chart Gold prices got rejected from the $1,780 – $1,800 area and the daily SMA 200. We might see the price start a new bearish leg toward $1,680 – $1,700 area. Traders who want to enter short positions could enter speculative short near the current level with a stop above the previous week’s high. Today critical levels to watch: Support: $1,700, $1,680 ...

Investigators believe a 1,200-foot (366-meter) cargo ship dragging anchor in rough seas caught an underwater oil pipeline and pulled it across the seafloor, months before a leak from the line fouled the Southern California coastline with crude. A team of federal investigators trying to chase down the cause of the spill boarded the Panama-registered MSC ...

Japan’s goal of reducing carbon emissions by 46% by 2030 is based on the assumption it will restart 30 of its nuclear reactors, a top ruling party executive said. Akira Amari, secretary general of the Liberal Democratic Party, made the remarks Sunday in a televised debate broadcast by NHK ahead of the Oct. 31 general election. Much of Japan’s nuclear ...