With less than two weeks left before the end of the year, all kinds of market participants, from economists at multinational banks to stock bloggers in their bedrooms, have begun to give their predictions for 2012. Here is a lucky set of seven predictions that could benefit investors next year.
Artist leads Golden Globes. Do Oscars await?
When Roman calls, Kate goes to work. Holidays can wait.
Gold found a bottom to bounce off Friday as investors, especially those focused on bullion, responded to the bargains emerging from this week's huge price drops.
Hugh Hefner's old Chicago Playboy condo is up for sale for a whopping $5.8 million, down from $6.7 million when it first went on the market in July, according to reports.
If Hugh Hefner sees something he wants, trust he is going to get it. And that includes having actress Lindsay Lohan go fully naked in Playboy magazine. Hefner had the bright idea of having Lohan's spread be a tribute to her idol, Marilyn Monroe's iconic Playboy pictures.
Nigeria's bourse is to list its first exchange traded fund (ETF) on Monday, a South African gold-backed fund that will broaden the exchange's range of products beyond equities and bonds, the stock exchange said on Friday.
Chile-focused Cerro Grande Mining Corp., which produces gold, silver and copper, swung to a profit in the fiscal year ended Sept. 30 on lower costs and higher sales.
The second-biggest slump in gold prices since the financial crisis has rattled bullion bulls, as implied volatility in the gold options market is subdued, suggesting the bullion is seeking to find a new range.
Budget cuts in a program to spur commercial space taxis will likely keep the United States dependent on Russia to fly astronauts to the International Space Station until 2017, NASA's head of space operations said on Thursday.
Torex Gold Resources said it signed long-term lease agreements with land holders for construction and mining at its Morelos gold project in Mexico, paving the way for commercial production at the site.
The Swiss franc and investments in gold will no longer provide investors with safe harbor from market turmoil and the eurozone debt crisis, UBS AG's investment chief told the Swiss bank's client in a letter on Friday.
American firebrand columnist, author and activist, Christopher Hitchens, is dead. However, his fans and admirers are keeping his memory alive by mourning his loss on online networking Web sites, like Facebook and Twitter.
Global stocks and commodities, including much-battered gold prices, rose Friday on fresh evidence that neither Eurozone troubles nor Asian weakness are deterring U.S. economic growth.
A rare collection of around 38,000 Spanish coins will be auctioned by Sotheby's New York on behalf of the Hispanic Society of America.
The top aftermarket NYSE losers on Thursday were: Harmony Gold Mining, MEMC Electronic Materials, Harry Winston Diamond, Accenture, Skilled Healthcare Group, Michael Kors Holdings, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Alpha Natural Resource, Aflac and MetLife.
Asian shares rose and the euro edged higher Friday, as signs of strength in the U.S. economy temporarily broke through gloom over the European debt crisis that had driven a selloff in riskier assets over the past three days.
Gold prices extended losses to a fourth session Thursday but the decline was far less than the previous day's plunge as weaker crude oil prices offset support from dollar weakness.
Here is a list of the 10 biggest silver-producing mines in the world, based on available 2010 data.
Cricket risks killing the goose that lays the golden egg if it disrespects fans by scheduling too many meaningless international matches, former India captain Rahul Dravid has said.
A dash for cash has overwhelmed gold's traditional status as a haven from risk, putting the metal on course for its first quarterly fall since end-September 2008, when the global credit crunch was at its worst.
Major Southeast Asian stock markets fell on Thursday for the third day, led by banks and commodities as a decline in Chinese factory output added to worries about the global economy and Europe's debt crisis.
