Child care was the second-biggest expense in more affluent homes, ahead of food, while health costs pinched all household budgets. “The cost of raising a child … Spending on such items in wealthier homes rose 37 percent. “It's a zero-sum game, and …

(Kitco News) – Comex gold futures prices are slightly higher in early U.S. trading Wednesday on an upside corrective bounce after Tuesday's moderate selling pressure. The market is seeing some chart consolidation following recent gains. Traders are …

Paulson & Co more than halved its stake in SPDR Gold Trust, the world's biggest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, in the second quarter, when the bullion price lost nearly a quarter of its value. The prominent U.S. hedge fund, led by longtime gold bull …

USAID will hate the idea because it loves bureaucratic solutions, but the markets and Egyptians will like having access to economic growth while helping the less affluent in a realistic way. Third, clean up Egypt's customs service to cut red tape and …

"Following on from the positive momentum in our first quarter, we rolled out several new initiatives including Prestige, our premier service proposition, that caters to the affluent individual as well as our second co-branded credit card product Ayadi …

Even Forbes magazine is on the case, telling us that this fall, (autumn to non- American ) droves of affluent Chinese will be looking for a piece of US real estate. Countries around the world are seeing affluent Chinese gobble up property, Forbes adds …

Production rose to a six-month high in June after Petrobras started pumping from a second vessel at Lula, Brazil's second-largest discovery. Domestic output is expected to increase by 9 percent in 2014 and surpass a 2011 peak, Bank of America Corp …

The region's median home price in July remained flat from a month earlier, at $385,000, real estate firm DataQuick said Wednesday. The figures followed a record-setting June, … The cooling off came with a surge in the number of sales to an eight-year …

The venerable luxury retailer wasn't the only one completing a Chicago touch-up this year: Next door, Ermenegildo Zegna, maker of high–end menswear, was busy with its own upgrade. Along with the makeovers, both have boosted their overall retail space …