In the last few weeks several blogs and news articles have highlighted rumors that the Chinese government and The People's Bank of China have been quietly buying gold with plans of creating a new Bretton Woods gold standard; however, both Jeffrey …

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Gold futures rose for the fourth consecutive session on Monday, while silver futures surged to above $21 for the first time since mid-June. Gold for December delivery (CNS:GCZ3) added $22, or 1.7%, to settle at $1,334.20 an …

Unit labour costs have fallen about 30 per cent since the start of the Greek debt crisis, an internal devaluation that has made Greece more competitive and boosted exports, even if it has not yet translated into a fall the jobless rate. Unemployment …

Jeff "Amazon" Bezos' $250-million purchase of the iconic Washington Post last week has sparked a debate on why billionaires are buying into a medium that is staring at irrelevance, if not death. Earlier in August, John Henry, owner of the Boston Red …

The Washington Post Company, which is valued at $4.2 billion, and has an education business, Kaplan, and television stations, sold its namesake newspaper last week to Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos . Katharine Weymouth, publisher of the newspaper, justified …

Lincoln's target buyers _ hipper, more affluent, better educated and more female than its current customers _ are a mystery to many dealerships, some of which have been selling Lincolns since the 1930s. When a trainer …. Service appointments are growing.

Yu said the reason cosmopolitan Chinese come all the way to South Korea for wedding pictures is a higher quality photography and makeup service than they'd get in China. But that doesn't mean expectations are always met. While Chen and Yang seemed …

And more importantly, domestic demand for lifestyle changing goods was up,” recalls the head of consumer finance at a foreign bank. Now, after four years of 2-3 per cent GDP growth, the country is expecting a higher growth … Lack of expertise in …

VIP Black is an invitation-only credit card for the most affluent people. The premium lifestyle app offers the bearers special treatment in certain venues that accepts their partnership. It includes special gifts, room upgrades, priority access and …