Gold settled lower on Monday, on track for its biggest annual loss in more than three decades at nearly 30 percent, as rising appetite for risk and the prospect of a global recovery tarnished its allure. European stocks hovered around five-year highs …

It's no secret that the inflation some predicted at the hands of the Fed's liquidity injection plan never materialized. The run that gold saw amid these fears therefore became unsubstantiated. Now the decline has started and will continue save some …

(Kitco News) -U.S. gold futures dipped overnight on what was termed as profit-taking, then barely budged in thin trading conditions during New York hours Monday. As of 1:34 p.m. EST, gold for February delivery was $10.60, or 0.9%, lower to $1,203.40 …

Public transport will be free from 6pm until the first scheduled services of New Year's Day, which start up again from 5am. As more than half a million people gather in the city to ring in the new year, affluent Melburnians will splash out on luxury …

BATU GAJAH, Dec 31 — Keretapi Tanah Melayu Bhd (KTMB) will add 10 more trains to its Electric Train Service (ETS) inter-city operations by 2015 to cater to the growing passenger load. Hilmi… … Stench from lift keeps investigators away … In a …

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER. Published: December 30, 2013. A traveler stretching an arm into New York City traffic for a taxi is quite often young, male and relatively affluent. … “Apparently all the hectoring from the taxi screen has not been enough,” said …

By Faith Karimi CNN News Service. The microchips will allow wildlife officials to … Poaching of the rhino horn is a lucrative industry, with much of the loot sold to the affluent in Asia, particularly China and Vietnam. In those countries, some …

… statue of Nelson Mandela unveiled. The bogus sign language interpreter at last week's Nelson Mandela memorial service was among a group of people who accosted two men found with a stolen television and burned them to death, friends told The AP …

It's a folly to argue that only the rich pay taxes. The poor do too. Everyone who buys even basic commodities or buys a basic service pays a Value Added Tax or Service Tax. Indirect taxes are not progressive (the rich don't pay extra) and they form the …