The gap between demand and supply has widened as economies across the world begin seeing growth accelerate. Unlike other precious metals, such as gold, platinum prices are helped by stronger economies. Speculators have begun to notice the deficit, …

SINGAPORE/NEW YORK, Dec 26 (Reuters) – Shanghai copper futures rose to four-month highs and U.S. prices extended recent gains on Thursday on growing confidence about the global economy, year-end covering and the prospect of purchases from …

Possibly inspired by Game of Thrones, famous and affluent Californians have made a moat the latest “must-have” home specification, according to the LA Times. Pictured above, for example, Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady's enormous Brentwood … Estates …

Rationing already occurs in the U.S., as the more affluent typically receive better care because they can afford it, and further rationing could occur if employers continue to reduce benefits and increase employee cost-sharing. To avoid the …

The explosion on Thursday took place on Mostafa Nahas Street in Nasr City, an affluent suburb of eastern Cairo. The street is close to an Al-Azhar University building, the headquarters of the National Security apparatus, and a police station. … The …

That is, as more affluent populations make marginal but hopeful moves toward reducing the animal-based excesses of the standard western diet, an aspiring middle class appears poised as never before to embrace it in all its carnivorous entirety. In 2013 …

I tried to hide my anxiety but my new roommates, Earl Brown and Arthur Bentley, from Pennsylvania readily felt how uncomfortable I was and sought to allay my concerns. I asked a thousand questions that I repeated a thousand times, about food, shelter …

SHANGHAI (Bloomberg) — Volkswagen AG is poised to sell more vehicles in China than General Motors for the first time in nine years, regaining its place as the biggest foreign carmaker in the world's largest auto market. Both companies have surpassed …

It finds the most affluent are of less interest because they are more likely to buy luxury products rather than Unilever's Dove soap or Clear shampoo. To reach more promising potential customers, Unilever has become the single largest advertiser in the …