People walk past a Louis Vuitton pavilion which is in the shape of a giant suitcase, with St. Basil's Cathedral (L) and the Spasskaya Tower seen in the background, in central Moscow. Luxury brands like Lous Vuitton are setting up outlets in airports …

Press conference at the auto show? Forget it. To unveil the 2013 MKZ, Lincoln hosted a dinner at a swanky building in New York's Chelsea district, with a live band providing ambiance. There's a reason for this sort of presentation: it demonstrates …

Market Snap: At the New York close: S&P 500 down 0.06% at 1809.60. DJIA up 0.07% at 16179.08. Nasdaq Comp down 0.3% at 4058.13. Treasury yields up; 10-year at 2.923%. Nymex crude oil up 1% at $98.77. Gold down 3.2% at $1,195.00/ounce.

Investors in gold mining stocks that have lost about half their market value this year are preparing for even more pain. The metal is on course for its first annual drop in 13 years and forecast to extend losses in 2014. That's pushing producers toward …

London: Gold slid more than 1 percent on Thursday to its lowest since late June after the U.S. Federal Reserve took its first step away from the ultra-loose monetary policy that had helped drive bullion prices to record highs in recent years. The Fed …

But gold has been left out in the cold. After initially holding up pretty well through Asian trading following the Fed's confirmation that stimulus is being reined back, gold prices fell to their lowest level in almost six months on the European spot …

"Ultimately, the Fed's decision should weigh down on gold and open up further downside from here," they wrote. "The gold market may have initially taken some comfort from the Fed's softer forward guidance which hinted at keeping the highly …

Gold fell 1 pct in previous session * Fed to cut monthly bond purchases by $10 bln to $75 bln * Tapering expectations already priced in – analyst (Updates prices) By A. Ananthalakshmi SINGAPORE, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Gold held steady on Thursday after …

At the far end of the park, the plantation is a step back in time to antebellum and Civil War days, when the affluent Richmond Reid built a self-sustaining farm that relied on 30 to 40 people for its operation along the banks of the Yadkin. From Glenda …