Business
Takeover: Canada’s Barrick would pay $2.2 billion for historic Homestake, becoming No. 2 in industry.
June 26, 2001
World & Nation
Companies hunt for new sources as prices for the precious metal soar. Activists see a threat to the environment.
Jan. 17, 2006
Politics: Ex-President Bush’s many foreign dealings could pose conflicts if his son wins White House.
May 7, 2000
Excerpts from current market commentary by analysts at major and regional brokerages, editors of investment newsletters and portfolio managers John R.
Nov. 5, 1996
The proposal is partly driven by the increasing costs of mining and processing gold.
Nov. 1, 2005
Two rival Canadian companies agreed Thursday to combine in a sweetened $10.4-billion deal that would create the world’s biggest gold miner.
Dec. 23, 2005
Wall Street is buoyed by the $33-billion buyout deal of HCA and strong earnings reports from drug makers Merck and Schering-Plough.
July 25, 2006
This may not be exactly what the gold market wants to hear.
Oct. 5, 2000
Fifty years ago, Peter Munk and his family were safely spirited out of German-occupied Budapest after his grandfather cut a deal with the Nazis.
Aug. 25, 1994
In what he called a “historic giveaway,” Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt on Monday reluctantly gave a Canadian mining giant clear title to harvest one of the world’s richest veins of gold from U.S.
May 17, 1994