June gold closed up $14.50 at $954.20 with support from today's weak U.S. economic news.
Corn gained on Friday after the U.S. government forecasted low production in Argentine and Mexico, which may boost demand for U.S. grain used as animal feed.
Wheat fell following Argentina's statement on Tuesday that dropped its export ban for the grain.
Wheat futures fell the most in a week on Monday on speculation the U.S. government will predict bigger harvests than in December for some major exporting countries.
Wheat fell on Tuesday on speculation that high prices may limit demand.
A new World Trade Organization (WTO) accord could improve access to clean-energy tools in poorer countries, but any deal making it easier to ship cargo internationally would also carry a heavy carbon footprint.
More than a decade since audiences around the world warmed to his story in the film Shine, pianist David Helfgott is playing better than ever and has no plans to slow down, his wife Gillian says.
Canadian lobster and tuna fisherman Everett Condon had never traveled further south than the United States until this year, when he spent his off-season going to tango shows and getting plastic surgery in Argentina.
Brazil, the only bidding country, was named as the host nation of the 2014 World Cup finals by world soccer's governing body FIFA on Tuesday.
Argentine first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner rode an economic boom and her husband's popularity to victory in a presidential election on Sunday to become the country's first elected woman leader.
Police cars, helicopters, radio stations, health clinics and fertilizer -- the deep pockets of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez benefit leftist allies and the poor from Bolivia to Nicaragua, but rankle opposition leaders.
Chile's leading brewer, CCU, has signed an agreement to buy Argentine brewer Inversora Cervecera (ICSA) for $88 million, CCU said in a statement late on Thursday.
Argentina's September tax revenue is on track to rise more than 30 percent from the same month a year ago, an Economy Ministry source said on Monday. With a week remaining in September, monthly tax collection is set to exceed 17 billion pesos ($5.32
Argentina's 2008 budget bill, presented to Congress on Friday, sees annual inflation of 7.3 percent and calculates gross domestic product growth at 4 percent.
Sixteen nations signed a U.S.-initiated pact on Sunday to help meet soaring world energy demand over coming decades by developing nuclear technology less prone to diversion into atomic bomb-making.
Argentina's July primary budget surplus widened 23 percent to 2.58 billion pesos ($804 million), due in part to pension contributions shifted to the state system, the government said on Wednesday.
Ford Motor Co is considering exporting more North American-built vehicles to South America to meet growing demand, Dominic DiMarco, president of Ford's South American division, said on Tuesday.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday carried pledges of energy investment to Uruguay, the latest stop on his South American tour aimed at bolstering his regional influence.
Argentina's July inflation came in at a lower-than-expected 0.5 percent, the government said on Monday, as official consumer price data again aroused analysts' suspicion of tampering.
The U.S. biotechnology industry is awaiting this fall's deadline for Europe to speed up its approval of new biotech food and crops -- a process Washington has long complained is woefully slow -- in the hope of increased access to a major market.
Honda Motor Co. announced on Wednesday that it plans to build new plants and increase car output as the Japanese carmaker ramps up global capacity to meet the growing demand for its fuel efficient models.
The Japanese Olympic Commission (JOC) will appoint Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara as the director-general of Tokyo Olympic Bidding Committee for the 2016 Summer Games, the commission said on Friday.
