(Kitco News) – Comex gold futures prices are higher in early U.S. trading Friday, on short covering and an upside technical bounce following recent selling pressure. A lower U.S. dollar index Friday is a bullish daily “outside market” force for the …

Affluent Americans can have whatever they wish. Ordinary people can only get what they can afford. At issue is a private insurance-based system. Universal single-payer saves about $400 billion annually. It's enough to provide everyone top quality care.

“Code enforcement is not working – they are not enforcing the laws on the affluent who don't even come to look at the houses. The rent checks are mailed to them.” The Salinas Police Department has reached out to residents of the Alisal in an effort to …

The Scottish government would also improve public services, which would include building a new national broadcasting service and inaugurating a "revolution" in childcare. Salmond and his Scottish National Party (SNP), which he has led for more than two …

Penney brought back Johnson's predecessor, Mike Ullman, as CEO. He is restoring frequent sales and basic merchandise that were eliminated as Johnson aimed to attract a more affluent, younger shopper. – Anne D'Innocenzio, AP Retail Writer, New York.

Japan is a highly connected market with 49 million affluent households. You'd think that the combination of high-speed Internet access, plenty of disposable income, and a bemused addiction to Western culture would make Nippon a perfect target market …

Certainly these ideas call to mind the IMF's recent volte-face on austerity and the usefulness of its representative-agent models, which had failed to account for the difference in the marginal propensity to consume between rich and poor households. I …

He is restoring frequent sales and basic merchandise that were eliminated as Johnson aimed to attract a more affluent, younger shopper. … The number of items shoppers threw in rose 1 percent, but the average order size slipped 2.5 percent to $127.59.

When making donations, one nice toy ($10 to $20 in value) is preferable over many small, inexpensive items. We live in a very affluent community and the needy children that receive toys from LINK usually attend school with children that enjoy bountiful …