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Investors are concerned the group will again be dragged into prolonged industrial action.

(Kitco News) - Comex gold futures prices ended the U.S. day session moderately lower Tuesday, on bearish outside market forces--a stronger U.S. dollar index and weaker crude oil prices. Also, the near-term technical post...

Depositors keeping less than €100,000 in a bank that is being closed down will get all their money back, European Union finance ministers are said to have agreed..

Analysts are looking for decreased profit for Kohl's (KSS) when the company reports its results for the first quarter on Thursday, May 16, 2013. Kohl's reported profit of 63 cents a year ago, but the consensus estimate c...

Analysts have become increasingly bearish on J.C. Penney (JCP) in the month leading up to the company's first quarter earnings announcement scheduled for Thursday, May 16, 2013. The consensus analyst estimate has moved f...

Sina (SINA) is expected to book a narrower loss than a year ago when it reports first quarter earnings on Thursday, May 16, 2013 with analysts expecting a loss of 11 cents per share, up from a loss of 27 cents per share ...

Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) reports its first quarter earnings on Thursday, May 16, 2013.

Analysts expect decreased profit for Autodesk (ADSK) when the company reports its first quarter results on Thursday, May 16, 2013. Although Autodesk reported profit of 37 cents a year ago, the consensus estimate calls fo...

Nordstrom (JWN) reports its first quarter earnings on Thursday, May 16, 2013.

David Stockman, President Reagan?s budget director, has been making the media rounds lately with an outlook so bleak, the sole conclusion is that investors should liquidate all their investment holdings and flee to cash....

Gold exhibition at the Goldsmiths' Hall in London

A strong stomach and a tremendous amount of patience are required for gold stock investors these days, as miners have been exhibiting their typical volatility pattern.

Exxon Mobil raised its quarterly dividend 10.5% to 63 cents a share Wednesday, but Dow Jones Indices senior index analyst Howard Silverblatt says the company?s annual of $11.3 billion will still be hair below that of App...

Five years after rescuing the Royal Bank of Scotland, one of the world's biggest banks, the British government still hasn't figured out what to do with it--a sign of the country's struggle to put its banking woes behind ...

Bankers in the deals business are wrestling with a question: When is it OK to work on two sides of a bidding contest?