Gold's record run tame by 1980 standards
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Gold price at record levels? Pah! It ain't like it used to be. Compared with the frenzy that went on back in 1979-80, the last time prices were this high, reaction to the current rise to record levels for the yellow metal is decidedly tame.
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Gasoline prices last week came within a half penny of tying the modern era's inflation-adjusted record set in March 1981, the Energy Department said yesterday.
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and it beat anything the 20th could offer either. A fourth successive gold medal for Matthew Pinsent by only just 0.08s. Barney Williams
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Gold prices fall as investors question whether the metal's record-breaking recent surge had gone too far too quickly.
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Gold hit a record near $900 an ounce on Monday as investors sought protection against a potential U.S. recession and a weaker dollar, and Asian stocks remained pinned at more than three-week lows.
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Platinum hit another record high on Tuesday on a weaker dollar and a power crisis in South Africa which halted mining production, while silver touched a 27-year high to track firmness in gold.
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Gold swept to a record high on Wednesday  driven by surging oil, a weaker dollar and simmering  geopolitical tension, also ushering platinum to a record peak.
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ATHENS, Greece -- Kenenisa Bekele seized the 10,000-metre crown and the Olympic record from Haile Gebrselassie with an emphatic finish yesterday to win the gold medal at the Athens Games. Gebrselassie lost the title and the record but he did not ...
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Gold futures hit a 16-year high Monday, continuing a bull run that has gold companies &quot;living the dream,&#39;&#39; according to one industry analyst.
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JOHANNESBURG: South Africaâs Harmony Gold has pounced on bigger domestic rival Gold Fields with an unsolicited, all-share takeover bid worth about $8bn to create the worldâs biggest gold producer.
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Gold swept to a record high on Wednesday driven by surging oil, a weaker dollar and simmering geopolitical tension, also ushering platinum to a record peak.
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Platinum, used in jewellery and auto catalysts, jumped to another record high above $2,000 an ounce on Monday, on lingering power supply which disrupted mining in main producer South Africa.
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Microsoft's leader brings home the gold medal for the 11th year running. Google's founders aren't doing too badly, either.
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Attention, CEOs around the globe: The gold standard has been set.
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Gold soared to record highs above $900 an ounce on Monday as equities struggled for gains and the dollar fell.
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Platinum, used in jewellery and auto  catalysts, jumped to another record high above $2,000 an ounce  on Monday, on lingering power supply which disrupted mining in  main producer South Africa.
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Gold and platinum both hit fresh record highs, lifted by expectations of a cut in US interest rates.