Gold breaches $500, platinum tops $1,000.
SINGAPORE, Nov. 29 (Reuters) a" Gold topped $500 an ounce in Asia on Tuesday for the first time since December 1987 as dealers said funds had diversified into precious metals on worries about inflation and geopolitical tensions. Platinum breached the psychological level of $1,000 an ounce, hitting...

Gold price hits record above $ 900.
SINGAPORE, Jan. 14 (Reuters) -- Gold hit a record high above $ 900 an ounce on Monday as turmoil in financial markets and expectations of aggressive US rate cuts helped raise the metal's safe-haven appeal. Platinum hit a lifetime high while silver touched a 27-year peak, buoyed...

Gold, oil power to record-high prices.
SINGAPORE, Feb. 29 (Reuters) -- Gold powered to a new high around $ 973 an ounce on Friday after crude oil set an all-time high of above $ 103 a barrel, igniting another round of buying from investors and speculators. Palladium jumped to its highest level in...

Invertir en Bolsa está a su alcance: la inversión multicanal es posible y, sobre todo, más fiable a través de Internet gracias a los servicios que ofrece Cortal Consors, una división de BNP Paribas.
[ILUSTRACIÓN OMITIR] LOS rezagados ya no tienen excusas. Invertir en Bolsa a través de la Red ya no supone correr más riesgos que los derivados de la aventura inversora. Los grandes bancos apuestan cada vez más por Internet como el canal más inmediato de comunicación entre clientes...

Mining: dethroning king monopoly. (Special Report: South Africa).
A new mining bill is about to empower blacks, to have a share of the industry that once contributed 45% of GDP. But the traditional mining giants are not happy. Pusch Commey reports. South Africa's economy was built on mining. The discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand...

PLATINUM TECHNOLOGY SUES B&B TO BLOCK BMC DEAL.
Boole & Babbage Inc announced that Platinum Technology Inc has filed suit against the company in an attempt to block its pending $900m merger with BMC Software Inc. Platinum's complaint alleges that B&B breached a "standstill and exclusive negotiation agreement" it had with Platinum. Further, Platinum charges that BMC...

Blues and Gospel Records: 1890-1943, 4th ed.
4th ed. Compiled by Robert M.W. Dixon, John Godrich, and Howard Rye. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1997. [xlix, 1870 p. ISBN 0-19-816239-1. $95.] Robert M.W. Dixon's and John Godrich's discographical efforts for pre-World War II ("prewar") blues and black sacred music have received such respect from research peers...

Silver, copper prices scale new records.
Byline: ATUL PRAKASH LONDON, Mar. 26 (Reuters) a" Silver spiked to a high not seen in more than 22 years on Friday, with investors pouring money into the metal on expectations the first silver-backed security is closer to approval by US authorities. Gold rose 1.9...

Bone Thugs' comeback is complete.
Byline: Scott McLennan Long careers in hip-hop are rare, and second careers are practically unheard of. But if any hip-hop group has proven capable of beating the odds, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony is it. "Strength & Loyalty" is the first new music out of the Bone yard...

Oil prices rebound as gold nears 500 dollars.
Byline: PERRINE FAYE LONDON, Nov. 27 (AFP) a" World oil prices rallied this week as temperatures dropped in the United States and western Europe, sparking demand for heating fuel. Gold prices closed in on $500 per ounce for the first time in 18 years while...