By Carole Vaporean NEW YORK, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Commodity markets closed mixed on Friday, with crude oil up as the dollar declined and gold down on profit taking after a 3 percent jump a day earlier, as investors pondered their next moves after the U.S …

The Discovery Channel is teaching a pretty good lesson in money's power to make human beings behave badly, with a four-part documentary about the California gold rush called “Gold Fever.” In recounting the story of that mid-1800s stampede westward in …

Reuters. Gold prices surged more than 3 percent on Thursday as the dollar stumbled, with bullion boosted by belief that a temporary deal to avoid a historic U.S. debt default might prompt the Federal Reserve to delay reducing its additional monetary …

LONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters) – A surge in gold exports from the United Kingdom to Switzerland this year may largely be the result of metal sold out of exchange-traded funds being shipped for re-refining before making its way to Asia, according to …

Platinum extends premium over gold to highest in a month (Updates prices, adds comment). By Jan Harvey. LONDON, Oct 18 (Reuters) – Gold held near $1,320 an ounce on Friday, heading for its biggest weekly gain in two months, on expectations that the …

ALMATY (Reuters) – A crowd of about 200 people on Friday attacked the local office of Z-Explorer, an Australian company developing a gold field in southern Kyrgyzstan, in what appeared to be another violent conflict over the privatization of the …

Microsoft's Xbox 360 monthly free game promo, "Games with Gold," is being extended indefinitely. The program is essentially Microsoft's response on Xbox 360 to Sony's PlayStation Plus initiative on PlayStation 3 and Vita: members who pay the monthly or …

Microsoft's Xbox 360 monthly free game promo, "Games with Gold," is being extended indefinitely. The program is essentially Microsoft's response on Xbox 360 to Sony's PlayStation Plus initiative on PlayStation 3 and Vita: members who pay the monthly or …

The gold price jumped more than 3% on Thursday, scaling the $1,300 an ounce level following a US debt deal that is likely to delay any reduction in economic stimulus by the Federal Reserve. In early afternoon trade on the Comex market in New York …