The govt has increased the customs duty to 10% from 8% on the yellow metal, a move that helped the rupee edge up against the dollar but will make the commodity costlier by about 600 per gram.

… Lanes in Las Vegas. In the women's gold medal match, Berumen/Piccini were able to withstand a strong charge by singles gold medalist Lucy Sandelin and Tish Johnson, United States, to win the first gold medal of the championships for Mexico, 401-387.

Robert Heffernan became the Republic of Ireland's first male world champion in 30 years with gold in the 50 kilometres race walk in Moscow. The 35-year-old, who finished fourth at London 2012 last summer, strode away from the Russian home favourite …

LONDON, Aug 14 (Reuters) – Gold edged up on Wednesday, after dropping 1 percent the previous session, but a steady dollar and stronger U.S. Treasury yields, coupled with worries the U.S. Federal Reserve may start tapering its monetary stimulus soon …

Gold's swift fall has ravaged hopes and livelihoods around the world – from the 1 million miners in Ghana who scour in the dirt, to thousands of executives and geologists at mining exploration firms that are running out of cash in Vancouver. Gone too …

Like the stock, Penney's bonds, long since fallen deep into junk status with a CCC- rating, have taken it on the chin as the store group's sales have plunged amid a disastrous pricing and marketing strategy and failed attempt to appeal to the more …

Wouldn't it be eye-opening to put together a social experiment where an ordinary black family moves to an affluent, white suburb for a month? We'll give the project a catchy, … They'll have to familiarise themselves to a world where when they call a …

"We continue to believe our investment in new products and capacity will allow Deere to be the provider of choice for a growing global customer base in the years ahead," he said. "In our view, broad trends based on a growing, more affluent, and …

Hero pilot injured in biplane crash is founder of luxury watch company. A pilot hailed as a hero for bringing his vintage biplane down when its engine failed was named on Tuesday as the founder of a luxury watch company popular with celebrities.