Monday, October 22, 2007
US dollar mixed, gold down in European morning trading (Gold mining)
US dollar mixed, gold down in European morning trading
International Herald Tribune - LONDON : The U.S. dollar was mixed against other major currencies in European trading Monday morning. Gold fell. The euro traded at US$1.4280, down from US$1.4296 late Friday in New York. The British pound was quoted at US$2.0440, down from $2.0500
Metals - Gold heads lower as market players book profits; oil prices
Forbes - LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Gold headed lower in early London trade as market players looked to pocket profits after concerns about the health of the US economy resurfaced and as oil prices eased back from record highs. Shares in London opened
Movers: Companies in the news
International Herald Tribune - Crystallex International, a gold-mining company that is awaiting approval to start work on the Las Cristinas mine in Venezuela, plans to restate 2005 and 2006 financial reports to fix an accounting error. Interest costs were accounted for incorrectly
Australian shares close sharply lower on concerns about US markets
Forbes - Gold miners also suffered, with Newcrest Mining dropping 1.29 dollars or 4.3 percent to 28.64 dollars. Lihir Gold fell 21 cents or 4.9 percent to 4.04 dollars and Oxiana fell 13 cents or 3.4 percent to 3.67 dollars. Leading energy retailer AGL Energy
Bring on Costello, says Rudd
News.com.au - Players like Bowen and Slater get ripped off at the selection table for the Green and Gold all the time It is about time we get a Queenslander in charge of the country. Go the Maroons !!!!! Posted by: David of Spring Hill 4:05pm today Comment 57
Black men turn out in thousands with hope
Baltimore Sun - Yesterday, Alston, wearing a black T-shirt with "Peace" in gold glitter, stood before the men who had answered his "call to action," and told them: "The worst thing we could do is nothing. But if we all do something, we could stop this hemorrhaging."
Getting a jump on contrarian investors
International Herald Tribune - Reflation trades - with their emphasis on emerging markets, gold, cyclical stocks, commodities and related assets - imply investors are betting on a replay of 1998. Back then, central banks responded to the Asian financial crisis, Russian default and
Pet food is healthier than fast food!
Hindustan Times - Nutrition experts who compared 30 human meals with 15 pet foods discovered that Gourmet Gold cat food, with 2.9 grams of fat per 100 grams, was not only eight times less fatty than pieces of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) which had 23.2 grams of fat
Philippines' first-half metals output up 59 percent
CNBC - First-half gold output was 19.3 billion pesos, nickel output 15.46 billion pesos and copper output 3.67 billion pesos. Silver, zinc and chromite production was worth a combined 970.38 million pesos. Mines and Geosciences Bureau director Horacio Ramos