GOLD

Monaco’s Princess Charlene seems to be finally coming of age and parting with her monotone beige coats and hairdo; at least her recent public appearances depict so.

Stocks surged Monday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke suggested the U.S. central bank would continue its present monetary policies and keep interest rates low, offsetting soft readings on the domestic economy.

Kirkland Lake Gold Inc said a week-long power interruption at its gold mill in Ontario has disrupted its gold production in the fourth quarter.

Russian gold production growth could slow to 3 percent in 2012, comparing with last year's 3.6 percent increase, due to declining output from several mines, the Gold Industrialists' Union said in a statement on Monday.

Gold prices rose 1 percent on Monday after comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that faster growth will be needed to boost employment supported expectations that further quantitative easing measures may be necessary.

Next time you're at the movie theater, you might feel a little less guilty about ordering that large popcorn: a researcher has found that the snack has more antioxidants than many fruits and vegetables.

After calling the recent recovery a puzzle, markets reacted enthusiastically to Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke's pronouncements

Futures on major U.S. stock indices point to a higher opening Monday ahead of pending home sales data and a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

Borat’s Kazakh anthem plays during a medals ceremony in Kuwait, instead of the actual Kazakh anthem, when Maria Dmitrienko won the gold medal for shooting. Was it an accident?

A surprisingly weak U.S. new-home sales report Friday exposed the vulnerability of the nation's economic recovery and renewed hopes -- or fears, depending on one's views -- that the Federal Reserve will expand its balance sheet for a third time by purchasing more bonds.

Silver Wheaton Corp., which gets its revenue under contracts with producing miners rather than produce silver and other metals itself, said Friday its fourth-quarter profit rose 20 percent on higher sales volumes and higher silver and gold prices.

Although leaders of the military coup in Mali appear to be rounding up and jailing potential opponents among politicians and policymakers, they seem to be trying to minimize disruptions to the economy and daily life, leaving in place government ministers in charge of finance, trade and industries.

The EU announced it was to suspend development operations in Mali Friday, after mutinous soldiers overthrew President Amadou Toumani Toure, sealed the borders and allegedly arrested members of the government.

Another possible scenario, if the situation in Europe continues to improve and we are able to avoid any black swans, involves a robust economic growth period.

Tuareg rebels in northern Mali, flush with arms and fighters from the Libyan revolution, pushed south Friday morning to occupy positions vacated by government forces as mutinous soldiers in the capital sought to complete a coup by arresting the president, military sources said.

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa insisted on Thursday he will push ahead with plans to develop large-scale mining, seeking to ride out the arrival in Quito of ind igenous de monstrators who fear their lands will be wrecked.

Stocks took a big step back Thursday after more signs pointing to weakening economic conditions in China and Europe spooked investors to make a run for safety.

A coup d'etat currently underway in Mali is not affecting gold production there, miners in the country are saying, as events related to the military uprising seem confined to the country's capital, hundreds of miles away from where gold deposits are located.

The second episode in South Park's 16th season took on Cash for Gold stores and cable shopping networks, mapping out a ridiculous conspiracy in which gold is continuously made into jewelry, sold to old Americans, gifted to their children and grandchildren, sold for a few bucks at pawn shops, smelted down and then forged into jewelry again in a never ending cycle designed to rip off the elderly. Of course Stan sets out to solve the mystery and right the wrong while Cartman attempts to cash in ...

Turkey's government, working to reduce a current-account deficit that has soared to nearly 10 percent of gross domestic product and cut high inflation, aims to coax citizens into storing their vast gold holdings in the nation's banking system.

Fernando Gonzalez retired from tennis yesterday, in Miami, after which a tribute video, featuring Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray was played.