NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — There was no safe-haven bid for gold futures Tuesday, with the yellow metal dropping sharply as investors shrugged off a U.S. government shutdown and analysts noted talk of heavy fund selling. Gold for December delivery …

How is the carnage at an upscale shopping mall in Nairobi linked to a surge in the poaching of wild elephants in Africa? The connection goes back to the old Watergate adage that is critical to all anti-terrorism efforts: Follow the money.

An entrepreneur is looking to strike gold with 24K gold rolling papers, a smoking method lovingly crafted for the more discerning pothead. The line, produced by Shine Papers, is made from edible gold leaf and interior paper and is supposedly for use …

By Alison Mutler, The Associated Press. Romania's domestic spy agency has been monitoring a planned Canadian gold mine for years, its chief acknowledged Monday, saying that some demonstrations against the project had been manipulated by people he …

NEW DELHI: Taking cues from global price movements, the government raised the import tariff value of gold to $436 per 10 grams, while reducing it on imported silver to $702 per kg. Tariff value is the base price at which the customs duty is determined …

(Kitco News) – Comex gold futures prices sold off sharply and hit a fresh seven-week low in early U.S. trading Tuesday, after holding modest gains overnight. Sell stops were triggered to exacerbate the selling pressure in both gold and silver markets.

China's struggle adds to a complicated global economic environment for policy makers and investors. The U.S. government began a partial shutdown on Tuesday for the first time in 17 years after lawmakers could not break a political stalemate over spending.

NOT OPEN FOR BUSINESS. In this photo, a stop sign is seen next to the US Congress building in Washington DC, September 30, 2013. AFP/Mladen Antonov. LONDON, United Kingdom – The United States' federal government shutdown could endanger the …

LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Yet another budget showdown in Washington and yet another government crisis in Italy herald more turbulence for a global economy growing well below trend. On top of these recurrent pitfalls, banks and households in Europe …