Gold prices continued to hover just above a two-month low reached on Thursday. Bullion has dropped about 3 percent in the past five sessions, underperforming U.S. Treasury bonds, which are considered the preferred safe-haven investment, traders said.

Ledecky was under world-record splits for much of the race in an outdoor pool at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre, then slipped slightly behind the pace before powering home with a last lap of 29.30 seconds to shave 0.49 off the world mark she set at the …

At the same time, I'm hearing that McConaughey and Oscar-winning Traffic scribe-turned-director Stephen Gaghan might team up for Gold, a Black Bear Pictures film that has a script by Patrick Massett & John Zinman that is based on a true story about the …

Gold has slid during this past week on mounting fears of interest-rate hikes. Between the latest FOMC meeting's minutes and the Fed's annual Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium, American futures speculators' rising-rate phobias have been whipped …

Hannah Moore reacts after winning the women's 400-meter freestyle final at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games on Aug. 22, 2014. NANJING, China — On her 18th birthday, Hannah Moore received a sparkling present: a Youth Olympic gold medal.

Russia's Khetag Khuvgaev clinched gold in the men's 85kg weightlifting at the Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games on 22 August. He claimed afterwards that victory had never been in doubt. “It was easy. I wasn't worried. I knew I was going to win,” he said.

Michael Phelps of the U.S. leans on a lane rope after his men's 100m freestyle final at the Pan Pacific swimming championships in Gold Coast, Australia, Friday, Aug. 22, 2014. Cameron McEvoy of Australia won the race ahead of Nathan Adrian in second …

Gold Coast, Australia –. Michael Phelps is back on top of the podium. The 29-year-old American, swimming in his first international meet since coming out of retirement, helped the United States win the 4×200-meter relay Friday at the Pan Pacific …

Gold futures were higher Friday, a departure from five days of declines, but is still in the red for the week. Silver continued its slide, logging its sixth week of losses. Gold, off 2% for the week, has been down for two straight weeks (and five of …