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Gold declined in Asia today as a strengthening dollar reduced the appeal of the precious metals as an alternative investment.
Gold prices eased to to 809.90 dollar an ounce and silver was little changed at 14.38 dollar an ounce. February-delivery gold on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 1.90 dollar to 813.50 dollar.
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IN FIRING LINE: Gordon Brown speaks to journalists during his monthly ...
The Labour party's chief fundraiser was today under pressure to quit after he became embroiled in the secret donor sleaze row. Jon Mendelsohn - who was brought in by Gordon Brown to fund the general election - is alleged to have been informed of the proxy donations and told it was a long-standing arrangement. Shadow Chancellor George Osborne said: "If Jon Mendelsohn - this is Gordon Brown's personal fundraiser, the man he brought in to fund the general election - actually knew about this last month, then he was party to something which was unacceptable and unlawful and I can't possibly see how this man stays in post beyond today." The latest disclosures threatened to undermine Mr Brown's attempts to limit the damage following the resignation on Monday of party general secretary Peter Watt.
Profile: Guy Hands
He's invested in deals where others haven't seen value, and the whole nature of those investors is that sometimes they get it right and sometimes they get it wrong. Guy has obviously seen some value at EMI." The big question, as much for the listening public as for the rockers who have had it so good for so long, is where? Founded in 1931 as Electrical and Musical Industries, EMI has been one of the glories of the British entertainment scene, boasting on its roster the Beatles, Pink Floyd, Queen and the Sex Pistols. But the good times ended long ago, and the company's recent history has been a succession of crises. In 2001, it signed Mariah Carey, the five-octave human wonder, to a record breaking, five-album contract, but after her first effort flopped had to pay her £35 million to go away again.
Student Injured In Fall, Mom Questions Why No 911 Call? Save Email ...
It is terrible for someone to post a comment stating that the school nurse couldn't find a real job. Treat your school nurse with respect. She is doing a job that most people don't want to do and doesn't pay great to begin with simply because she cares.
Posted by: Elle Location: Omaha on Jan 16, 2008 at 01:17 PM I think the school should have called 911, the student may have been responsive, but he was in pain. It was a mistake to not call 911, had he been more seriously injured, and they moved him, the school could be charged with damaging, that is why professionals should be called when this type of injury occurs.
Posted by: GM Location: Omaha on Jan 16, 2008 at 01:03 PM How did the staff even know that this kid fell and landed on his face/head? If they didn't see him climbing on the ralling, they probably didn't see the fall either? So maybe they didn't think moving him was an issue.
Scots do not want to end the Union, merely modify it
IT'S time. Time for a change. Time to move on. This is the last column from this writer which will appear in this position in this paper. A new and extremely challenging role on the business desk awaits.Sadly, it means no time for the glorious self-indulgence of expressing a weekly opinion on the affairs of the nation.The world of politics is a continuously fascinating one. There is always something new. Political parties take power and always, in the end, lose it. Politicians' fortunes ebb and flow. Plots and conspiracies abound. Policies evolve and change.Over time, the decisions made by our elected representatives really do "make a difference", a phrase politicians use frequently, to the lives of the poor, long-suffering voters whose interests they are supposed to represent. Politics matters.And having spent many years at both Westminster and Holyrood as a reporter – and worked, albeit for only a year, on the "dark side" as a special adviser to former First Minister Henry McLeish – politics had become like a drug.
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