Some men want to watch the world burn

and some men look for gold in everything...

;48 16¶8 -45(5-;8() 6 ;48 ?(0 );5(; ]6;4 0‡]8( -5)8 :4 5† 8† ]6;4 -5.6;50 6 6 28;]88 6) -5.6;50 -1 6 95: †‡ ‡;48( 36¶85]5:) ‡ ‡;48( -‡†8)

Corrected below

;48 16¶8 -45(5-;8() 6* ;48 ?(0 );5(; ]6;4 0‡]8( -5)8 :4 5*† 8*† ]6;4 -5.6;50 6 6* 28;]88* 6) -5.6;50 -1 6 95: †‡ ‡;48( 36¶85]5:) ‡* ‡;48( -‡†8)

Since people are wondering: Title has nothing to do with the puzzle. Body contains a clue. It's not that complicated...I'm more testing the waters to see about harder puzzles for $50+ giveaways.

Urgh...ok...I see the problem...the astricks (*) concerted into italics... 5† 8† should be 5(ASTRICK)† and 8(ASTRICK)†

I apologize for not noting this sooner...unfortunately I double checked it from the text box and not from the final posting :(

Hint: This can be solved without using math even though there's * - )( - etc...they're not mathematical operations.