Gold holds in narrow range, awaits news on budget deadlock. * US shutdown drags on as debt-ceiling deadline looms (Updates prices, adds comment). By Jan Harvey. LONDON, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Platinum rose on Friday on news that South African mines are …

Outflows continue for the SPDR Gold Trust, but they're not at bad as they were earlier this year. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — At a time when a government shutdown and debt-ceiling limit are promoting broad fear and volatility, gold investors can …

The Treasury has considered that option, among the many others, and rejected it. “Selling gold would undercut confidence in the U.S. both here and abroad,” a spokeswoman said, “and would be destabilizing to the world financial system.” She was quoting …

Gold fell as the dollar index rebounded from eight-month lows, although moves in most financial markets were muted as the U.S. government shutdown dragged on. "There doesn't seem to be a lot of fear yet priced into financial markets (from the shutdown …

Two years ago, I was something of a traditionalist, usually suggesting that a gold standard system be set up in roughly the manner that the Bank of England managed the British pound in the pre-1914 era. (I call this an ”Example #5 hybrid system” in the …

Gold down 1.2 pct so far this week * U.S. shutdown drags on as debt-ceiling deadline looms * Chinese holiday, lack of U.S. data could cause further dips (Adds platinum prices) By A. Ananthalakshmi SINGAPORE, Oct 4 (Reuters) – Gold is set for its …

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — It was a nothing day for gold in Far East trading on their Thursday. Once London opened, the gold price got sold down a bit over ten bucks going into the Comex open, with the subsequent rally moving the price back to up five or …

Apple releases OS X Mavericks gold master to developers. Apple's latest flavor of OS X, Mavericks, is just weeks away from landing on customers' Macs, as the gold master has now been unleashed to the developer hordes. Though not a dramatic remake like …

There are, and always have been since I've been following it, strange goings on in the gold and silver markets. Manipulation is rife – but whether this is by traders, commercial bankers, central banks, other government entities – or a combination of …