Standard & Poor's said its president is stepping down, capping two weeks of controversy following the rating agency's downgrade of U.S. government... Gold tops $1,917, speed of climb alarms someGold prices have been on a tear lately, topping a fresh record high above $1,900 an ounce early Tuesday -- just two weeks after rising above $1,800. Possible deal for 'dead' Highland Park broker A lawyer for a man arrested in Las Vegas 32 years after vanishing in Illinois says a plea deal could spare his client a felony identity theft... |