PARACALE, PHILIPPINES — Gold mining has long been a risky business, with prospectors gambling with their lives in search of riches. In the Philippines, the government hopes to reduce the risk and increase profits by banning the most dangerous …

SINGAPORE, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Turkey raised its gold reserves by the most in five months in August and topped the list of countries that bought more bullion, according to the International Monetary Fund, showing that gold's appeal remains intact …

Gold adds to small gains after 3-day drop * Hong Kong premiums stable, physical demand soft -dealers * Asian shares slip, dollar gains (Adds central bank buying, updates prices) By A. Ananthalakshmi SINGAPORE, Sept 25 (Reuters) – Gold ticked up for a …

Sumit Chopra, who oversees the affluent Punjab region in northern India for a distributor of Apple Apple's iPhone, is a celebrity of sorts these days. He is on the speed dial of politicians, singers, movie stars and rich businessmen who are all calling …

South Korea's defense ministry said Tuesday that the Boeing jet fell short of its operating needs and reopened the fighter contest in a move that highlights the challenge for global military chiefs of balancing affordability and securing expensive new …

N) is favorite to win one of the world's biggest defense deals of the year on Tuesday when South Korea names the winner of an 8.3 trillion won ($7.7 billion) fighter jet tender, with its F-15 Silent Eagle the only candidate within budget. Only under …

The decision came as a surprise, as Boeing was the sole remaining bidder for the $7.7 billion job. And it's a blow to fighter-jet production in St. Louis, where an estimated 2,000 people work on the F-15's final assembly line and thousands more work at …

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea voted against Boeing's (BA.N) F-15 Silent Eagle in its 8.3 trillion won ($7.7 billion) tender for 60 fighter jets, the country's arms procurement agency said on Tuesday, saying it will restart the project. "DAPA…will …

"Our air force thinks that we need combat capabilities in response to the latest trend of aerospace technology development centered around the fifth generation fighter jets and to provocations from North Korea," defence ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok …