New Delhi: Gold on Friday surged by Rs 1,310 per 10 gram here, the highest in two years, to Rs 31,010 on strong demand from stockists ahead of festive season, after government increased import duty on the metal to 10 percent. A sharp fall in Sensex and …

After a lengthy and very weird legal battle, the case of Katrina Fincham, the golf farmer turned gold buyer turned victim, versus insurance company AAMI, has finally come to an end following an undisclosed settlement. It all began in 2008 when Fincham …

(MoneyWatch) "Secure a crash-proof retirement through gold and precious metal investment." No sooner had the digital ink dried on my recent post, "Retirement planning in an uncertain world," that I received this email solicitation. It contained a …

"The area does look affluent," agrees Daphine Aikens, who has run the operation for three years and is just one of the thousands of volunteers in this country now helping to operate food banks. …. Alan Martin has been using the service since it …

Balcombe, 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of London, is in an affluent area and has become a focus for anti-fracking protesters. "Cuadrilla's announcement that they'll halt drilling is already a victory for us, but it's only a start," said one of the …

Noah Holdings (NOAH) provides investment products to the rising number of affluent Chinese individuals and businesses. Shares have more than doubled since June 24. For-profit educator New Oriental Education & Technology (EDU) offers language …

Organisations and individuals have distanced themselves from the "gap yah" idea – a chance for affluent brats to "do India" – and design worthwhile and beneficial experiences. "Young people are looking for career-related projects – something …. "We …

The Muslim Brotherhood's political arm claimed that more than 500 protesters were killed and some 9,000 wounded in the two camps, but those figures could not be confirmed and nothing in the video from AP or local TV networks suggested such a high death …

The sidewalks themselves don't seem to have changed much, except for perhaps a 740-unit luxury condo high-rise going up between the Twitter and Square buildings. Housing prices themselves have also gone nowhere but up. Yet Square's business …