Judge: Building owner can charge rent based on gold prices

COLUMBUS, Ohio  - A federal judge says a group of property owners in Ohio's capital city can collect rent based on the price of gold as part of a century-old agreement.The judge's ruling means rent paid by the company that leases the Commerce Building in downtown Columbus could jump from $6,000 annually to nearly $350,000.At issue is the original 1919 lease, which included a so-called "gold clause," a provision common at the time that linked rent to the price of gold to account for infl