Gold rose $12.15 to $848.10 in early Asian trade, dropped back to $839.15 in London a little before 6AM EST, and then rose to a new session high of $851.22 in midmorning New York trade before it fell back off

They’re the worst possible gift you can give a grandchild, niece, nephew, or any other young person in your life despite they’re ongoing popularity. You’d never know how bad they are from the high praise they receive... I’m talking about

What? A $2 trillion federal budget deficit? In a $13 trillion national economy? Gaaahhhh! When the trade deficit is running at almost $900 billion a year? Double gaaahhh!

Stocks are supposed to waft effortlessly higher the last week of the year, but the buying power just doesn’t seem to be there. So much for desperation’s final fling, a hallowed tradition of Wall Street money managers hell-bent on padding

These days, I'm shocked to see that the largest Ponzi Scheme in the world (besides the government run ones like paper money, social security, etc.) --the Bernie Madoff $50 billion fraud fund, only provided a steady 10.5% return to investors.

Merely passing a law does not fix any problems, just as throwing paper at a recession does not stop it. How can a government so complicit in mandatory public fraud effectively pre-empt private fraud? I see no reason to believe

Compensation for senior managers will be reduced 5% to 35% and other management and support staff will see a reduction of zero to 15%," the company said. Caterpillar is also offering management and support employees in the United States "an

New industrial orders in the eurozone slid 4.1% in October from September and plunged 15.1% compared with the same month in 2007, the European Union's Eurostat data agency said. The slump followed a drop in new orders in September when

The company said it expected an operating loss of 150 billion yen (US$1.69 billion) for the financial year, the first loss since it started reporting annual earnings in March 1941. Last year it posted 2.27 trillion yen in operating profit.

The bailout loans three billion Canadian dollars (US$2.5 billion) to General Motors (GM) and one billion Canadian dollars (US$824.4 million) to Chrysler, Harper said in Toronto at a joint press conference with Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty. "Today's announcement is not

The statistics department attributed the modest rise, which compares with a revised 8.6% annual rise in September, to the strong performance of refined petroleum products and computer products. Measured against the previous month, manufacturing sales in October fell 9.4% to

The company said it also expects to receive a further 280 million euros in loan guarantees from the German federal government and the regional Saxony government. "The negotiations on the 150 million euro loan (from Saxony state) are already well-advanced,"

In the Egon Zehnder International 2008 Global Board Index companies in which foreign nationals represent more than one third (33%) or more of the board outperform the rest of the S&P 500. While the study indicates positive correlation between the

It is not ruled out that the current position of the Ukrainian side and some of its actions could lead to disruptions in the stability of gas supplies to Europe," First Deputy Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov said. Gazprom maintains that

Thomas Sanderson, Europe's largest manufacturer and supplier of window blinds and shutters, has unveiled the new 'INTU' metal venetian blinds.

Real estate lead generation expert, Lisa Mullins is schedule to host a webinar titled, Increase Your Leads Conversion: The Benefits of Using a Lead Generation and Follow-up Management Firm.

This weekend's premiere of "American Teen" helps bring attention to issues that frequently find youths 18 and over coming to America's leading alcohol and drug rehab, SouthCoast Recovery to find treatment, sobriety, and a new view on life.

NorthSeas Announces Pay-as-You-GoE-mail ArchivingDecember 22, 2008 (Ottawa, Canada) NorthSeas AMT (NorthSeas), the pioneer of e-mail archiving software for appliances, today announced that its software is now available on a Pay-as-You-Go basis.

Denver (Dec. 15, 2008) -- Single Property Sites, a Real Estate Marketing solutions company, is announcing the release of its Listings Widget marketing system, which helps Agents and Teams to get their listings in front of more Buyers.With the new

Bangalore Management Academy (BMA) identified new emerging potential and promising B-school by the CSR-GHRDC ranking of India’s best business schools 2008 by Competition Success Review, Nov 08 Edition.