The Swiss National Bank suffered a loss of 18.5 billion francs ($20 billion) in the second quarter as the price of gold tumbled, eroding the nominal value of its holdings. That loss compares with a profit of 8.25 billion francs for the corresponding …

Becoming George Brett · Scouts struck gold in little-known shortstop from Southern California named George Brett. By VAHE GREGORIAN The Kansas City Star. Updated: 2013-07-30T04:20:37Z. July 29. By VAHE GREGORIAN. The Kansas City Star.

In a year when almost all metals are falling, record car sales and mining strikes mean the best forecasters are favoring platinum over gold as investors lose faith in bullion as a store of value. Platinum prices that were lower than gold in April, when …

NEW YORK, July 29 (Reuters) – Hedge fund manager David Einhorn's reinsurer Greenlight Capital Re, Ltd. cut its gold holdings in the second quarter as prices of the precious metal plummeted, a regulatory filing showed on Monday. The reinsurer, for which …

Billionaires Sink Cash Into Launching Super Yachts Spending the year cruising the Mediterranean and the Caribbean all-found and with a salary of £2,000 per month sounds like a dream job. For a rising number of silver service crew, that dream is a …

Newly endorsed Socialist Alliance candidates for the Senate in NSW, Jim McIlroy and Reg Dare, said: "The current hysteria against asylum seekers, pushed by both the Kevin Rudd government and the Liberal opposition, is aimed at drawing public attention …

Beijing Originwater Technology, one of China's largest sewerage and wastewater management companies, said today first-half profit increased by 25% from a year earlier as it expanded into new markets. Profit at Originwater, whose Shenzhen-traded shares …

… VIP tourists roaming the world for a novel experience. Among the quirky tour options, visitors can be guided by a "crazy cook who calls himself an alchemist", said Peter Zombori, founder of Premium Switzerland, a service provider that caters to the …

When cities raise taxes to pay for these programs, more affluent taxpayers move to lower tax areas in the suburbs. Democrat policies that increase the power of unions to enable some workers to get wages and benefits far beyond what the market place …