His Wimbledon odds are shortening all the time, but even if he should make history by ending Britain's 77-year drought in the men's singles, he still doubts that anything could live up to that precious gold. “For me it was the best 10 days of my career …

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Gold surged more than 2 percent on Friday on end-of-quarter short-covering, but bullion still posted its largest quarterly loss in at least 45 years due to selling amid fears the U.S. Federal Reserve may wind down its …

The Federal Reserve's recent timetabling of how it will unwind its vast quantitative easing (QE) programme – which had increased the appeal of gold as an inflation hedge – has also hurt demand. However, Rob Halliday-Stein, the founder of BullionByPost, …

The Chinese found their gold, though trouble soon found them, in the form of crooked police officers and armed bandits who prowled the mining camps. Then, this month, the Ghanaian authorities declared the mines illegal and arrested more than 200 …

Prada SpA (1913), Tod's SpA (TOD) and more than a dozen Italian luxury goods makers pledged to work together to promote Milan fashion week amid concern it's losing out to New York, London and Paris. “The name of the game is unity,” Ermenegildo Zegna …

Entitled Uplifting the Earth: The Ethical Performance of Luxury Jewellery Brands, the report surveyed ten brands and compared their performance with innovations in the ethical sourcing of precious metals and gemstones. The report claims to be the world …

It was over-the-top, even by the standards of Nigeria, where some of the elite love to flaunt the luxury brands purchases in the boutiques in European capitals. Until very recently, flying abroad was the only way for them to buy luxury goods. Now …

The appeal, in part, is that luxury brands have gotten in on the act. “These sneakers have become so expensive that for an ad guy or a nonbanker, they're a way of saying, 'I've got cash,' ” says Mordechai Rubinstein, founder of the Mister Mort fashion …

After speaking about the most powerful celebrities in the world, let's take a look at the most powerful luxe brand in China. Chanel supersedes Louis Vuitton in China as the most favored luxury brand. China's well-heeled are obsessed with high-end brands.