This Wednesday saw the official opening of the world’s first permanent gold-dispensing vending machine. Created by German company TG Gold-Super-Markt, the GOLD To Go ATM is located (unsurprisingly) in ...

WASHINGTON – Consumers who find themselves in an endless debate at the vending machine are in for real frustration. Vending machines are offering far more than salty and sweet treats, according to ...

Last month we introduced you to Gold to Go, the gold-dispensing ATMs made by German company Ex Oriente Lux AG. The company installed its first machine at the Abu Dhabi’s Emirates Palace hotel in Dubai ...

It’s hard to invent business ideas that’ll generate cash in this economy, but TG-Gold-Super-Markt thinks they’ve found a way: They plan on installing 500 vending machines across Germany, in locations ...

How badly do you want gold? Investors, who view it as a safe refuge in an inflationary environment, are paying a premium for it these days, and the commodity closed at $930/oz yesterday. But for some ...

Tucked away in an unassuming corner of the Westfield shopping centre in west London are a trio of vending machines. One dispenses cash, another soft drinks and water, but the final – and latest – one ...

Abu Dhabi, Munich, and Madrid were the first places to get ATM machines that dispense gold bars. Next up for the gold ATM is America, and the first two cities to get the machines are Las Vegas and ...

The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Friday 29 October 2010 The piece below about an expanding network of gold-bullion vending machines ...

The machine at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, spits out gold bars, coins and hundreds of other gold items. A computer updates the international market price every 10 minutes. The dispenser ...

China's got the gold bug. Recently, the government allowed citizens to actually own gold bullion. And now, starting on Sept 23, Chinese people can buy gold bars directly from vending machines. Gold ...

In South Korea's convenience stores, gold bars are becoming more and more popular as their value rises due to the severe global inflationary pressure. In the nine months that ended in May, GS Retail, ...