The recent crash in gold prices has triggered widespread concerns over the future of the bullion market, but mining executives in Australia insist that the industry is not in "dire straits." According to Gavin Thomas, CEO of Kingsgate Consolidated …

Imagine this: it's the opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. A huge television event, watched the world over. The American Olympians join the proud march of nations. They're our emissaries, our exemplars. And as the television …

But he never won an international gold medal, or a medal of any kind, despite a storied career with 1,318 games in the NHL. That finally changed this summer, with Carbonneau winning gold in an international hockey tournament. Not as a player, but as a …

But Murphy has noticed the Green Bay gold rush too. And he explains why it is happening. Word is out that Nitschke Field, with bleacher seating added on in 2009 for 1,500 fans, is appealing. Seniors have a place to sit. Photographers have a perch from …

The final treasures of a quiet man who collected a fortune in gold coins will be auctioned off Tuesday in Nevada. The body of Walter Samaszko Jr. was found in his Carson City home in June 2012. After his death, a cleaning crew hired to tidy his modest …

… stock market is that value managers are struggling to find cheap stocks," Brown writes. It may also be telling that a number of gold miners are worried enough about the price of the metal, even following a huge drop, that they are beginning to …

After his death, a cleaning crew hired to tidy his modest, ranch style home where he had lived for four decades came upon a stunning discovery — boxes and boxes full of gold coins and bullion collected over an unassuming lifetime. It was enough to …

While Franklin said she's not especially driven to match Phelps' record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics, there will surely be at least some discussion about coming up with another event to add to the seven she swam at both worlds and the last …

The other was the announcement last month that astronomers had tentatively traced the existence of gold in the universe to a cataclysm known as a gamma-ray burst, which can light up a galaxy. As Joel Achenbach wrote in The Washington Post, “The bling …