Gold prices soared nearly three percent Tuesday as global investors fled stocks and the euro for safe-haven investments ahead of a critical European economic summit that many think will fail to fix the continent's debt and finance crisis.
U.S. shoppers who bought jeans, T-shirts and socks lately have had to shell out more cash. They'd better get used to it.
The Case-Shiller home price index reported small increases in prices of 0.2 percent for 20 major cities between June and August. However, annual returns were down 3.8 percent for the 20 cities measured, compared to August 2010.
Gold and silver prices rose more than two percent Tuesday on rising fear that European leaders will be unable to produce a viable rescue plan for the continent's banks, or its staggering southern periphery.
Chemical maker DuPont
posted a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday due to a double-digit price hike and raised its 2011 earnings forecast, pushing its shares up more than 1 percent.
World no.3 gold producer AngloGold Ashanti Chief Executive Mark Cutifani sees no bubble in gold prices and said prices could easily go higher amid global economic uncertainty.
Apple gave its MacBook Pro product line a few new updates today with a refresh to graphics and twice-as-fast processors. Does this minor update signal a redesign overhaul for 2012?
After a slew of rumors circulated in the web for some time, since 2010, Netfix has officially announced its expansion to the UK and Ireland early 2012.
The death of Moammar Gadhafi has definitely clarified one piece of the jigsaw puzzle that is the global oil market: There is now one fewer issue to hinder production security in a host of oil hot spots.
McDonald’s, the world’s largest fast-food restaurant and a bellwether of the consumer economy in the United States, has been increasing prices on many of its offerings for months. If you haven't noticed, you're hardly alone.
High food and gasoline prices kept pressure on U.S. household budgets in September, but core prices rose at their slowest pace in six months, showing inflation was still largely contained.
Gold eased on Wednesday as growing hopes of a resolution to the Eurozone debt crisis persuaded investors to shrug off a downgrade to Spain's credit rating and buy riskier assets such as equities.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased by 0.3 percent in September, according to data released on Wednesday by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Gold prices held steady on Wednesday, shrugging off the downgrade of Spain's sovereign credit rating, as investors wait for clarity on Europe's plans to tackle the debt crisis at this weekend's European Union summit.
Scandal alert! Scandal alert! Keith Price, the quarterback of the University of Washington Huskies, was talking to Steve Kelley from The Seattle Times on Saturday when he made a verbal gaffe, an oops!, or whatever you'd like to call it.
Shares of AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines, are recovering in late morning trading after taking significant hits Monday and in premarket trading.
Gold was set for its largest one-day fall in two weeks on Tuesday after U.S. bank Goldman Sachs reported a quarterly loss, which coupled with evidence of slowing Chinese growth and mounting Eurozone concerns, lifted the dollar.
The rumor mills keep turning as the expected Nexus Prime release date fast approaches, but finally the Japanese Network NTT DoCoMo has spilled the beans through a twitter post, signaling that the phone will be released in early November with the highly anticipated Android ice-cream sandwich software.
BofA Merrill Lynch raised its price target on shares of IBM following the company's third-quarter beat, and said it expected the blue chip to cut costs further, given the slowdown in IT spending.
Verizon has leaked that Google and Samsung's Nexus Prime smartphone not only exists, but has a price tag and a release date set. What does this mean for the Apple iPhone 4S?
India gold futures were steady on Monday afternoon following a similar trend in overseas markets, although a stronger rupee could weigh on sentiment later in the day, dealers said.
Price cuts seem to be the latest trend, designed to attract attention, in the tablet market - Motorola has priced its Xoom tablet at $379, $120 less than the standard Xoom.