Intervju med banken HSBC’s globale valutasjef David Bloom   I lang tid har storbanken HSBC sin globale valutasjef David Bloom uttrykt sin beundring for norske kroner, som han hyller som de...

  Schaeuble Dares Greece Exit as Contingency Plans Start   As German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble dares Greece to quit the euro, investors and economists are mapping out what he and fe...

  Merkel says "growth on credit" would deepen crisis   Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected calls from her centre-left opponents in Germany and Europe for economic stimulus policies that rel...

New Documents Shine Light on Euro Birth Defects   In response to a request by SPIEGEL, the German government has, for the first time, released hundreds of pages of documents from 1994 to 1998 on...

  Europe’s Anti-Austerity Calls Mount as Elections Near   A recession in Spain and forecasts of rising unemployment in the 17-nation euro area are amplifying criticism of the German-led aus...

  India and China Skirt Iran Sanctions With ‘Junk for Oil’   Iran and its leading oil buyers, China and India, are finding ways to skirt U.S. and European Union financial sanctions on the...

  Oil, Gold,  Alternatives, and Nuclear Weapons - An Interview with Marc Faber   As the world economy teeters on the brink and rising oil prices threaten to de-rail the delicate roots of reco...

Most of Israel security cabinet backs Iran strike: report A majority of Israel's security cabinet now supports an attack on Iran in a bid to end its nuclear programme, an Israeli newspaper re...

  Iranian ultimatum: Yield now or be attacked by year’s end   The US wants Russia to deliver a message to Iran: Tehran has one last chance for talks. If it is wasted, an attack will happen i...

  ECB Inflation Radar May Hinder Growth Efforts   Inflation is back on the European Central Bank’s radar, complicating efforts to bolster growth as the sovereign debt crisis pushes the econ...

  AP Exclusive: Iran may be cleaning up nuke work   Satellite images of an Iranian military facility appear to show trucks and earth-moving vehicles at the site, indicating an attempted cleanu...

  "Dr Doom" sees Iran-Israel clash, says buy precious metals   Political risk in the Middle East has increased significantly with war between Iran and Israel almost inevitable, and precious me...

  Rising Oil Prices Could Send Gold “Much Higher,” UBS Says   Rising oil prices could send gold “much higher” as higher energy costs will likely curb global growth, according to UBS ...

  U.S. Bulks Up Iran Defenses   The Pentagon is beefing up U.S. sea- and land-based defenses in the Persian Gulf to counter any attempt by Iran to close the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military...

  US Economist Kenneth Rogoff - 'Germany Has Been the Winner in the Globalization Process'   In an interview with SPIEGEL, Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff, 58, says it was a mistake to bring ...

  U.S. officials concerned by Israel statements on Iran threat, possible strike   Israeli leaders on Thursday delivered one of the bluntest warnings to date of possible airstrikes against Iran...

  Israel sees narrowing window for attack on Iran   Officials are quietly conceding that new international sanctions targeting Iran's suspect nuclear program, while welcome, are further constr...

  Eric Sprott - Aggressive Chinese Buying Will Spike Gold Price   Today billionaire Eric Sprott told King World News the Chinese cannot continue to buy gold as aggressively as they have been w...

  Soros Warns of ‘Riots,‘ ’Brutal’ Clampdowns & Possible Total Economic Collapse   George Soros is no stranger to Blaze readers. The billionaire currency speculator and philanthropist...

  India to pay gold instead of dollars for Iranian oil. Oil and gold markets stunned   India is the first buyer of Iranian oil to agree to pay for its purchases in gold instead of the US dolla...

  China Gold Hoarding Turns More Traders Bullish   Gold traders are the most bullish in two months after mainland Chinaimported the most metal ever from Hong Kong and investors bought U.S. bul...

  Italy Is Biggest Risk to Euro, Says Fitch   Fitch Ratings on Tuesday pointed to Italy as the euro-zone member that poses the greatest threat to the currency bloc's future, as the lack of a r...

  Iran Able to Block Strait of Hormuz, General Dempsey Says   Iran has the ability to block the Strait of Hormuz “for a period of time,” and the U.S. would take action to reopen it, Joint ...

  PIMCO: Playing ‘What If?’ with Oil Prices and a Potential Strike on Iranian Nuclear Facilities     ​The market has less “cushion” than it did earlier this year due to significa...