Gold falls in bad year for marriage China Daily | 'Unlucky' time for tying the knot may take shine off jewelry sales | The recent decline in the price of gold may extend on a firmer dollar but the falling price may not spur jewelry buying as Chinese couples avoid weddings in 2010. | Bullion slumped to $1,066.30 an ounce last Friday, a three-mon...
Grain prices rally ahead of February crop report The Wichita Eagle NEW YORK - Grain prices rallied Monday, a day ahead of a key crop report from the Department of Agriculture. | John Sanow, an analyst with Telvent DTN in Omaha, Neb. said most of the gains in wheat, soybeans and corn were due to short-covering. Short sales occur when a trader bets an investment will...
Angloplats set to dilute investors Business Report | R12.5bn rights offer will help repay debt | By Asha Speckman | Submit your comment | Anglo Platinum (Angloplats), has resorted to diluting its shareholders in a bid to scrap a portion of the R19.3 billion debt on its balance sheet. | The com...
High gold price puts a shine on mining companies profits Business Report | By Julie Crust | Submit your comment | Profits for gold producers Harmony Gold Mining and Randgold Resources were lifted by gold prices that rose to a record in the last quarter of last year. | Harmony, the world's fifth-largest gold produce...
I blew our £27,000 life savings on dinner with Neil Diamond (and even though my ... The Daily Mail | Watching the sun go down over the ocean as they dined with legendary crooner Neil Diamond, Kevin and Julie Fitzpatrick agreed this was the most magical evening of their lives. | Both marvelled at how the rocks on the Malibu beach were covered in sn...
Gold falls in bad year for marriage China Daily | 'Unlucky' time for tying the knot may take shine off jewelry sales | The recent decline in the price of gold may extend on a firmer dollar but the falling price may not spur jewelry buying as Chinese couples avoid weddings in 2010. | Bullion slum...
Market Report: Mining dividends pay out for FTSE 100 The Independent | The miners paid dividends for the FTSE 100, helping it to shrug off some early jitters to close up 31.41 points at 5092.3. Randgold Resources glittered as it led the risers through the session. The market cheered a jump in profits at the West Afric...
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Gold climbs back above $1,070/oz as dollar slips The Guardian * Euro rebounds versus the dollar, but recovery seen fragile * SPDR gold ETF sees first inflow of 2010 * Recovery from lows below $1,050/oz cheers chartists (Updates, adds comment,...
Gold price lifts Harmony's Q2 earnings, output down Business Report | * Q2 headline EPS at 49 cents vs 12 cents loss in Q1 | Submit your comment | Harmony Gold Mining second quarter earnings were lifted by a rise in the price of gold and dec...
European Stocks Follow Wall Street Higher Wall Street Journal By MICHELE MAATOUK | European stocks opened higher Monday, taking their cue from a late rally on Wall Street Friday. | The U.K. FTSE 100 index rose 0.9% to 5106.10, Germany's DAX a...
Grain prices rally ahead of February crop report The Wichita Eagle NEW YORK - Grain prices rallied Monday, a day ahead of a key crop report from the Department of Agriculture. | John Sanow, an analyst with Telvent DTN in Omaha, Neb. said most of the gains in wheat, soybeans and corn were due to short-covering. Short sales occur when a trader bets an investment will drop in price. | Grains have done just that over ...
Sensex fails to regain 16000 The Hindu | MUMBAI: In a seesaw trade, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark index, Sensex, on Monday closed about 20 points higher after rebounding from the day's deep lows it hit on lower-than-expected growth projection. | Weighed down by lower Asian advices, the Sensex opened 95 points down and hit a low of 15651.99 on all-round heavy selling triggered by t...
