The economic slowdown hasn't dodged the small gold-mining town of Battle Mountain, Nev. -- it's done something else: It's helped, town residents said.As the economies around the globe have fallen into a slump, the price of gold -- a refuge for investors in hard times -- has soared, reaching $892 an ounce Monday, not far behind the record price of more than $1,000 an ounce set in March, The New ...

With gold hovering near record-high prices, the financial woes of the rest of the country are a distant concern in the mining town of Battle Mountain.

Nevada taxable sales dropped again in October, falling 6.2 percent behind the sales in October 2007 to $3.73 billion.

CARSON CITY -- Veteran Nevada state Archivist Guy Rocha plans to retire before the state's budget crunch forces him to preside over cuts that might gut the agency he has been dedicated to for 28 years.

BONAVENTURE ENTERPRISES INC.(Frankfurt: YQG) is pleased to update shareholders on its recent exploration work at the Company's Squaw Creek and Cottonwood Projects in Nevada.

The economic meltdown in much of the country has been a boon to residents of Battle Mountain, Nev., a gold-mining town.

CARSON CITY -- Veteran Nevada state Archivist Guy Rocha plans to retire before the state's budget crunch forces him to preside over cuts that might gut the agency he has been dedicated to for 28 years.

British retailer Tesco entered the U.S. market only last year but already it has managed to put Wal-Mart, the world's No. 1 retailer, on the defensive. Tesco fired the first salvo, in a battle that retailing analysts expect will intensify, by launching Fresh & Easy, a chain of 10,000-square-foot convenience stores, in cities across California, Nevada, and Arizona in November 2007. Eleven months ...

BONAVENTURE ENTERPRISES INC.(Frankfurt: YQG) is pleased to update shareholders on its recent exploration work at the Company's Squaw Creek and Cottonwood Projects in Nevada.

When construction of the Nevada Northern Railway reached in Ely in 1906, steel rails 4-feet, 8-and-one-half inches wide connected Ely with McGill and with the transcontinental railroad system of a century ago.