OIL has been around for a long time. Some 6,000 years ago it was used to waterproof boats in the Middle East. The Chinese refined it to use in lamps around 1,000 years ago. But the oil industry only got going in the 1860s after the first wells were …

"There's a lot of very wealthy people that are going to own gold as a defensive hedge for what they're fearing is that whole Weimar Republic thing, where either the Europeans or the United States aggressively prints money, where the multiplier effect …

Ryan Lochte of the United States, left, shows his gold medal as he squats alongside China's Sun Yang who holds his bronze medal after the medal ceremony for the men's 4×200 freestyle relay final at the FINA Swimming World Championships in Barcelona, …

BARCELONA (AFP) – Australia's Cate Campbell won the women's 100m freestyle gold at the swimming world championships on Friday as US star Missy Franklin missed out on claiming a fifth medal in Barcelona. The 21-year-old Campbell earned her first …

Barcelona, Spain – American Ryan Lochte picked up a pair of gold medals Friday at the 2013 World Swimming Championships, while Missy Franklin was kept off the podium for the first time this week. Lochte won individual gold in the men's 200-meter …

Bullion still posted a near 2 percent loss for its biggest weekly drop in five weeks, weighed down by a dollar rally. Gold initially fell to a two-week low at $1,280 an ounce as encouraging U.S. gross domestic product and factory activity data earlier …

It found that despite making sacrifices and leading a life of comparative deprivation in an affluent society, many Indian expatriates stand to gain no long-term benefit from working in the Gulf. Many Indians who work in the Gulf for decades return home …

In their pursuit "to combine our lifestyle with our profession," historians Peter Westwick and Peter Neushul initially coaxed the deans at UC Santa Barbara into permitting them to teach a history of surfing class. It was a serious class. Honest! Then …

Director of the Talbot County Office of Economic Development Paige Bethke said this isn't the first time Easton has been recognized for the amount of high–end real estate the area has. Bethke said it's a balance between the “beautiful rivers and …