China stocks closed sharply lower Tuesday but the damage was largely contained with most major world markets staging a recovery from Monday's selloff. The benchmark Shanghai Composite declined 7.6%, while the smaller Shenzhen Composite shed 7.2%. The Shanghai index...
PUBLIC LIVES: Sharing a Nation’s History and Culture, a Coin at a Time
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]THE golden coin's message is as revolutionary as this city gets these days: Put aside revered dead presidents and contemplate Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who courageously guided Lewis and Clark in the 19th-century expedition that...
Former Head of U.S. Mint: The Platinum Coin Option would Work
I had a bit of fun with the platinum coin plans on MSNBC Monday night: Tuesday morning, I got an e-mail from Philip Diehl, the former Mint director and Treasury chief of staff who, with Rep. Mike Castle, wrote the platinum coin law and oversaw the minting of the first...
US Mint’s Philip Diehl Discusses the New Quarters
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In live interview in Today New York Studio; US Mint's Philip Diehl says new quarters with designs from every state on the tail side will be released every 10 weeks starting with the quarter commemorating the state of Delaware. Close...
Diehl on NBC: Sacajawea Dollar Coin is Released
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Philip Diehl, director of the U.S. Mint, discusses the release of the Sacajawea dollar coin. Sacajawea was a Shoshone Indian who acted as guide to Lewis and Clark. Transcript Sacajewea Dollar Coin is Released MATT LAUER, co-host: In...
Business Unusual: Philip Diehl Transforms U.S. Mint
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. ANNOUNCER: Ahead on BUSINESS UNUSUAL, making change. We'll meet the man who transformed the United States Mint from a stodgy government agency to a player in the new economy. Boeing...
Diehl on NPR: The Golden Dollar Coin
Under Philip Diehl’s direction, the U.S. Mint has literally changed the face of American money: Last year the Mint introduced the 50 States Quarters program, and this year brought the Sacagawea dollar coin. Officially named the Golden Dollar, the new coin features the...
Why Now Is a Great Time to Buy Gold
After being bearish on gold prices during 2013 and 2014, I became mildly bullish on the precious metal in February of this year. With gold at $1,200 an ounce, I wrote an article discussing three reasons why I believed gold prices would bottom in 2015, and thus why I...
Greek Bailout: Europe Strikes Deal after Marathon Talks
Europe has offered Greece a new $96 billion bailout after its government agreed to enact deep economic reforms under close supervision by its creditors. The rescue -- Greece's third since 2010 - should secure its place in the euro, for now. The country's potential...
China Wants to Steal Gold-Market ‘Reins’ from New York, London
China has been making it very clear that it wants more control over the global gold market, but it’ll have to go through New York and London first. “Given that China is the epicenter of the physical gold market, it does make sense that the Chinese government would...
China Bans Stock Sales by Major Shareholders for Six Months
China’s securities regulator banned major shareholders, corporate executives and directors from selling stakes in listed companies for six months, its latest effort to stop the nation’s $3.5 trillion stock-market rout. Investors with stakes exceeding 5 percent must...
Greece ‘48 Hours Away From Unrest’
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras probably has 48 hours to resolve a standoff with creditors before civil unrest breaks out and ATMs run out of cash, hedge fund Balyasny Asset Management said. Fund managers are questioning how the International Monetary Fund and...












