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James Moore

Falling at the first: the bad blood tearing racing apart

The stands at Aintree were packed for yesterday's Grand National; the racing was of the highest quality and the winner and placed horses shared an impressive £800,000 in prize money. ... An estimated 10 million people placed a bet on the big race, most of them the sort...

AOL Chief Keeps the Personal Touch As He Integrates Bebo

Dana Dunne is spreading the word about AOL and its $850m purchase of Bebo, a move that he sees as a return to AOL's roots. By James Moore A dayin thelife of ... 5.30am The beginning of Dana Dunne's day will be familiar to many. ... Posted on: Saturday, 5 April 2008, 09:00...

Precious metals look to payrolls for direction

Despite drifting lower in European trade the precious metals recouped their weakness as US jobs data again raised concerns about the health of the US economy. Economic data will be a key focus today as traders wait the release of March Non-farm Payrolls, forecast to show a decline of 60,000....

Metals Stocks: Gold futures rally as dollar slips after jobs data

Gold futures rally, reversing earlier losses as the dollar slips after downbeat jobs data. ... "In the immediate future, we expect rallies to be used as profit-taking opportunities," Moore said. The dollar slipped after data showed first-time applications for state...

Metals Stocks: Gold futures edge down, as dollar rallies

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures traded below $900 an ounce Thursday, as strength in the U.S. dollar weighed on the precious metal. ... Yesterday's gains in gold reflected the metal's key role as a safe-haven asset, and "given the current economic climate, the metal...

Metals Stocks: Gold edges up as dollar loses steam

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures edge higher after two sessions of sharp losses, with the dollar losing steam after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the U.S. economy might contract in the first half of the year. ... NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures...

Precious metals attempt to base build after sell-off deepens

Second quarter asset reallocation as well as improved dollar sentiment led the precious complex to slide further Tuesday with gold falling over 3.5%, platinum dropping 4.3% while silver slipped 2%. Palladium was the only metal not to finish in negative territory, instead bargain hunters lifted...

Gold hits 2-month low below $880 on metals sell-off

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Gold prices tumbled to a two-month low below $880 an ounce on Tuesday as a dollar rise and de-leveraging amid a U.S. stock rally triggered a heavy sell-off in all precious metals. ... Gold hit a low of $872.90 and was at $884.20/885.4 an ounce...

Commons poised to vote on flag-lowering motion

An expert panel has advised cabinet to oppose a move to lower the Canadian flag on the Peace Tower whenever a soldier dies in Afghanistan because it would debase the honour. ... In a report to Secretary of State Jason Kenney, a former chief herald of Canada urged the...

Welcome back parliamentary gang, new and old

I'm going to try to be polite, given that today is the Canadian Cynic's blogosphere challenge. What a breath of fresh air to see the newly elected and still charmingly idealistic MP's be escorted into the House. Mistakenly using Bob Rae's name in one of his responses, a...