For Phoenix Jones, Seattle's self-proclaimed masked superhero, it looks like he'll need to use his powers to get out of an assault charge. Police officers arrested Phoenix Jones early Sunday and charged him with assault after he was accused of spraying several people with pepper spray, according to multiple reports.
Kemp is the clear favorite to win the NL MVP.
Christie's auction of The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor
Christie's auction of The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor
Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but for Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor they were a lifelong passion that could now strike gold for the AIDS sufferers she championed.
China has installed its first gold vending machine, offering coins and bullion to shoppers in a Beijing shopping district, according to a report.
Gold and silver mining company shares jumped Monday as the price of the metals surged and the broader equity markets turned sharply higher on a pledge by leaders of Europe's richest countries to save the continent's banks.
Gold will reach $2,000 in the next three to six months, according to the chief investment officer of one of this year's most successful hedge funds.
Swiss structured products exchange Scoach has become the world's first exchange to allow trading in gold-denominated structured products and might also allow exchange traded funds (ETFs) with gold as the trading currency.
Gold prices surged Monday and the dollar plunged as investors piled into stocks in the hope that Europe's sovereign debt crisis may finally be ending and the continent's financial system is beginning to stabilize.
Gold rose more than 2 percent on Monday, lifted by weakness in the dollar versus the euro after France and Germany pledged to come up with a proposal to recapitalize euro zone banks, while traders remained cautious ahead of further details of the plan.
India gold rose nearly a percent on Monday afternoon, extending gains for another session, following a similar trend in overseas markets, although a rising rupee checked gains, dealers said.
Gold, silver, platinum and palladium, as well as other commodities, generally stand a better chance of handling a global economic downturn than other types of investments, Barclays Capital said Monday.
India gold futures are likely to extend gains this week helped by the weakness in the U.S. dollar, which enhances appeal of the yellow metal as an alternative investment, and after France and Germany pledged to strike a proposal to recapitalize euro zone banks.
The price of gold in the fourth quarter will rise to an average of $1,875 per ounce, a nearly 15 percent increase from gold's closing price Friday, Barclays Capital said.
Australian gold mining company Hill End Gold Ltd. said Monday that the estimated amount of gold at one of its projects has risen by 140 percent.
Gold prices jumped nearly 2 percent Monday on a plunging dollar and strong physical buying from India and China.
Impala Platinum , the world's second-largest producer of the precious metal, said on Monday it has reached a two-year wage deal with South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM), averting a possible a strike at the miner.
A clash between striking workers and police near Freeport McMoRan's Indonesian copper mine killed one protestor and injured others, complicating a pay dispute that appears far from being resolved.
A mob of horsemen armed with sticks and petrol bombs attacked an exploration camp run by South African miner Gold Fields' joint venture in Kyrgyzstan, the latest in a series of assaults on mining companies in the Central Asian state.
Gold rose more than 1 percent on Monday as the dollar fell versus the euro after France and Germany pledged to strike a proposal to recapitalize euro zone banks, while traders remained cautious ahead of further details of the plan.
A new skyscraper has been unveiled in Huaxi village in China’s Jiangsu province, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the forming of the country’s richest village.
