Holiday News| More...
 

Gold

Omarion: The Birth of a Mogul

Timothy Cooper | Posted 12.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dna, Michael Jackson, Timbaland, Soul, Chris Stokes, Grammys, Gold, Washington DC, Lil Wayne, Atlanta, Fat Albert, Film, Music, Los Angeles, Pop Music, 2010, Michael Jackson Death, Hip Hop, The Nicholas Brothers, Paltinum, Fred Astaire, Soul Music, James Brown, Grammy Awards, Gucci Mane, Omarion, B2k, You-Got-Served, Entertainment News
Timothy Cooper

As the airwaves knock to his lead single, I Get It In, superstar Omarion is looking to establish himself as a major force in the industry.

Read Post

Companies Pledge to Avoid 'Dirty' Gold

nytimes.com | SINDYA N. BHANOO | Posted 12.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Gold, Green Living, Green Design, Jewelry, Jewelry Trends, Green News

Several major jewelry retailers, including Sears, Kmart and Blue Nile made a pledge last week to sell gold that has been mined and produced through hu...

Read Whole Story

Billionaire John Paulson's Hedge Fund Owns More Gold Than Many Countries (CHART)

econompicdata.blogspot.com | EconomPic | Posted 11.30.2009 | Business

Read More: Gold, Gold Reserves, John Paulson, Paulson, Business News

n case you missed it... early last week The Reformed Broker detailed the incredible amount of gold that hedge funds (in this case Paulson & Co.) have ...

Read Whole Story

Abysmal UN Report On Congo Leaked To Media

David Sullivan | Posted 11.30.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Catholic Church, Conflict Minerals, Fdlr, United Nations, Burundi, Gold, Tanzania, Uganda, UN Security Council, Kimia II, Congo, China, World News
David Sullivan

Africa Confidential reports that China is pushing to delay the Security Council's discussion of the U.N. Group of Experts report on Congo. Let's hope the United States pushes back on these efforts.

Read Post

Golden Myths

Garrett Johnson | Posted 12.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Gold, Money, Business News
Garrett Johnson

I don't believe there is any investment, outside of a mania, that elicits more emotion, both positive and negative, than gold. People love it or hate it, there isn't much in between.

Read Post

Gold Addiction Fuels Brutal Congo War (VIDEO)

Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: Congo Gold, Blood Diamonds, Congo War, Democratic Republic of Congo, 60 Minutes, Gold, Uganda, Congo Violence, Congo, Congo Crisi, World News

This Sunday "60 Minutes" will present an investigation into how the global gold industry is helping fuel violence and chaos in the Congo. CBS repor...

Read Whole Story

The Wildest Gold Forecast Yet

Dan Dorfman | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Gold Prices, Mark Leibovit Gold, Mark Leibovit, Gold Forecasts, Gold, VR Gold Letter, Monex and Blanchard, Business News
Dan Dorfman

One of the catalysts for higher gold prices is a significant flip-flop by central banks, which have switched from gold sellers to gold buyers. As a result something above $1,000 an ounce is shaping up as a new floor for the metal.

Read Post

Ashley Judd: Please, Population Control is Not the Answer for Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.11.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Ashley Judd, Family Planning, Rape, Population Services International, Children, Midwives, Hillary Clinton Secretary of State, Kinshasa, Gold, Media, Ngo, Hague, Congo, Diamonds, War Crimes, USA Today, Forced Sterilization, Human Rights, Celebrity, Howard Wolpe, China, Depo-Provera, Eugene Serufuli, James Kabarebe, Rwanda, World News
Georgianne Nienaber

Congo's economy is not undermined by "unregulated fertility" rates. Civil society has been destroyed by decades of war and over a hundred years of exploitation of Congo's wealth by international interests.

Read Post

World Renowned Investor Jim Rogers: Gold Will Go to $2,000 an Ounce

Damien Hoffman | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business

Read More: Oil, Gold, Economics, Jim Rogers, FInancial Markets, Economy, Business News
Damien Hoffman

Jim Rogers is one of the most respected investors in the world. Here's my recent interview with him about the economy and some of his recent comments in the media.

Read Post

US Treasury's Gold Valued: US Gold Reserves Total $288 Billion, But Not Really

Washington Post / Big Money | Martha C. White | Posted 11.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Taxes, Milken Institute, Fort Knox, Us Gold Reserves, Gold Reserves, Spot Gold, Liquidity, Cato Institute, Treasury, Bretton Woods, Gold, Gold Prices, Home News

Buried in the Treasury's International Reserve Position report is an intriguing bit of math. The document details the total amount, by weight, of the ...

Read Whole Story

A Brief History of the Dollar

Nathan Lewis | Posted 11.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Dollar Value, Gold, US Dollar, Dollar, Business News
Nathan Lewis

Some people are saying that the dollar's days are numbered. Maybe so. Let's look at the dollar's long history, and see how we got to where we are today.

Read Post

Too Poor For Insurance, Too Rich For Free Help

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 11.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Janel Campbell, Homelessness, Indigent Health Care, Homeless Shelters, Stacy Campbell, Terri Fuji, Gold, Foreclosure, Bearing Witness 2.0, Class Action Lawsuit, Paul Nicoletti, Bearing Witness, Health Care, Jeff Pickett, Montrose Patient Advocates, Business News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up a few of the best local stories of the day. Bryan Rupp reports for So...

Read Whole Story

How to Live On $0 a Day: Bailouts for the Rest of Us

Lesley Stern | Posted 10.15.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Michael Jackson, Gold, Economic Crisis, Humor, Economy, Credit Cards, Recession, Lawsuit, Conan O'Brien, Bailout, Satire, Oxycontin, Financial Crisis, Extortion, Comedy, David Letterman, Insurance Companies, Emotional Damage, Pharmaceutical Industry, Banks, Depression, Windfall, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Comedy News
Lesley Stern

It doesn't really matter why you need the money, all you know is that life as you know it will cease to exist if you don't get your hands on a big chunk of cash. Yesterday.

Read Post

Bye-Bye Baubles

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Friends, Social Responsibility, Ecnomic Meltdown, Party, Economy, Selling, Economic Crisis, Mortgage Crisis, Gold, Poor, Consumer Protection, Financial Crisis, Living News
Lita Smith-Mines

I was encouraged to "bring my useless or broken gold" to an acquaintance's home, where I could "sell it all and take home cash." This was a new one for me, I've never left a social gathering richer than when I came in.

Read Post

No Love for Uncle Buck

Garrett Johnson | Posted 10.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Gold, Reserve Currency, Weak Dollar, Dollar, Financial Crisis, Gold Currency, Dollar Currency, Wall Street, Business News
Garrett Johnson

The dollar will not be allowed to collapse. Instead its decline will be managed. This will include violent corrections that will savage any dollar bear who is trying to make a quick buck.

Read Post

Columbus: Blundering into Immortality

Michael Kaplan | Posted 10.14.2009 | World

Read More: History, Gold, Columbus, Indians, America, Genocide, New World, Taino People, Christopher Columbus, Spice Islands, Native Americans, Discovery of America, World News
Michael Kaplan

It is as well that Christopher Columbus was so sure of himself, because he was in many respects staggeringly incompetent. The very basis of his journey to the New World was a miscalculation.

Read Post

New Highs for Gold

Nathan Lewis | Posted 10.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Gold Standard, Gold, Gold Stocks, Gold Bull Market, Gold Market, Business News
Nathan Lewis

Here's a funny fact: since 1965, if you owned stocks, bonds, or gold, your investment would be worth about the same today, 45 years later. This is the entire history of floating currencies, which began in 1971.

Read Post

Next Stop: Inflation

James Berman | Posted 10.08.2009 | Business

Read More: Gdx, Depression, Gdp, Deflation, Federal Reserve, Fed, Cpi, Bernanke, Tips, Gold, Monetary Policy, Rising Inflation, Recession, Inlfation, Business News
James Berman

The market has had the biggest six month rally since the 1930s and stocks cannot go up forever. We can't time the sell-off, but we can prepare for one of its likely causes: inflation.

Read Post

Where Do We Go From Here?

Alan Schram | Posted 10.05.2009 | Business

Read More: Interest Rates, Gold, Dow, Macroeconomic Policy, Recession, S&P 500, Business News
Alan Schram

The only sensible approach to investing is to buy into well-understood businesses when they are offered substantially below what they are worth, and to sell them as they approach intrinsic value.

Read Post

What $1000+ Gold Means To You

Nathan Lewis | Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Dollar Value, Gold Standard, Gold, Inflation, Gold Bullion, Business News
Nathan Lewis

If you look more closely at gold, you discover that there is hardly any compelling investment thesis at all. In fact, it appears that gold is among the most useless things on the planet.

Read Post

Whatever Gets You Through the Night, or, Six Ways to Get to Sleep and Stay That Way!

Ellen Whitehurst | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Pillows, Bailout, Essential Oils, Money, Gold, Sheets, China, Clutter, Sleep, Living News
Ellen Whitehurst

First, clean up the clutter in your bedroom. All the clutter in your bedroom. Period. No ifs, ands or boxers that recently came off your butt about it.

Read Post

There's Gold in Them Hills...I Mean, Vending Machines

Reyne Haines | Posted 11.08.2009 | Style

Read More: Currency, Gold, Antiques, Collecting, Coins, Vending Machines, Style News
Reyne Haines

A German firm, TG-Gold Supr Markt, installed vending machines in the Frankfurt Airport. What does it dispense? You guessed it: gold bars!

Read Post

Venezuela's Moscow Maneuvers

Diane Francis | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Lloyds of London, Nationalization, Venezuela, Moscow, President Chavez, Confiscation Without Compensation, Kleptocracy, Vladimir Putin, Gold, China, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, World News
Diane Francis

All enlightened governments, including Canada's, which just signed an investment agreement, should deem Venezuela a "no-go" zone.

Read Post

Jeweler Makes Wedding Rings Collected From Gold Found In Rivers

Daily Mail | Posted 08.08.2009 | Style

Read More: Found Gold, Gold, Marriage, Daisy Thurkettle-Roper, Wedding Ring, Jewelry, Love, Style News

A life-long passion for panning for gold helped Daisy Thurkettle-Roper save some cash when it came to getting wedding rings. The 25-year-old has been...

Read Whole Story

Canadian Mint Loses Gold Worth $16 Million

ABC News | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Gold, Canadian Mint Gold, Canada Missing Gold, Canadaian Mint, Foreign Affairs, Canada, Advocacy, World News

Canadian officials have not been able to explain the disappearance of more than $16 million in gold from the Royal Canadian Mint, leaving open the pos...

Read Whole Story