China buys gold, challenges US dollar
WikiLeaks cables allege that China is buying gold to weaken the US dollar’s supremacy as the world’s reserve currency. China is shifting some of its massive foreign holdings into gold and away from the US…
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Rare diamond seized from money launderer set for online auction
A rare 43-carat yellow diamond that belonged to a convicted money launderer will be auctioned for a minimum bid of $900,000, the U.S. Marshals Service said Thursday. The flawless diamond, known as the “Golden Eye,”…
Vonn Easily Wins Downhill Gold On Bruised Shin
WHISTLER, British Columbia –None of it mattered one bit to Lindsey Vonn. Not the badly bruised and swollen right shin, so painful at first it was tough to even walk, let alone ski with abandon…
A bumpy ride ends in gold for Kearney
WEST VANCOUVER, British Columbia — If, by the end of the Vancouver Games, the Canadians remain desperate for the first gold medal in their history of hosting the Olympics, perhaps they can petition Hannah Kearney…
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