Jul
31
2008
Gold
Gold finished trading in New York yesterday at $903.00, down $14.00 but silver was up 5 cents to $17.35. After sharp falls in early trading in the COMEX yesterday (some of which was due to large stop loss sell orders being triggered around the $900 mark) gold rose to close only down some 1.5% on [...]
Jul
30
2008
Gold
Gold finished trading in New York yesterday at $917.00, down $10.70 and silver was down 10 cents to $17.30. Gold rose slightly in Asian trading before falling. It is down again in early trading in Europe.
Slightly lower oil prices after yesterday’s sharp falls are contributing to gold’s further correction.
Despite increasing financial and economic risk gold [...]
Jul
30
2008
Small to medium enterprises are the life blood of modern economies. In Ireland for example, up to 56% of the national workforce is employed in by Small to Medium Enterprises, that is to say companies that employ less the 250 employees and would include local industries and mom and pop business outfits.
From the United States [...]
Tags: Economics, RECESSION, SME
Jul
30
2008
Browsing through digg this morning I notice an article titled 9 ways you can take advantage of this “terrible” economy.It’s currently riding high in the digg popularity stakes with just shy of 1000 diggs.
It is, I think, a great example of what I choose to call The lalalalalalalalalala Effect - named after the sound one [...]
Jul
29
2008
Gold
Gold finished trading in New York yesterday at $927.70, up $1.30 and silver was up 8 cents to $17.40. Gold rose slightly in Asian trading before falling. It fell slightly in early trading in Europe but remains above yesterday’s close.
Financial and Economic Crisis Deepening as House Prices Continue to Fall
With the credit, financial [...]