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Gold (pronounced /old/) is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal which, for many centuries, has been used as money, a store of value and in jewelry. The metal occurs as nuggets or grains in rocks, underground "veins" and in alluvial deposits. It is one of the coinage metals. Gold is dense, soft, shiny and the most malleable and ductile of the known metals. Pure gold has a bright yellow color traditionally considered attractive
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Is this the beginning of the end for gold?
Drama in the gold market this week. The metal was at one point trading around 20pc below its summer peak, sparking warnings that the traditional “safe haven” is now in a bear market. | Rec... (photo: WN / rina)
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Greece exit may hit dollar
| THE Australian dollar could fall below US90¢ if Greece pulls out of the eurozone, the chief currency strategist at Commonwealth Bank has warned, as leaders from the G8 group of nations worked o... (photo: creative commons)
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Iconic Cuban cigar goes un-smoked at home
Email Print Order Reprint Share This Share Text tool name | tool goes here By MARIA RECIO - McClatchy Newspapers By MARIA RECIO | PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba -- The elderly cigar maker sits at a rustic table ... (photo: Creative Commons / Chmee2)
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Britain's Treasury chief George Osborne leaves 11 Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011.  Daily Press 
Weaker euro zone nations need more support from core: UK
| LONDON (Reuters) - The euro zone can protect its currency if its stronger countries provide more support for the weaker to help them deal with their problems, British finance minister George Osborne... (photo: AP / Sang Tan)
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel gestures during her speech at the German Federal Parliament, Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Dec. 2, 2011. News24
Merkel: Germany needs European market
| Berlin - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Saturday that Germany's economic health depends on that of the European Union, even though exports to the region are at a ... (photo: AP / Michael Sohn)
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President Barack Obama and Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron stand together on stage after a joint news conference at Lancaster House in London, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. The Daily Mail
Cameron and Obama talk euro crisis over workout as Tories at home plot £7bn welfare ...
| David Cameron and Barack Obama yesterday staged a 35-minute ‘treadmill summit’ side by side at a G8 gathering dominated by the Euro crisis. | Their crunch t... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)
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President Barack Obama briefs journalists following the G-8 Summit Saturday, May 19, 2012 at Camp David, Md. Tulsa World
Obama sees 'emerging consensus' on economic fix
CAMP DAVID, Md. - Confronting an economic crisis that threatens them all, President Barack Obama and leaders of other world powers on Saturday declared that their governm... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
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Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo from Portugal, right, vies for ball with FC Granada's Borja Gomez, left, during a Spanish La Liga soccer match at the Carmenes stadium, in Granada, Spain, Saturday, May 5, 2012. Canberra Times
Ronaldo's Messi boast
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Gold (pronounced /old/) is a chemical element with the symbol Au (from its Latin name aurum) and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal which, for many centuries, has been used as money, a store of value and in jewelry. The metal occurs as nuggets or grains in rocks, underground "veins" and in alluvial deposits. It is one of the coinage metals. Gold is dense, soft, shiny and the most malleable and ductile of the known metals. Pure gold has a bright yellow color traditionally considered attractive
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