Sibanye Gold Ltd. (SGL), the South African miner spun off from Gold Fields Ltd. this year, will acquire a majority stake in Gold One International Ltd. (GDO)'s Cooke Operations west of Johannesburg in an all-share transaction. Sibanye will issue new …

WEST HARTFORD — A fire that broke out on the roof of the Gold Roc Diner on Wednesday morning caused no damage to the inside of the restaurant, and no one was injured, a fire deparment official said. Battalion Chief William Kall said the restaurant, …

Stock-index futures (XPA) from Australia to the U.S. dropped, signaling Asia's benchmark gauge may fall a sixth day, after Federal Reserve minutes stoked speculation stimulus will be cut next month. Crude and gold held declines before data on …

Gold, the traditional white-knight investment for US investors, is anything but for those in India. Americans turned to gold to shore up their savings when the dollar weakened in the wake of the US financial crisis and recession. An Indian investor …

The rout in gold that wiped out $56 billion of value this year is spurring consumer demand in China and India, the biggest buyers, and leading JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Bank of America Corp. to say prices are bottoming. Sales of jewelry, coins and bars …

Gold futures in New York fell after regular trading as the Federal Reserve released minutes from its July meeting showing officials support Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's timeline for reducing stimulus. Federal Open Market Committee policy makers were …

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Gold futures retreated on Wednesday as the U.S. dollar gained ahead of the release of Federal Reserve policy-meeting minutes due after the regular trading session for the metal ends. Gold for December delivery …

"Stamford is a perfect example of a place with a very high cost, compared to the income of families," said Sherri Sutera, senior vice president for child care services at 2-1-1 Child Care. "Stamford has an affluent area and a not-so-affluent area, and …

NEW YORK — Saks Inc.'s weak second-quarter earnings are raising concerns that a slowdown in spending is reaching into affluent circles. Saks reported Monday that its … But that shift is leaving less to spend on nondiscretionary items like clothing …