Lorde, whose real name is Ella Yelich-O'Connor, shot to international prominence last year with Royals, a song about feeling alienated from the luxury lifestyle promoted by popular culture. The artist, who hails from Auckland's affluent North Shore …

The critical-thinking gap between field trip students from rural and high-poverty schools and similar students who didn't go on the trip was significantly larger than the gap between affluent students who went and affluent students who didn't go.

At present, there are 10 residences in Regina and area priced at $1-million or higher on the real estate multiple listing service. The most expensive is a six-bedroom, four-bath, 6,000-square-foot Wascana View mansion priced at slightly under $3.8 million.

Greater Vancouver also experienced the largest bounce back in sales, with luxury homes posting the second highest year on record, which was 1,690 properties each valued at more than $2 million, RE/MAX says. Calgary and Edmonton were also strong, …

These gadgets were imposters, disguised as furniture so as to slip into our homes unnoticed next to the armoire and the wood-paneled wall. So they were … And as devices from televisions and cars to smartphones and tablets were accepted and …

For those who have gone completely mobile, Google is also offering support for the feature on Android phones and tablets — but they'll need high–end graphics capabilities. And of course, this being Google and the fact that it has managed to add …

The Philly index is now at its lowest level, when compared with the actual price of gold, since FactSet began tracking the data in the mid-1980s. I'm betting that gold mining stocks are the cheap way to play gold. The market value of Newmont Mining Corp.

(Kitco News) – Gold prices ended the U.S. day session with modest losses Monday, on downside technical chart consolidation after hitting a nine-week high in overseas action earlier. Some risk aversion is apparent in the market place at present, and …

Gold, one of the biggest losers of 2013 with its whopping 28% decline, is on the upswing as tremors in emerging markets rekindle the investor appetite for safe havens that was lacking for much of the last year. As central banks in emerging markets try …