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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 Treasury's gold reserves, plus a dollar value for said metal. But some fast...
Manmohan Singh's new stand on Copenhagen is just part of a plan to reposition India as a global power. In place of the resentful leader of poor, postcolonial nations, Singh is defining India as an emerging powerhouse that can...
Chinese Prime minister Wen Jiabao talks at a session of the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Sino-African Forum in Egypt''s Sharm el Sheik Resort Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo) By TAREK EL-TABLAWY AP Business Writer SHARM...
Updated Friday, November 6, 2009 ; 04:09 PM The Gilmer County couple have donated millions of dollars to the college and local community over the years. Ike and Sue Morris are living the American dream. They also choose to...
closed a deal Friday to sell half its nuclear power business to a French utility, one week after Maryland regulators approved the $4.5 billion transaction with conditions. The deal's closure ends a difficult chapter for...
As if they were going to the races, Emma Musako and Monica Mhango showed up in their finest outfits to attend a meeting on the health, social and environmental impacts of uranium mining. They came because they, like the other...
By Al Lewis Dow Jones Newswires I wish I had an ounce of gold for every time somebody told me an ounce of gold was a dumb thing to buy. I first wrote about Lassonde in August 2003 when gold prices soared to a then-unthinkable...
By Associated Press Saturday, November 7, 2009 - Added 3m ago The Patrick administration is rethinking its support of wood-burning power plants, a key element of its long-term strategy to wean Massachusetts off fossil fuels....
A plastic bottle thrown into a Taipei recycling bin could be reincarnated as a blanket to warm disaster victims in any of 20 countries, thanks to a unique project by the world's largest Buddhist charity.
Ed the Plumber: This week's topics are on electric toilets, water pressure and septic tanks. Q: I have heard that now there are electric toilets you can buy for your home, is this true? Also, how do they work? — Jane,...
