Retired swimming legend Michael Phelps has left open the possibility of competing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. The 18-time gold medal winner earlier this year ruled out a comeback but he suggested a possible change of plans during a promotional visit to Brazil on Wednesday. "I don't know what's gonna happen in three years. I don't even know what is gonna happen tomorrow," Phelps told reporters. "I've said 100 times if I feel like coming back ... I could. But I'm not saying I am going to." Phelps' coach Bob Bowman raised speculation of the star's possible return last month by confirming the 28-year-old signed up for drug testing in May, allowing him to compete as early as March. Phelps is the most successful Olympian in history with 22 medals. He retired last year after winning four gold medals and two silvers at the London Games.
Canada's main stock index inched up Monday to kick off the first trading day in December by closing at 13,419.57 points, despite a slump in gold prices.
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange went down Tuesday on the market expectation that U.S. lawmakers will soon reach a deal to end a partial shutdown of the U.S. federal government and avert a debt default.
The Ghana Immigration Service (GIS) on Wednesday disclosed that 124 suspected Chinese illegal miners were detained in Accra, the capital of the West African country.
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange finished lower on Monday, extending their decline to a third session on strength in the U.S. dollar and concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve may soon scale back its bond-buying program.
Gold futures on the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange on Tuesday plunged to the lowest level since May 1 on big outflows from gold exchange-traded funds.
By April 18 afternoon, the silver price has plunged through 23 U.S. dollars per ounce to about 22. 5 U.S. dollars. It once touched 22.07 U.S. dollars on Apr. 16 , the lowest since Oct. 2010.
Jewelry chains across the city of Hong Kong have been packed with shoppers since the gold prices dropped sharply last Friday. To take advantage of the sharpest price fall in decades, shoppers in Hong Kong snapping up gold products.
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