Some investors see gold as a safe-haven asset amid economic turmoil and an alternative to paper currency. Prices have rallied at times in recent weeks on worries that U.S. leaders would be unable to reach a deal to raise the U.S. borrowing limit before …

It tells the story of Walter Moody, who arrives in New Zealand in 1866 to find his fortune prospecting for gold but meets a group of a dozen men discussing the intertwined story of the disappearance of a wealthy man, a prostitute who attempted suicide …

Freshman Jordan Frericks, who played for the Gold squad against the starters, was impressive. She was scrappy on the boards, especially at the offensive end. She had a stick back and also moved well on the block, netting another layup. She also showed …

According to the report, the 15 largest gold producing countries accounted for around 75% of global output. In 2012, these countries generated a gross value added (GVA) approximately equal to the GDP of Ecuador or Azerbaijan and 30% of the estimated …

LAGOS: There are far more African billionaires than previously thought, Ventures magazine said on Monday in a report on the continent's mega-rich, but the number of Africans living in extreme poverty has also shot up. Previous Africa-rich-lists named …

You've got a pair of billionaires, each sporting a healthy ego, each molding the city into the epicenter of his respective pet obsession, and each drawing throngs of fans in an ostensible boon. And then it all diverges. Far from lavishly picking up the …

(GIN)—Africa has 55 billionaires at a time when the number of Africans living in extreme poverty has risen over the past three decades, according to the World Bank, from 205 million to 414 million. Three of the billionaires are women—the mother of …

Billionaire hedge-fund manager Steven A. Cohen, whose firm is facing huge fines for securities fraud, will sell three paintings from his art collection at auction in New York next month. The group will include two pieces by Andy Warhol and a Gerhard …

Amtrak is NOT there to provide a service across income levels. How odd to have this complaint when just a couple of days ago we had a complaint that local metrobus service was TOO much oriented to providing cheap service to the less affluent.