Gold prices set a fresh all-time high on Thursday above $1,225 a troy ounce, supported by renewed weakness of the US dollar and strong money inflows.Gold held in trust across the largest bullion-backed exchanged traded funds rose to a neak peak of 1
BBVA, Spain’s second-largest bank, on Thursday announced that it had spent a further €1bn ($1.5bn) to lift its stake in China Citic Bank, cementing its strategic position in the mainland’s banking market.The European lender previously owned a 10 per
BAGHDAD - Officials in the southern Iraqi province of Basra have lifted a four-month-old ban on alcohol in a move hailed as an affirmation of personal freedoms in the country's second-largest city, a provincial spokesman said Tuesday. The spokesman
TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian news agency reports that the judiciary has after just a day lifted its ban on a popular newspaper which ran a photo of a Baha'i temple. The spokesman for Tehran's justice department, Zahed Bashirirad, said the ban on the da
The Ivory Coast international opted to move to Eastlands after enduring a difficult 2008/09 campaign in North London.
And he has suggested that his lack of activity for the Gunners last term was the result of underhand tactics from a colleague he re
The Bank of England has sharply upgraded its forecasts for growth over the next two years but still expects any recovery in the UK economy to be slow and unstable because of how deeply output has fallen since early last year.Mervyn King, the Bank go
J Sainsbury said on Wednesday that it had increased its first-half pre-tax profit by a third to £342m, citing strong sales growth and tight cost control for the rise.Britain’s third-biggest supermarket chain said sales excluding VAT rose 5 per cent
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