Iran’s top leader doubts nuclear talks will succeed
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s top leader said Monday that he doubts talks aimed at sealing a final deal between Tehran and Western powers over the Islamic Republic’s disputed nuclear program...
View ArticleCouple stumbles upon millions in buried treasure
LOS ANGELES — A Northern California couple out walking their dog on their property stumbled across a modern-day bonanza: $10 million in rare, mint-condition gold coins buried in the shadow...
View ArticleWhere’d that Calif. couple’s backyard windfall come from?
LOS ANGELES — Word last week that a Northern California couple found $10 million in gold coins while walking their dog has set off a gold rush of theories over...
View ArticleBarclays slapped with $44 million fine over gold price fix
Barclays Plc has been fined $43.8 million for failures in internal controls that allowed a trader to manipulate the setting of gold prices, just a day after the bank was...
View ArticleDubai creates wine with 24-carat gold but no alcohol
Dubai built the world’s tallest building, put a ski slope inside a shopping mall and gave its cops a Lamborghini for a police car. Where else would you sell a...
View ArticleGold should appreciate as economy declines
It’s a gold-en opportunity despite signals to the contrary, says Ed Moy, former director of the US Mint. “Precious metals should benefit from the fragile and declining state of the...
View ArticleA golden opportunity for Republicans in ’16
What’s going to be the Republicans’ answer to President Obama’s malarkey about “middle-class economics”? He used the phrase repeatedly. “The verdict is clear,” he told Congress in his big speech...
View ArticleChinese government might seize farmer’s 17-pound gold nugget
HONG KONG — Remember the lucky Chinese herdsman who recently stumbled onto a 17-pound gold nugget? Well, it seems China’s government hasn’t forgotten, as the nugget’s finder may now be...
View ArticleAmericans poop up to $4.2B in precious metals every year
Poop could be a gold mine — and that’s no load of crap! You could be flushing a fortune in feces down the toilet in the form of tiny nuggets of...
View ArticleHow secret gold mines are tearing the Ivory Coast apart
An Ivory Coast special report: Interviews with more than two dozen military insiders, diplomats, U.N. officials, local authorities, analysts and miners also reveal that the network of former rebels...
View ArticleBuried Nazi gold discovered in Germany
An amateur archaeologist in Germany has found a historic collection of gold coins worth around 45,000 euros, probably buried during the Nazi era or shortly after World War II, experts...
View ArticleStubborn hedge fund titans continue making bets on gold
Most fund managers have finally thrown in the towel on gold — but not hedgie titans John Paulson and David Einhorn. Money managers are “net short” gold for the first...
View ArticleTeen goes for swim in lake, finds gold bar
BERLIN — A teenager has made an unexpected find while swimming in a lake in the German Alps: a 17.6-ounce bar of gold. Police said Wednesday that they are still...
View ArticleLoot hunters blocked from site of alleged Nazi gold train
WARSAW, Poland — Polish authorities are taking action against treasure hunters who are swarming the site of an alleged Nazi gold train in southwestern Poland. The city of Walbrzych and...
View ArticleJailed man may hold key to solving $5 million gold heist
Law enforcement officials hope a Florida man who pleaded guilty to extortion and was sentenced to about three-and-half years in prison on Tuesday may help identify who stole an estimated...
View ArticleThe perfect gift for the ‘hedge fund d-bag’ who has everything
Calling all aspiring celebrities, billionaires, hedge funders and people who just have money to burn…or eat. Los Angeles-based jerky purveyor Three Jerks has rolled out a new way to chow down on...
View ArticlePolice force-feed 40 bananas to gold thief
Police in India went bananas after catching a thief who swallowed a gold chain as they were chasing him — forcing him to eat 40 of the potassium-rich fruits to get at the evidence. Gopi Ghaware, 25,...
View ArticleInvestors go for gold as stocks, oil prices tank
Man the lifeboats! It’s all investors for themselves. In the topsy-turvy world of Wall Street in 2016, it’s more about preserving wealth than taking risk, so precious metals and Uncle Sam’s debt are...
View ArticleInvestors get the gold off of banks precious metals manipulation
For many years, precious metal commodity investors have screamed over certain price movements. Then came the convictions and penalties for the banks involved in the Libor rigging scandal, which gave...
View ArticleRevered Buddhist monk turned into gold-encased mummy
BEIJING — A revered Buddhist monk in China has been mummified and covered in gold leaf, a practice reserved for holy men in some areas with strong Buddhist traditions. The monk, Fu Hou, died in 2012 at...
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