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Infiniti FX Gets Groceries With Sports-Car Style, Speed: Jason H. Harper Funny how quickly the language of design changes. When the Infiniti FX first hit the roads in 2003 as a so-called ``crossover,'' many thought it was a strange beast. It was as big as an SUV, yet its lines and proportions were like a sports sedan's.

Bouley's Secession Sputters With Ho-Hum Fare, Dizzy Service: Food Buzz When a chef known for fancy fare cooks casual, diners still expect something exceptional. Unless they're eating at Secession, David Bouley's new brasserie in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood. It replaces Danube, his high- end homage to Austria.

Kapoor Aluminum Sculpture May Fetch $2.6 Million at Bonhams Sale in Dubai A sculpture by Anglo-Indian artist Anish Kapoor may fetch up to $2.6 million at the second Bonhams auction of Arab, Iranian, Indian and Pakistani art in Dubai, to be held on Nov. 24.

Infiniti FX Gets Groceries With Athletic Style, Speed: Cars Funny how quickly the language of design changes. When the Infiniti FX first hit the roads in 2003 as a so-called ``crossover,'' many thought it was a strange beast. It was as big as an SUV, yet its lines and proportions were like a sports sedan's.

Bond's $270,000 Aston Martin Has Sleek Power, Iffy Stereo: Cars The scene: A snaking road coiled around high cliffs, with three empty lanes. The soundtrack: The incredible roar of a V-12 engine under full throttle, tires singing and 510 horses shrieking.

First Google Phone Works Well, With Imperfections: Grace Aquino Google Inc.'s new mobile phone has a few neat tricks, but won't keep rival developers at Apple Inc. and Research in Motion Ltd. up all night.

Kodak Camcorder Moves in on Flip's Sub-$200 Turf: Grace Aquino People notice when you get the job done fast and charge a low price. The Flip video camcorder took that formula and came up with an easy-to-use, sub-$200 camcorder that makes shooting video and posting on YouTube a snap. Now Kodak wants a piece of the action.

Michelin Guide Upgrades Two Swiss Restaurants to Two-Star Rank The Michelin Guide today gave a second star to two more restaurants in Switzerland: the Cheval Blanc in Basel and Adelboden in Steinen-Schwyz.

Michelin Guide Gives 3 Stars to 9 Tokyo Restaurants (Update1) The Michelin Guide gave top billing to nine restaurants in Tokyo, one more than last year, as Japan's capital tallied 227 stars, more than any city in the world, and tied with Paris for the number of three-star eateries.

Brits Booze Without Beer, Mix Drinks at Home as Recession Looms Robert Munro buys his booze at London liquor stores these days. As his expenses rise and Britain teeters on the edge of recession, the house painter is cutting back on nights out and pouring drinks at home.

Wine Auction Prices Slump Like Stocks as Bidders Sit on Hands Dozens of well-heeled wine collectors sipped champagne at Zachys's ``best-of-the-best'' evening auction last week in New York. Yet no one coughed up enough bucks to walk away with one of the world's most famous wines: a case of 1945 Chateau Mouton-Rothschild, estimated at $185,000 to $300,000.

Racehorses Parade at Highclere Castle, Home to U.K. Aristocrats As the effects of the credit crunch worsen, get-rich-quick fantasies will undoubtedly proliferate. Some may even be successful. Few could offer as much glamour or fun as they do at Highclere Castle, a magnificent stately pile 60 miles from London. It even has its own legendary curse.

Worm Omelets, Pinot Noir Fuel Beach Treks on New Zealand Coast My helicopter pilot maneuvers out over New Zealand's Tasman Bay, then turns, swoops in over a perfect curve of sand beach and lands in a small grassy field. Ready to get away from it all, I clamber out and walk the sandy path to a remote lodge in Abel Tasman National Park on the northern shore of the country's South Island.