Gold shrugged off a tumbling U.S. dollar to fall more than 1 percent on Monday as investors cashed in on the metal's rally to a near three-decade high.
Major U.S. telephone carriers refused to answer questions from the Democratic-led Congress about their possible participation in President George W. Bush's warrantless domestic spying program, according to documents released by lawmakers on Monday.
Gold finished about $2 higher on Wednesday as a decline in the value of the dollar boosted the appeal of the precious metals as alternative investments.
Eight out of 10 households throw out personal information with the rubbish that could enable fraudsters to steal their identity, researchers say.
The government wants Blackwater to pay $8 million in compensation to each of the families of 17 people killed in a shooting.
U.S. security contractor Blackwater defended its role in Iraq on Tuesday but skeptical lawmakers took aim at the company over a series of incidents, including a September 16 shooting that killed 11 Iraqis.In a testy, partisan hearing, Democrats denounced the contractor for aggressive behavior. The State
The U.S. Treasury on Monday issued the first of a series of papers aimed at jump-starting debate over Social Security reform, saying the system faced a present-value deficit of $13.6 trillion.
Gold gained on Monday and hovered near a 28-year high after a weak U.S. dollar spurred buying from investors and speculators, who believed the price could rise further as fundamentals supported the metal.
Investors continued to flock to Gold on Thursday sending it to another 27-year high on Thursday amid expectations of continuing lower U.S. interest rates brought on by a tough credit market and a weak outlook for the slumping U.S. dollar.
U.S. gold futures rose early on Wednesday on strong follow-through buying and inflationary worries, extending gains from Tuesday when gold contracts surged to a 28-year high after the Federal Reserve half-percentage point rate cut.
People are the cause of most breaches in banking security, a report shows. Employees and customers are the key sources of security breaches, according to a survey of financial services companies by business advisory firm Deloitte.
Their helicopters buzz through the Baghdad sky, their patrols bristle with the latest weaponry and their armored vehicles carry the latest hi-tech gadgets.
The review of all security companies in the country comes after a shooting incident involving guards from the U.S. firm Blackwater.
Gold hit a 16-month high above $700 per ounce on Friday, boosted by a falling dollar after U.S. data showing a surprise contraction in U.S. non-farm payrolls for the first time in four years.
Gold changed course to trade higher on Wednesday, but investors remained cautious because of weaker equities and fears about the global economy.
Gold slipped with stock markets and other commodities on Tuesday as fears about the effect of a global credit squeezed lingered, analysts said.
U.S.-financed China Public Security Technology will provide software that links to at least 20,000 police surveillance cameras being installed along streets in southern China, according to the New York Times on Sunday.
Internet companies, retailers and the government must do far more to protect people from the dangers of the lawless Wild West of cyberspace, an influential group of British Members of Parliament said on Friday.
Gold drifted lower on Tuesday as the dollar broadly gained ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting and accompanying statement.
Nepal faces security problems and food shortages in the critical period before elections in November aimed at sealing peace after a decade-long Maoist rebellion, U.N. officials said on Thursday.
As many U.S. cities and states arrest illegal immigrants in raids and toughen laws against them, a Connecticut city is offering to validate them under a controversial, first-in-the-nation ID card program.
Hackers stole information from the U.S. Department of Transportation and several U.S. companies by seducing employees with fake job-listings on advertisements and e-mail, a computer security firm said.
