The item at the centre of the Winfrey dispute was reportedly a Tom Ford Jennifer bag – named for Jennifer Aniston, a fan of the American designer. The version on sale at Zurich's Trois Pommes was one of the higher-end models, priced at 35,000 Swiss …

By Whitney McFerron – 2013-08-09T13:51:42Z. Gold traders are the most bearish in seven weeks as investors weigh when the Federal Reserve will reduce bond purchases and holdings of the metal in exchange-traded products dropped to a three-year low.

(Kitco News) – With a close over $1,300 an ounce, gold prices might be in a situation to build slightly on this week's gains, but continued physical demand will be important and U.S. economic data could determine the market's direction. Gold prices …

The run of upbeat Chinese data in the past two days has helped to ease investor concerns that a sharp slowdown in the world's second-biggest economy could derail global growth. "It appears that concerns about more of a slowdown than you might have …

The U.S. economy is maintaining its modest rate of improvement, and current Fed policy is helping to create record highs in the market, according to the latest results of our CNBC Global CFO Council. The council—which represents 24 chief financial …

The Global Call covers the main macroeconomic and policy news events affecting foreign-exchange, fixed income and equity markets around the world, as selected by editors in New York, London and Hong Kong. 1. WRAP: Maybe the world economy isn't in …

… elevated unemployment rates in the U.S. and Europe. The IEA's outlook incorporates lower projections from the Washington-based International Monetary Fund, which on July 9 cut global economic growth forecasts next year to 3.1 percent from 3.3 percent.

It's been a cornerstone of conventional wisdom among the economic establishment for years, featuring prominently in G-20 communiqués, International Monetary Fund assessments and World Trade Organization pronouncements about the global economy.

I wouldn't want to get overly carried away or be dismissive of the remaining cyclical and structural challenges out there, but recent data have definitely taken a turn for the better in the UK and euro area and, of course, it has been that way in Japan …