Gold futures jump over $23 to end the week 0.8% higher View Details

Gold Surges Most in Six Months on Jobs Data, Dollar's Slump Gold jumped the most in six months after the U.S. jobless rate had the biggest gain in more than two decades, spurring a drop in the dollar. Silver also rose. View Details

Barclays raises gold, platinum forecasts Barclays Capital said gold and other precious metals will be higher than previously forecast and predicted platinum has the "best" prospects. View Details

Gold Rises as Low Price May Spur Demand for Metal; Silver Gains Gold rose on speculation that investors may stock up on the metal after the biggest weekly drop in price since mid-March. Silver also gained. View Details

Comex Gold Slips On Trade Deficit Data Gold futures have dipped into negative territory on narrower-than-expected trade deficit figures and pre-weekend book squaring, says George Gero, vice president with RBC Capital Markets Global futures. View Details

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Gold Set To Regain Its Shine Gold is all set to regain its shine back in upcoming quarter same time it will put an end over the skeptical notions of the investors regarding to gold as safe haven commodity for the investment. At present world has been tempted by the current rally of US dollar but the raison d’être behind it is not genuine rather it seems a race for the worst; rival currencies are not performing well. US dollar recent gains are exorbitant and manipulated. Investors can see at least 38% retracement of current View Details

Commodities gets a bear hug. Their peak was just last month, but many commodities have already fallen 20 percent. View Details

Gold Calls Bernanke’s Bluff Gold and silver are calling Ben Bernanke's bluff this week. Bernanke huffed and he puffed and he bluffed and he bluffed all month long about inflation. But the market realises that with America's housing market mired in the muck, the Fed won't be raising rates to defend the greenback this year. View Details

Are Commodities The Next Major Financial Bubble? PotashCorp isn’t what you would call a glamour stock: It makes fertilizer. Nevertheless, the stock has soared 203 percent the past 12 months. The world isn’t running short of potash. At current consumption rates, there’s enough to last 300 years, according to the International Fertilizer Industry Association. But there does seem to be limitless optimism about future fertilizer use — as well as the upward spiral in the cost of potash itself, up 150 percent over the past 12 months. View Details

Citigroup Remains Bullish on Gold Profit-taking by investors on a firmer U.S. dollar and a seasonal slowdown in fabrication may be working against gold, but spot prices continue to remain strong near the $920 per ounce mark. Bullion could climb much higher if things don’t change significantly, according to a new report from Citigroup. View Details

Gold Declines for Second Day in London as Crude Oil Drops Gold fell for a second session in London as crude-oil prices dropped, diminishing demand for the precious metal as a hedge against inflation. Platinum also fell. View Details

PRECIOUS METALS: NY Gold Tumbles Due To Charts, Dollar, Oil Gold and other precious metals were knocked sharply lower Monday as recent long liquidation continued when crude oil turned softer, the dollar rose and equities firmed, traders and analysts said. View Details

Gold tanks below $820 on dollar surge, sell-stops Gold tanked 4 percent to end below $820 an ounce on Monday, dropping to its cheapest level this year as a soaring dollar against the euro and chart-based sell-stops triggered a bout of long liquidation. View Details

Gold, Silver Fall as Equities Rise, Eroding Demand for Haven Gold fell after rallying shares reduced demand for the precious metal as an alternative investment. Silver also declined. View Details

Gold steady near $930/oz as inflation fears offset firmer dollar Gold was supported near $930 per ounce on Thursday by heightened inflation fears, despite a firmer tone in the U.S. dollar. View Details

UBS says metals commodities could see high prices over next several quarters UBS Research recently asserted that--although commodities markets are oversold and likely to remain volatile over the next month or so--"potential upside into 2009 is considerable" for their preferred commodities of thermal coal, uranium, gold, silver and platinum. View Details

Is Gold the Solution to High Commodity Prices If policy makers were astute, they would quickly seize on the obvious solution to today's soaring commodity prices that are causing much pain and suffering around the world as the rising costs of food and energy make life increasingly difficult for individuals and businesses: View Details

$5000 Gold: Schroder’s Schroder Investment Management Limited, who manage $277 billion of assets, making them slightly larger us, have floated the idea that gold could reach such lofty heights. View Details

Commodity prices will be undermined if US Federal Reserve backs greenback GM HOLDEN'S decision to close its four-cylinder engine plant at Fishermans Bend isn't a new bear signal for investors, but there's plenty of other weights on the market right now. View Details

The golden years are back The price of bullion has hit a new high, so is this a good time to invest? Patrick Collinson looks at the safest buys ... and how to sell a gold tooth View Details

General Metals Reports Mineralized Intercepts Including 150 Feet of Oxide Mineralization From Surface in Hill Zone Discovery at Independence Project (Marketwire) View Details

Euro Ressources' Board of Directors Recommends IAMGOLD's Cash Tender Offer at EUR 1.20 Per Share (Marketwire) View Details

Lake Victoria Mining Company, Inc. Completes Definitive Option Agreement-Kalemela Gold Project Now Exceeds 260 Sq. Km. in the World Famous Lake Victoria Greenstone Belt, Tanzania (Marketwire) View Details

US Gold Hits Significant Intercepts in Mexico (Marketwire) View Details

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Subtract Yang; Add Microsoft? (Investor's Business Daily) Jerry Yang stepping down as Yahoo chief executive doesn't mean Microsoft will come back to the table, analysts say, though it sure heightens the... View Details

TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Thursday (TradingMarkets.com) Fifteen years after the first ETFs appeared in the U.S., exchange-traded funds are now among the most widely traded securities in the market. Thursday's ETFs includes the most widely traded financial-related ETF, the SPDRS Select Financial ETF. View Details

Yang's Departure Is No Panacea (RealMoney by TheStreet.com) Yahoo! still faces stiff headwinds, and a change at the top won't help until 2010. View Details

Consumer Cutbacks: Look Who's Benefiting (BusinessWeek) As Americans trade down on brands, switch to discount stores, and buy on layaway, it's not just Wal-Mart that's winning business View Details

A Software Play That's Actually Growing (RealMoney by TheStreet.com) Ultimate Software has attracted a loyal customer base for its human resources package. View Details

GBP/USD: Trading the U.K. Retail Sales Release (Daily FX) Private-sector consumption in the U.K. is expected to weaken for the second consecutive month in October as economist forecast retail sales to fall another 0.9% following the 0.4% decline in the previous month. View Details

U.S. Consumer Prices Fall Most On Record Sending Dollar Lower (Daily FX) Consumer prices fell 1.0% in October which was the biggest decline on record, dragging the annualized inflation rate to 3.7% from 4.9% - the lowest since last October. View Details

Dollar Remains Primed for Breakout Against Euro, British Pound (Daily FX) The Euro remains in a tight wedge formation against the US Dollar, with Rangebound price action likely to culminate in breakouts through short-term currency trading. Given a previously bearish bias on the Euro/US Dollar pair, a downside break and further US Dollar strength seems the more likely outcome. View Details

Commodity Dollars Kept DailyFX Analysts Guessing In October, Where Do They Stand Now? (Daily FX) View Details

I'm Still Buying Battered CETV (RealMoney by TheStreet.com) I was wrong before the precipitous fall, but the outlook is strong. View Details

TradingMarkets 7 Stocks You Need to Know for Thursday (TradingMarkets.com) Sellers roared back with a vengeance on Wednesday, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average below 8,000.Thursday's 7 Stocks includes Dell reporting quarterly earnings Thursday after the market closes. View Details

Oil falls; Americans cut driving by 90B miles (AP) Oil slipped below $54 a barrel Wednesday as stock markets across the globe fell and yet another U.S. government report illustrated the disarray in the housing market. View Details

Insurance shares slump, with Hartford down 29 pct (AP) Shares of Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. and other life insurers fell Wednesday as investors grew more concerned about the sector's large exposure to commercial mortgage investments and the variable annuity business. View Details

Ballmer dismisses Yahoo buyout but open on search (AP) Microsoft Corp. is no longer interested in buying all of Yahoo Inc., CEO Steve Ballmer said Wednesday, though he told shareholders that the company would still be "very open" to a collaboration on Internet search. View Details

Harrah's CEO: Economy is changing casinos (AP) Executives at top casino companies said Wednesday that the gambling business won't be the same for years to come as game makers and casino owners shift focus to properties that already exist from cainos still being planned. View Details

Report: Miss. takes bottom spot in competitiveness (AP) When it comes to attracting and retaining businesses that contribute to economic growth, Mississippi is last in the nation, a new report says. View Details

Peru's hot economy wracked by growing conflicts (AP) Peru's president is seizing every opportunity at this week's Pacific Rim economic summit to sell his country as investment-worthy growth engine to visiting Asian business leaders. View Details

Maine governor orders $80 million in budget cuts (AP) Maine Gov. John Baldacci on Wednesday ordered nearly $80 million in curtailments in state programs, with education and human services programs absorbing the bulk of the impact of cutbacks that result from an ailing national economy that's sliding into recession. View Details

Safe bets on bonds paying off (CNNMoney.com) The mantra is "higher risk, higher reward," but the safest bets have given investors the most bang for their buck this year. View Details

Longtime Senate spending leaders departing (AP) They are old bulls both, legendary for fiercely lording over the Senate Appropriations Committee and funneling billions to their home states. View Details

MONEY MARKETS-Bank rates fall amid property market turmoil (at Reuters) View Details

Brazil currency ends at 2-1/2-yr low, stocks fall (at Reuters) View Details

CANADA FX DEBT-C$ dives below 80 U.S. cents (at Reuters) View Details

FOREX-US dollar slips against yen, up versus euro (at Reuters) View Details

US car industry, economy woes hit Mexican stocks (at Reuters) View Details

Mines Management Announces 3rd Quarter Financial Results and Update on Montanore Silver-Copper Project (Business Wire) SPOKANE, Wash.----MINES MANAGEMENT, INC. , announces results for the 3rd quarter, 2008. View Details

MAG Reports High Grades on the Valdecanas Vein (Marketwire) View Details

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Coeur Announces Option Agreement to Purchase La Currita Silver and Gold Property Adjacent to Palmarejo Project (Business Wire) COEUR DALENE, Idaho----Coeur d’Alene Mines Corporation today announced that it has entered into an option agreement with Tara Gold Resources Corporation and its subsidiary Corporación Amermín that will allow Coeur to earn a 100% interest in the La Currita property adjacent to Coeur’s Palmarejo silver and gold project now in construction in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. View Details

MAG Silver Reports Third Quarter Financial Results (Marketwire) View Details