple Creek Ranch, click here »

Rooms star at around $950 per night

24. Hotel d'Angleterre is set on the banks of Lake Leman in Geneva, Switzerland, and each room offers spectacular views of the lake or the Jet d'Eau fountain. Plush fabrics adorn its suites, and its charming lakeside restaurant offers fine dining options like caviar and foie gras.

For more on Hotel d'Angleterre, click here »

Rooms start at around $462 per night

23. Palazzo Avino is a five-star deluxe hotel in Ravello, on Italy's famed Amalfi coast. Built in a private villa that once belonged to a 12th-century noble family, the hotel boasts Michelin-starred dining options and sun decks with plunge pools perched high on cliffs.

For more on Palazzo Avino, click here »

Rooms start at around $397 per night

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A penthouse apartment in one of Manhattan's toniest residential hotels has hit the market for an asking price that could set a new record for the city's most expensive co-op ever sold, according to The Real Deal. 

The apartment is a seven-bedroom, full floor space in the historic Sherry Netherland Hotel overlooking Central Park. It was originally listed in 2012 with an ask of $95 million and spent three long years languishing on the market.

Liberty Travel co-founder Gilbert Haroche finally sold it to an unnamed Chinese buyer for $67 million last year. That mystery buyer is now flipping the hotel co-op for a near $20 million profit. Kathleen Sloane of Brown Harris Stevens has the listing.

Keep scrolling to see inside the $86 million penthouse.

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Every day is like a vacation when your house comes with daily housekeeping and turndown service, a 24-hour concierge, and room service.

But you'll have to pay for all that white glove service — $57,000 per month, to be exact. The service fee is included in the asking price.

For those nights when room service won't do, the kitchen is up to professional standards.

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The Audi RS 7 is one of fastest cars with four doors and a trunk that money can buy. This week, Audi introduced the new RS 7 Performance edition, loaded with all kinds of go-fast upgrades.

Earlier this year, Business Insider spent a weekend behind the wheel of Audi's road-going rocket ship and absolutely loved it. Now there's a new and improved RS 7. We haven't been behind the wheel, but it looks even better and faster than before.

When it hits showrooms, the RS 7 Performance will be the top-of-the-line offering in Audi's A7 series.

Look for more information on the car during the 2015 LA Auto Show, set to run November 20 to 29.

Here's a closer look at the new Audi RS 7 Performance.

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To create the RS 7, Audi took their stellar A7 four-door coupe and turned up the volume on the power and performance technology.

Instead of the A7's supercharged V6 engine, the RS 7 has a 4-liter, twin-turbocharged V8 engine shared with Bentley's Continental GT and the Audi S8.

Although we didn't have ideal driving weather during our test of the standard RS 7, we can confidently say that this thing is fast.

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