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Gold was up 12 years in a row without a down year -- that’s extremely unusual, says Jim Rogers, famed investor and Streets Smart author.

"You're getting actually a shortage of stocks and too much liquidity not just from the Federal Reserve but all over the planet right now," says Jeff Saut of Raymond James.

Consumer sentiment rebounded in early May to the highest level in nearly six years as Americans felt better about their financial and economic prospects.

The deadline for claims against BP Plc in connection with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill is 11 months away, but the man responsible for paying the claims said on Thursday he is already bracing for a ...

Working out of her studio in New York, diamond setter Kawakita creates delicate, one-of-a-kind jewelry.

A drop in European takeovers has depressed global merger and acquisitions activity so far this year, but bankers see activity picking up as a rally in stocks and bonds helps compensate for a prolonged ...

“This was a company that years ago was doing $20 billion in sales,” says retail turnaround specialist Howard Davidowitz. “Now the company is doing $12 billion with more stores.”

General Motors Co shares on Friday topped their 2010 initial public offering price, which will help the automaker's largest shareholder, the U.S. Treasury, pare its losses. GM shares broke above $33.00, ...

The IMF said on Friday that risks for Cyprus were "unusually high" given its weak banking sector and economy and the island's full adoption of an economic austerity plan was imperative. The island's ...

Whether you believe in this rally or not, don’t fight it, says Barry Ritholtz, the CEO of Fusion IQ and author of “The Big Picture” blog.

Tomorrow marks the first anniversary of the Facebook IPO. Shares have yet to reach their original offering price of $38 each. Will they climb past that point in the year ahead?

Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. will be called back to the British parliament to clarify how its activities in the UK justify its low corporate income tax bill, two lawmakers told Reuters. Amazon will ...

"Why would anybody buy gold except for fear?" asks Don Hays, the founder and chief investment strategist at Hays Advisory Group.

EU antitrust regulators have given some of Google's rivals more time to study its proposals to settle anti-competitive complaints, which could provide more leverage to pry further concessions from the ...

Valentin Boanta, sitting in his jail cell, proudly explains the device he has invented which, he says, could make the world's ATMs impregnable even to tech-savvy criminals like himself. Boanta, 33, is ...

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The European Central Bank will keep its loose and growth-supportive monetary policy stance in place for "quite a long time", ECB executive board members said on Friday.

Wall Street has been admiring the turnaround at Gap for some time, repeatedly showering the clothing retailer with praise over its operations and prospects.