A new flag now hangs at Gold Bar City Hall, but Mayor Joe Beavers wants to know why vandals burned the original flag on Monday night. "They took the flag, draped it on the display rock, held it down with rocks and then hit it with a Molotov cocktail …

July 31 (Reuters) – Centerra Gold Inc posted a profit in the second quarter, compared with a loss a year earlier, helped by higher gold production at its flagship Kumtor mine in Kyrgyzstan that partially offset weaker gold prices. The Canadian gold …

Barrick Gold Corp. (ABX), the world's largest producer of the precious metal, took $8.7 billion of writedowns and cut its dividend after gold prices fell. Barrick posted a second-quarter net loss was $8.56 billion, or $8.55 a share, compared with net …

Spot gold reverses earlier gains, Comex gold up 1 pct * Fed provides no guidance on tapering timeline * U.S. GDP, jobs data stronger than expected (Updates prices) By A. Ananthalakshmi SINGAPORE, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Gold reversed early gains on …

"Look at games like World of Warcraft, Diablo, Dungeons and Dragons, or the original Final Fantasy. In those games, gold is the money, and you often get gold not by doing an honest day's work, but by running around and beating people up and taking …

SINGAPORE, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Gold edged higher on Thursday after the Federal Reserve said it would continue to support the U.S. economy by buying back bonds, even as U.S. economic growth and jobs data painted a brighter outlook. U.S. gold futures …

Sun Yang of China reacts after competing in the men;s 800m freestyle heats during the World Swimming Championships at the Sant Jordi arena in Barcelona July 30, 2013. — Reuters picBARCELONA, July 31 — Sun Yang can tick the second of three boxes …

July 31 (Reuters) – Centerra Gold Inc posted a profit in the second quarter, compared with a loss a year earlier, helped by higher gold production at its flagship Kumtor mine that partially offset weaker gold prices. Centerra runs Kyrgyzstan's flagship …

These days, the financial press is a filled with daily stories about whether gold is a buy or a sell based on both technical and even fundamental arguments. Some of the more sensible stories focus on how much of a portfolio should be made up of a metal …