Thought sample sales were just for the fashion elite? Meet Susan Lyne, the woman who has brought them online — so we can all pick up designer goods for less. Nancy Hess reports

Martha Stewart could be heading for a spartan prison cell, but more people than ever want her to furnish their homes.

With an investigation looming, Martha Stewart sat down at her assistant’s computer and altered a record of a message left by her stockbroker about ImClone Systems stock, the assistant has told a New York court.

By Dan Buckley IT shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone that Martha Stewart learned how to cook the books.