Gold Coast braces for king tide

A king tide due to hit the Gold Coast this morning but is not expected to do much damage.

SF's Dogpatch pier district braces for renewal

There's a hidden corner of the City by the Bay where rusted cranes used to build WWII battleships loom over dilapidated artist studios, where working-class fishermen bob up against first-class ocean liners docked for repair.

Before the gold rush: Burma braces for march of the multinationals

As foreign investors get ready to strike it rich once sanctions are lifted, Rangoon's poorest fear they will lose out again In the single street of Rangoon's crowded Bothun San neighbourhood, attention is focused on the daily afternoon lottery. Hugely popular among the near-destitute labourers and their families, and played between neighbours on the flattened earth, it offers the prospect of a ...

India's gold imports unsustainable: ASSOCHAM

New Delhi, Feb 6 : India’s gold imports are unsustainable and the government should encourage channelising savings in formal financial instruments to increase productive capacity of the economy, trade body ASSOCHAM said Monday.

San Francisco's Dogpatch Pier District Braces For Renewal (PHOTOS)

SAN FRANCISCO -- There's a hidden corner of the City by the Bay where rusted cranes used to build WWII battleships loom over dilapidated artist studios, where working-class fishermen bob up against first-class ocean liners docked for repair.

Dogpatch district braces for renewal

SAN FRANCISCO — There’s a hidden corner of the City by the Bay where rusted cranes used to build WWII battleships loom over dilapidated artist studios, where working-class fishermen bob up against first-class ocean liners docked for repair.