By the middle of the 20th century, commentators were talking about the “affluent society” that had developed as each generation seemed to move up the economic ladder, doing better than their parents had done. At some point over the last several decades …

Two of his three sons remain janitors, one lucky to get an entry level job with a contractor working for the government municipal service and the other in a low-income private school. The third is a toddler. His widow, like any … Democracy is to be …

In gaming, the crowd-sourcing service gave us yet more proof that people-power can be mighty indeed. CHRIS ROBERTS (below) has raised a mind-boggling $35 million since 2012, through a … Social media too has given a voice to those excluded by the …

In today's affluent world, meaning and experiences are displacing products and services. As a consequence of the realization that our "stuff" is only a tiny part of what we desire, progress is now generated by intangibles such as happiness, goodwill …

… up world-class structures representative of the Songun era and build many other structures that could contribute to improving the people's living conditions, thus laying firm foundations of the self-supporting economy and providing the people with …

NEW YORK/LONDON: Gold fell to a six-month low in thin year-end trade on Tuesday, notching up its biggest annual decline in 32 years as prospects for global economic recovery prompted investors to switch to riskier assets. After a 12-year bull run, gold …

Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes — just in case they're material to our investing thesis. As the stock market once again hit record-high levels, the gold …

Folsom Lake's historically low water level has exposed remnants of the Gold Rush mining town of Mormon Island, the last of which was razed in anticipation of the flooding of the American River Canyon upon completion of Folsom Dam. The town was buried …

Investors' 12-year love affair with gold ended in 2013 as they abandoned the precious metal for stock markets in the world's developed economies, lifting global share prices by the most in four years. While the Standard & Poor's 500 Index (SPX) surged …