Garden gnomes — those cute figurines often used to decorate the back yard — are a fairly common sight in the American suburbs. But when you take a minute to really think about gnomes, their ...

The family-owned gnome business was founded in 1874. LONDON -- One of the last traditional gnome manufacturers in Germany is preparing to retire, and is looking for someone to take over his business.

To the imaginative, Saxon gnomes and dwarfs shuffled their twisted, contorted bodies about the money markets of Manhattan last week. They were the blue-gummed, loose-wristed, grimacing gentry who ages ...