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Gold extended gains to a fourth straight session on Wednesday, hitting a fresh three-month high, bolstered by a weaker dollar and comments from Federal Reserve officials cautioning against a rate hike this year.

Fortescue, along with other iron ore miners, has been cutting costs in an attempt to counter a plunge in the prices paid for Australia’s biggest export.

India’s annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), stood at minus 4.54 per cent for September 2015 (over September 2014), according to the provisional data released by the Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of Commerce and Industry....

A weakening demand for luxury, particularly in China, has prompted Burberry to predict a fall in annual profits – prompting a 12% dive in its share price during early Thursday trading.

Lew warned in a letter early Thursday that the government could begin running out of cash without new borrowing authority as early as November 3 – two days earlier than Treasury’s earlier estimate.

The interest rate expectations reflected in the Fed Fund Futures have further declined in response and the USA dollar has come under pressure, which is lending tailwind to gold. The odds of a rate liftoff in December are 35 percent while the chances for a move in March are 59...

A Domino’s driver was left in tears when an Ohio church congregation tipped her more than $1,000 after she delivered a $5.99 pizza, according to local media.

Despite their protests, Jessica makes her announcement so the Green Arrow and Speedy vow to protect her. And while new characters from the DC Comics universe continue to be folded into the story, the prize for weirdest reference in this episode is a toss-up among Oliver’s...

A mandatory recall will speed the process, which Volkswagen has said will take until the end of next year, and give authorities more control. The spokesman for the authority said it would monitor the recall.

In all, UnitedHealth’s earnings were essentially flat at $1.6 billion.

The state added 3,400 private-sector jobs and 1,300 government jobs, according to the monthly employment report by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

Key wildlife populations like otters that were devastated in the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska have fully recovered, the US Justice Department said Thursday. John Cruden of the Justice Department’s Environmental and Natural Resources Division said in a statement...

He said fiscal 2017 would represent the heaviest investment time and estimated that operating income would have an effect of $1.5 billion from the second phases of investments previously announced in training and wages.

Eventually, Hastert was questioned by federal agents.

The 50-share Nifty too dropped 11.90 points or 0.15 per cent to end at 8,131.70 after dipping below the crucial 8,100 level to hit a low of 8,088.60. The weakness in the markets was visible from the very beginning amid sluggish global cues and as the IT bellwether TCS posted a...