New Orleans investment conference sparks discussion on gold, the Fed, and swine flu. NEW ORLEANS – “We are a pure gold play,” says the CEO, a very large person and a former college footballer for Holy Cross. With that, James Moore of Inter-Citic Minerals (TSX: T.ICI, Stock Forum) just might have kicked off ...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government, struggling to stay ahead of fast-moving technological developments, will launch consultations next week to help it craft new copyright legislation. Its last legislative attempt was killed off by an election in October 2008, and the government said in a statement on Friday it would begin a new round of talks with interested parties, with a ...

Try hailing a cab in this car-centric town and you're likely to be left standing on a curb, waving your arm like a fool in a cloud of exhaust. For many years, Los Angeles, unlike most other big cities, discouraged taxi drivers from picking ...