(Kitco News) – Minutes of the late-July meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee did not give gold traders much guidance on when policymakers might start tapering their monthly bond purchases. The metal was able to hold up as the Fed did not offer …

(Kitco News) – Comex gold futures prices were modestly higher in afternoon U.S. trading Wednesday, in a modest “relief rally” after the release of the FOMC minutes from the latest Federal Open Market Committee meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Digging a trench under the punishing midday sun, Thomas Lokinga stops only when he needs to wipe the sweat from his face. He is determined to find a nugget of gold amid the hard-baked ground in Nanakanak, in the eastern part of South Sudan, the …

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The developer of the Hotel Americano has obtained more than $80 million of financing for two new high–end residential condominiums that will sprout next to the High Line elevated park next year. Manhattan-based Blackhouse Development has reached a …