The tables were turned on burglars in Toledo, Ohio, who thought they were going for gold jewelry, but came away with brass.

Mark Dice, a California native, tried to sell a one ounce Canadian gold bullion coin for $50 but no one knew how much it was worth nor were they interested. Unfortunately for them, one ounce of gold is $1,100 USD.

With gold bullion nearly breaking the $1,100USD mark, it is no wonder why so many countries such as China and India are building their gold reserves as each month passes by.

They’ve been trapped 485 metres below the ground since Friday and rescue crews are fearing the worst for three Montreal miners.

In an autobiography due to hit the shops in November American tennis idol Andre Agassi, the winner of eight Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal, has confessed to having taken the drug crystal meth.

Leaked information concerning Russia selling up to 50 tonnes of gold has forced the government to postpone the sale due to fears of a drop in price.

Ras Al Khaimah, one of UAE's seven emirates has caught a gang that has been using fraud credit cards pretending to buy or sell mobile phones and gold.

RCMP's National Security Investigation Section is recommending charges under the terrorist financing act for a foreigner found with $1 million in undeclared cash and gold which was seized at Canada-U.S. crossing at Douglas, B.C.

I submit that with interest rates nowhere to go but up; a weakening dollar, and massive budget deficits for years to come, the best person to run the Federal Reserve over the next two years is Paul Volcker.

Famed investor and co-founder of the Quantum Fund, Jim Rogers, told Tech Ticker that one ounce of gold bullion will hit $2,000 and the United States Dollar will lose its reserve status.

The British upscale department store Harrods, will begin selling gold bars and coins over the counter today at the Harrods Bank branch on the lower ground floor of the West London store.

Peter Schiff, President of Euro Pacific Capital and author of "Crash Proof 2.0," recently spoke with Fox Business News about this week's surge in gold prices and foreign mining stocks.

Stock markets in the US will devolve further into a volatile trader’s paradise, mimicking emerging markets. However, the stock index to gold ratio going forward will clearly show the loss of the dollar’s purchasing power.

Investors are becoming increasingly wary of the US government's trillion dollar deficits and are turning to the protection of gold.

On Tuesday, the price of gold reached a record high when it hit $1,042 US ($1,103CAD) and many goldbugs believe gold will continue to increase in value as the United States Dollar depreciates.

It has been revealed that athletics' chiefs in South Africa did carry out gender tests on Caster Semenya before she traveled to Berlin in August for the World Championships and took gold in the women's 800 metres.

Recent television advertisements by China's Central Television, which is state-controlled, has urged its citizens to purchase gold and silver bullion.

While the outcome of her gender test is unlikely to be announced for another two weeks, it now looks certain that South African athlete Caster Semenya will be allowed to keep her women's 800m world title, whatever the eventual result of that test may be.

What, if any, is the short-term financial impact, and longer-term the strategic implications, of this new regional hub? How odd that none of the business news channels offered any concrete answers for the rise to $1,000 in volatile trading.

South Africa is preparing a heroine's welcome for Caster Semenya, the 18-year-old woman who, having won gold in the 800m at the athletics World Championships in Berlin, is now awaiting the results of a gender test ordered by the sport's governing body.