LUXURIOUS

The Robb Report created its own luxury index of stocks. It includes fashion houses Burberry, Christian Dior, Coach, Shiseido and Tod's. Financial stocks such as Goldman Sachs, Julius Baer and UBS are there, representing firms that manage rich people's money. Jet makers Dassault and Embraer made the list, along with yacht purveyor Rodriguez Group.

Source: The Wall Street Journal

BLUE COLLAR PAYS

Forbes.com's list of best-paying, blue-collar jobs:

1 Elevator installers and repairers Hourly: $30.59 Annual: $63,620

2 Locomotive engineers Hourly: $27.88 Annual: $57,990

3 Electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation and relay Hourly: $27.60 Annual: $57,400

4 Railroad conductors and yard masters Hourly: $26.70 Annual: $55,530

5 Power plant operators Hourly: $26.44 Annual: $55,000

BIZ SCHOOL NAMES DEAN

David Schmittlein, deputy dean at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, was named dean of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management on Tuesday.

HOLLYWOOD BRATS, STAY HOME

"There's less of a demand for, let us say, the (Hollywood) 'problem children' than there's ever been. You schedule a shoot, and they're in jail. Or they can't leave the house."

Ryan Schinman, president of New York-based Platinum Rye, referring to the domestic business of the world's top provider of

celebrity talent and music licensing for Fortune 500 companies and ad agencies