Gold's price is close to its worst monthly loss since June — although on Friday, the last trading session of November, the most actively-traded futures contract is rising 1.1% to $1,250.90. From investors' ETF outflows to a soaring stock market to …

Rallies in silver, gold and oil helped commodities snap a three-day retreat while the Standard & Poor's 500 Index erased an early advance and trimmed its eighth straight weekly gain, the longest streak since 2004. The British pound touched a two-year …

Gold is logging its biggest gain in two weeks as tensions rise between China and Japan. China launched two fighter planes Friday to investigate flights by U.S. and Japanese reconnaissance and military planes in its new maritime air defense zone over …

(Kitco News) – U.S. economic data – including the monthly employment report – are likely to be the focus of the gold market next week as market participants continue to try to gauge when the Federal Open Market Committee might start scaling back the …

"Gold's topsy-turvy year rolls on," Adrian Ash, head of research at BullionVault, said in a research note on Friday. "Thanks to the surging stock market, now at 6-year highs worldwide, there have been worse years for gold prices. But not many. By our …

Bitcoins are now worth nearly as much as an ounce of gold. The price of one bitcoin rose as high as $1,242 early Friday, just two days after crossing $1,000 for the first time. Prices subsequently fell back to about $1,155. Meanwhile, gold prices were …

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 Friday, 1:20 p.m.: Black Friday blackout darkens some stores in …

While an economic slump has forced most people to rein in spending on non-essential items, India's growing affluent class doesn't seem to mind paying a premium for some best-in the-world products and services. That's encouraging hospitality companies …

The strategy allows shoppers who are inside a Wal-Mart store within one hour of a doorbuster sales event to buy that product and either take it home that day or by Christmas. Among the items: a $98 32-inch flat-panel LED TV and a $688 60-inch TV under …