The PlayStation Vita--the latest handheld gaming system from Sony--will soon reach North America, and rabid gamers are geeking out while waiting for the release date, Feb. 22, unless they've pre-ordered the first edition bundle pack. The PS Vita will have a base price of $249.99 or a bundle pack with games for $349.99.
Gold ticked lower Monday after earlier rising to its highest in more than seven weeks as investors awaited the outcome of Greece's debt deal talks, but sentiment was supported by a firmer euro and lower-than-expected U.S. growth data.
Demand from emerging markets and financial flows will keep crude prices high and volatile in a range from $105 to $125 per barrel in 2012, Petrobras CEO Jose Sergio Gabrielli said on Saturday.
When the San Francisco 49ers lost the NFC Championship game last weekend, missing out on a chance at the 2012 Super Bowl, it didn't quite hit home for Johnny Price, the team's 4-year-old fan, until Tuesday. A tearful video of Johnny crying because the 49ers won't be a part of the Super Bowl game next week was posted on YouTube and it went viral on Friday.
Nokia's ambitious launch of Lumia 900 is indeed shocking if the price is $99 only, based on a 2yr data plan.
Gold prices jumped Thursday after the Federal Reserve surprised markets by saying ultra-low interest rates will continue through 2014.
Silver is currently on a bullish cycle and the price of bullion is likely to rise from current levels around $32 per ounce to $50 and beyond this year, Swiss banking giant UBS said in a note to clients Tuesday.
While global financial markets have calmed down in the waning days of 2011 and early 2012, debt problems in eurozone, China's real estate problem and oil price pressure are three big concerns which haunt the near-term outlook according to a leading macro-economy guidance organization.
There's a new stamp price -- it's 45 cents, as of Sunday Jan. 22. The United States Postal Service (USPS) raised the price of a stamp from 44 cents to 45 cents in an announcement in October, but it didn't take effect until Sunday
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) will implement a stamp price increase on Sunday -- and you will pay a penny more for a first-class stamp. Its price will rise to 45 cents from 44 cents.
Oil prices fell on Friday, pressured by economic uncertainty ahead of a possible debt deal in Greece, concerns about China's sluggish manufacturing sector, and weak U.S. petroleum demand.
Producer prices fell in December as companies paid less for gasoline and vegetables, although higher prices for light motor trucks pushed a measure of underlying inflation higher.
Observers of India's economy may wonder why inflation has persistently remained high over recent years - much higher than that in many other Asian economies.
The new price average for gold is expected at $1,640 per troy ounce by the end of the first half of 2012, according to Thompson Reuter's GFMS most recent report on the yellow metal.
Siemens <SIEGn.DE> expects Germany's exit from nuclear power to cost the country up to 1.7 trillion euros ($2.15 trillion) by 2030, the head of its energy business said.
India's headline inflation slowed sharply in December to a two-year low as food price pressure eased dramatically, but the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is still expected to leave interest rates on hold next week as manufacturing inflation remained elevated.
U.S. Gold Corp (UXG.TO) Chief Executive Rob McEwen said he expects global financial worries to push gold prices above $2,000 an ounce this year and even higher in the next few years.
Netflix launched in Britain and Ireland on Monday, taking on BSkyB's premium drama and movies offerings and prompting Amazon-owned rival Lovefilm to offer a new cut-price service.
The latest government report shows that robust hiring activity in December -- better than expected -- pushed unemployment to its lowest level in three years. The Labor Department said December unemployment was 8.5 percent in America, and level we haven't seen since February 2009.
Deutsche Bank said Friday negative real interest rates, central bank buying, dollar weakness and prospects for a European Central Bank balance sheet expansion augur well for gold prices to achieve a 12th consecutive annual gain.
The price of oil has been rising due to mounting tensions between Iran and the United States and other western countries. On Wednesday the pressure on Iran continued to ratchet up, as European Union governments agreed on to ban imports of Iranian oil.
2011 proved to be a sterling year for silver, according to recently released figures from the Silver Institute.
