Throughout history, control over money has been one of the most powerful levers of state authority. What does this mean in ...

(This is an excerpt from Neil MacGregor's new book, "A History of the World in 100 Objects," just published by Penguin.) Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- We've all grown so accustomed to using little round ...

Silver has a long and storied history as a form of money, dating back to ancient civilizations such as the Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians. The first known silver coins were minted around 600 BC in ...

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Most people associate nuclear physics with the atomic bomb or nuclear power plants, and those associations are often negative. Michael Wiescher, a nuclear physicist at the University of Notre Dame, ...

June 10 (Reuters) - Japan escalated its warnings on Friday against sharp falls in the yen, expressing "concern" over the moves in a rare joint statement by the government and the central bank, leaving ...

In his letter (Aug. 15) responding to my op-ed “Floating Currencies Compound Uncertainty” (Aug. 9), Prof. William Miles states that “currency boards would lead to more of the banking crises, debt ...

TOKYO, Sept 14 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan has conducted a rate check in apparent preparation for currency intervention, the Nikkei website reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified sources, as ...