Gold falls to low of $1,180.71, recovers * Speculators in China selling gold – trader * Bullion down 25 percent in April-June quarter By A. Ananthalakshmi SINGAPORE, June 28 (Reuters) – Gold fell below $1,200 on Friday to its lowest since August 2010 …

In a global economy that has become more reliant on countries whose economies are vulnerable to political shocks, emerging markets are our new economic fulcrums. What is causing this growing uncertainty in emerging markets? How much stress can they …

Despite a partial recovery in the markets on Friday, tumbling stock, bond and commodity prices around the world over the past month are demonstrating just how reliant the global economy has become on the monetary policies of the Federal Reserve.

The post-war period saw remarkable expansion in global trade and capital flows, most notably after the collapse of the Berlin Wall and reintegration of China, Russia and Eastern Europe into the world economy. In a virtuous cycle, globalisation both …

That is because almost certainly the most critical step taken to keep markets from cratering during the crisis and to help them recover thereafter — the decision to pump the global economy full of stimulus dollars — has yet to fully play out. We have …

William Dudley, president of the New York Fed, said policy makers may prolong their asset purchase programme should the world's largest economy fail to meet the Fed's forecasts, adding that “a rise in short-term rates is very likely to be a long way off”.

Kirsh: I see the global economy in dire danger, and that's from one thing: the euro. The euro is a poison pill for Europe. It's putting everybody back on the gold standard. You see huge unemployment developing everywhere. Where does that lead? You'll …

The show includes photography, paintings, pottery, glass work, jewelry, basket weaving and woodwork. Though the barn became a casualty of heavy snow and collapsed in 2008, artist Monica Yantis declared: "The show must go on." And so it has. This is the …

Birks was founded in 1879 and developed over the years into Canada's premier retailer, designer and manufacturer of fine jewelry, timepieces, sterling and plated silverware and gifts. Mayors was founded in 1910 and has maintained the intimacy of a …