TRANSYLVANIA is one of the most beautiful areas in Europe. It is also a region which has changed much since the Romanian revolution of 1989. In once dilapidated towns, new houses have replaced old ones and old ones have new roofs and solid windows …

July 31 (Reuters) – Centerra Gold Inc posted a profit in the second quarter, compared with a loss a year earlier, helped by higher gold production at its flagship Kumtor mine in Kyrgyzstan that partially offset weaker gold prices. The Canadian gold …

Barrick Gold Corp. (ABX), the world's largest producer of the precious metal, took $8.7 billion of writedowns and cut its dividend after gold prices fell. Barrick posted a second-quarter net loss was $8.56 billion, or $8.55 a share, compared with net …

Overall, the European and Chinese PMIs allayed worries the global economy's mid-year lull will deepen from here, although that view could hinge on how many jobs the U.S. economy – still the global driver – added last month, with the figures due on Friday.

They are surrounded by luxury limousines, 500-square-yard bungalows and airconditioned offices, surviving on the dregs of their affluent neighbours. …. The routine would start again at 6.30 p.m., when they started preparing for the dinner service. He …

Advertisement. Once the New York wife of a super rich financier (Alec Baldwin in a spot-on portrait of duplicitous arrogance), Jasmine is now bankrupt and disgraced following the implosion of his economic empire and his subsequent prison suicide by …

Yesterday Olivia Nuzzi, a former intern for Anthony Weiner's increasingly awesome NYC mayoral campaign, wrote a piece for the NY Daily News. She made several revealing and plausible claims: Most of the staffers only signed on because Huma is close to …

MUMBAI: Berggruen Hotels on Thursday announced the launch of its new upscale hotel brand 'Keys Klub' in the 4 star and 5 star categories to service the affluent class of business travelers. The new 'Keys Klub' brand will establish hotels across India; …

Clarkson Valley is an affluent bedroom community in the western suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri. It's approximately 800 household have some of the highest family income levels in the state … The city sustains itself financially by receiving sales …