(Kitco News) – The gold market is modestly higher in early U.S. trading Thursday. Price action sees technical chart consolidation and a corrective bounce following Wednesday's selling pressure. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke will speak before …

Former president Jimmy Carter condemned the effect U.S. intelligence programs had on U.S. moral authority in the wake of NSA revelations brought to light by leaker Edward Snowden, Der Spiegel reports. “America has no functioning democracy,” Carter said …

Because it is far cheaper for the government to subsidize health insurance plans than to reimburse municipalities for unpaid bills resulting from uninsured people using the emergency room as a primary care facility. In the long run, prevention is …

This segment is important and will continue to grow, ultimately surpassing once more the more affluent female demographic as the sport goes more mainstream, products get cheaper, and smaller (transport/storage). The sport image remains driven by the …

Through this showroom, the company's complete range of audio visual products and accessories, entire range of home appliances as well as the inspirational range of beauty products, will be made available to the Kenyan consumers. Present at the opening …

Entertainment Weekly loved that June seemed to be saying that trash-bag outfits and wasted dairy products are a regular occurrence in their house. Hopefully, it is, because viewers probably still have plenty of scent left in Scent No. 4. As a promotion …

While that's not necessarily a bad thing–you can't fault entrepreneurs for targeting an affluent audience, after all–it a surprise that, just like Packer said, the hottest startups all tackle only the problems of people the same age and class as …

Apart from having specialised personnel to advise and service such customers, insurers have also begun to offer high-end products to these customers. HDFC ERGO General … Max Life has 24% affluent customers in its total customer base. Variations of …

Twin concerns—market volatility and their family's future—are leading rich Chinese to buy expensive, complicated life-insurance products. For many, simpler and cheaper policies would be the better way to go. Hong Kong's insurance market has had an …