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Both Barrick and Newmont have made big acquisitions and their shares offer an opportunity to profit when the metal regains its luster.

Stocks of companies that make diagnostic health products have had a strong run, and with increased demand and plenty of money for R&D, more gains could be on the way.

French supermarket retailer Casino , in the process of divesting assets to cut debts, has agreed to sell six of its 'Geant' hypermarket stores to domestic rival Leclerc for 100.5 million euros ($114 million).

Paying £600 in contributions could lead to a boost of about £4,000 over your retirement Thousands of people are being urged to consider topping up their state pension before the price goes up in April. Someone who pays...

Therapy targeting mutated genes is starting to work wonders, but not for everyone. Growing up in Devon in the 1980s, brothers James* and Matt* had to be careful with their antics–a cut or bruise could land them in hosp...

A Malaysian judge on Friday ruled in favor of Wynn Macau in a case against a fund manager who owed the casino millions of dollars, the company's lawyer said, the first time a casino has been allowed to recover dues in th...

Teachers picketed and rallied Friday as a strike against the giant Los Angeles Unified School District extended to a fifth day with a new round of contract negotiations underway. Drums, …

Wall Street caught a bounce Friday as traders got renewed faith in trade talks between the US and China. Major indices were up more than 1 percent, with the Dow Jones industrial average gaining 336.25 points, or 1.4 perc...

With a sizeable surplus to divvy up for the first time in a decade, Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday proposed an $11.4 billion budget for Arizona that focuses much of …

Which is more attractive for a US franchisor - China or Canada? Or, more generally, should a franchise firm expand first to large and fast-growing markets (like China), or to safe and familiar markets (like Canada)? The ...

Business owners -- and their accountants -- can rest a bit easier: The Internal Revenue Service has provided the long-anticipated final word on how they can claim one of the biggest perks in the 2017 Republican tax overh...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Women’s March returned to Washington on Saturday and found itself coping with an ideological split and...

Benchmark indexes have recouped half their losses in a little over three weeks -- perhaps too fast.

Britain's Labour Party is calling for an "open and frank debate" on the government's stalled Brexit plan and an increased role for Parliament -- but still won't meet with Prime …

Qatar's emir will visit Beirut on Sunday for an Arab economic summit which has been marred by regional rifts and internal Lebanese disputes even before it began.

Flybe's biggest shareholder has launched a stunning attack on its directors, accusing them of breaching their duties to investors and threatening a legal challenge to the cut-price takeover of one of Britain's best-known...

Britain's Parliament is crumbling -- shored up by scaffolding, patched by endless repairs. And after a week of upheaval over Brexit in the House of Commons and angry exchanges on …

Intel Corp operates mostly outside the Apple-sphere, and that is exactly why whatever it says next week about business in its vital Chinese market matters so much for investors.

Tenants are being offered schemes that do away with the need for large amounts upfront Scraping together a deposit on a new flat is always tough for tenants, with the average amount demanded now more than £1,400 in Engl...

Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's finance chief and daughter of its founder, helped lead the company's effort to improve its image. With her arrest, she's caught up in one of the probes ensnaring the company around the world

Nintendo In 2019, Nintendo plans to release the first-ever "core" Pokémon game for the Nintendo Switch. Nintendo is also reportedly working on a new version of the Nintendo Switch, which could arrive in the coming year....

Real estate investment trusts that specialize in office properties have badly lagged the overall REIT market. But be careful: Not every region is equally attractive.