Gold, oil prices rebound as jobs data renews hopes of economic recovery, dollar weakens

NEW YORK — Optimism about the economy showed through in the commodities markets on Thursday as investors sent prices for gold, oil and grains higher on the belief that demand for basic materials will soon rebound.

World stocks edge higher as key US jobs report for May looms

LONDON — European stock markets closely modestly higher Thursday as Wall Street clawed back early losses amid hopes that Friday’s closely watched U.S. non-farm payrolls report for May may not be as bleak as many investors were anticipating.

SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro says new short-selling rules a priority as interests make case

WASHINGTON — The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission said Tuesday she is making the issue of new rules restricting short-selling a priority as the agency heard from an array of interests about ways to limit trades that bet against a stock.

3 generations of women in the jungle _ but don’t mess with intrepid grandma

DOMINICAL, Costa Rica — My 20-year-old daughter Emma has been following me on strange trips all her life — Beijing on a bike, rural Romania, the frozen Boundary Waters in January and campouts at 10,000 feet that left her sick and dazed because of the altitude.

Movie review: ‘Fighting’ has ferocity but little punch as Channing Tatum bare-knuckles it

The first rule of “Fight Club,” if you recall, was that you don’t talk about “Fight Club.” The first rule of “Fighting,” it seems, is that you talk only to fill the gaps between all the fighting.

Liverpool grins as title favourites Man U turns blue!

LONDON - Liverpool FC’s exploits on the field in the past eight days has left Manchester United coach Alex Ferguson with just one option-to put on his thinking cap once again and look for ways to achieve the coveted Quintuple, knowing fully well that English football has been turned completely on its head.