Gold price drops, what was all the fuss about?

Gold price drops, what was all the fuss about? For all the fuss about gold last week, we were so busy telling everyone else what was going on with gold that we had no time to write something for our own clients and readers. Everyone we spoke to wanted to know if this...

Retail Demand For Gold Is Going Nuclear In Asia And Shops

Retail Demand For Gold Is Going Nuclear In Asia And Shops Can’t Keep It On Their Shelves [PHOTOS] Asia is witnessing one of the strongest waves of physical gold buying in 30 years, with bargain hunters using the drop in prices to secure jewelry and gold bars. The...

China Hasn’t “Seen This Gold Rush In 20 Years”

China Hasn’t “Seen This Gold Rush In 20 Years” As we noted last week, all around the world the demand for physical precious metals has soared in the days following paper gold‘s price collapse. As the FT reports, from Shanghai and Hong Kong to India, one dealer...

“Gold Is The Only Valuable Asset On The SNB’s Balance Sheet”

“Gold Is The Only Valuable Asset On The SNB’s Balance Sheet” A few weeks ago, we wrote of the Swiss People‘s Party’s efforts to gain enough signatures to force the Swiss National Bank (SNB), who ‘supposedly’ guarantees the price stability in Switzerland, to...

Swiss To Vote On Gold Repatriation – “Gold Is The Only Valuable A

http://economicrisis.com/swiss-to-vote-on-gold-repatriation-2/5476 Swiss To Vote On Gold Repatriation – “Gold Is The Only Valuable Asset On The SNB’s Balance Sheet” A few weeks ago, we wrote of the Swiss People’s Party’s efforts to gain enough signatures to...

McDonalds Hikes Japanese Burger Prices By 20%

http://economicrisis.com/mcdonalds-hikes-japanese-burger-prices-by-20/5158 McDonalds Hikes Japanese Burger Prices By 20% As we have been warning for a while now, Japan wanted inflation and is certainly getting it, just in all the wrong places. While Abe has been...

British women face jail after drunken rampage on jumbo jet

British travellers overseas are continuing to make their country proud, with two girls getting so drunk on a flight from Greece to Manchester that they tried to open the plane door during flight. They had to be wrestled to the ground and handcuffed. The incident is just a...

Sovereign funds fly out dollar deposits

In reaction to growing US dollar weaknes, some sovereign wealth funds decided to reduce their exposure to that currency. According to the following FT article "Behind the scenes, fund officials are questioning the credibility of the Federal Reserve and US Treasury in...

Homeowner arrested after the burglar he confronted falls 30ft

"A homeowner was arrested after a burglar plunged from the balcony of his top-floor flat.The intruder suffered head injuries and is fighting for his life after falling around 30ft on to a concrete path.Later police arrested the owner and are investigating whether the intruder...

Entrepreneur Tenacity/ Dan Wanger Tries to Tise Again

A good profile of Dan Wagner and his career history to date. Although he has an uncanny knack of failing to impress the city and has almost certainly made some poor decisions, you have got to respect the mans tenacity. Being relentlessly yourself in this day and age is an...

Politics Is Pragmatic

"The Financial Times discovers that even left wing regimes can be pragmatic. They seem surprised at the success of globalized capitalism which they have touted for so long. Morales opts for a pragmatic Bolivia"

Universal backs free music rival to iTunes

"Universal Music, the world’s largest music company, is backing a start-up that will allow consumers to download songs for free. It will rely on advertising for its revenues, offering a different business model from that of Apple Computer’s popular iTunes music store."

Computers write news at Thomson

"The computers work so fast that an earnings story can be released within 0.3 seconds of the company making results public."