Traditionally societies focused on the less affluent. This probably explains the restriction placed by the Treasury on the maximum which can be invested in the … The friendly society giant, LV= (Liverpool Victoria) with £11.4 billion assets, grants …

Protesting the production of GM foods is a luxury afforded to affluent societies. As the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has indicated, to meet growing demands, the production of agricultural products will need to increase by an …

The McLean, Virginia-based firm said yesterday that profit from continuing operations, which excludes some items, was $2.07 a share in the quarter, beating the $1.73 average estimate of 28 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Chief Executive Officer Richard …

LONDON — There exists a place that provides luxury products and exclusive service; it's called Virtual Spree where you can buy comfortably, securely and instantly. Virtual Spree is on the cutting edge of the luxury on-line market, promoting constant …

The reason why I refer to the mistakes Microsoft made with Surface RT as "a new gold standard in hubris" is because it appears to totally, totally misunderstand what the iPad actually does for people and almost shows a lack of respect for the thinking …

Commodity assets under management fell to a 32-month low in June as investors pulled more money from gold-backed exchange-traded products, Barclays Plc said. Assets dropped to $349 billion from $367 billion in May, the London-based bank said in a …

After all, gold (CNS:GCQ3) is influenced by many factors every day. Those include everything from central-bank talk and technical price triggers to exchange-traded fund flows, moves in the U.S. dollar, physical demand and the outlook for the global …

(CNN) — All that glitters is not gold, they say. But all the gold in the world may come from astronomical events that send a lot of high-energy light out in space. Researchers have new evidence that gold comes from the collision of neutron stars. "We …

The precious metal gold can be used for purposes of good (like flexible brain implants) rather than evil (like a $9.4 million iPhone 4S). Researchers at the University of Michigan have created a stretchy conductive material out of gold nanoparticles …