Britain's Goodison wins Laser sailing gold Paul Goodison has won Britain's third sailing gold medal of the Beijing Games, taking the men's Laser class dinghy. Vasilij Zbogar of Slovenia won the silver and Italy's Diego Romero took the bronze. 19 Aug 2008
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Gomes out in qualifying World indoor champion Naide Gomes of Portugal has failed to make it into the final of the long jump competition at the Olympics. The dominating jumper of the season, she had lost only one competition and was a hot favorite to add the Olympic gold to her indoor title from Valencia in March. 18 Aug 2008
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Walsh, May-Treanor go for beach volleyball gold Defending Olympic champions Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor of the United States will play for another gold medal after advancing to the beach volleyball championship game with a straight-sets victory over Brazil. 18 Aug 2008
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Final Glance: Gold companies Shares of some top gold companies were up at the close of trading: Barrick Gold rose $.85 or 2.6 percent, to $33.01. 18 Aug 2008
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History Doesn't Repeat, but It Does Rhyme These are the profound words of Mark Twain. Although no two markets are exactly alike, today I’ll examine the phenomenon known as "blood in the streets," an occurrence that repeats throughout market history. I’m not giving you investment advice here; rather, I’m presenting two specific commodities that are potentially ringing the bell you hear at, or near, the bottom.
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Gold rebounds as investors go bargain buying Gold prices rebounded Monday, pushing back above $800 an ounce as investors went bargain buying after the metal's massive sell-off last week. Silver also rose. 18 Aug 2008
The greenback eases versus yen on rebounding gold and falling stocks - Aug 18 The greenback eased after posting a seven-month peak against the Japanese yen on Monday, halting an 11-day advance against a basket of currencies due to profit taking on the back of falling stocks and rebounding gold. The dollar index on the ICE Futures Exchange dipped as low as 76.776, retreating f... 18 Aug 2008
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Mumbai to Buy? Sure. At a Price not High. Bullion prices worked their way somewhat higher (within a channel of from $790 to $805) overnight as a pause in the dollar's rally and hurricane fears-driven crude values gave buyers a bit more motivation than they had prior to the weekend. Indian demand was quite robust as the recent massive slide in value convinced locals that early festival-related buying may be wise. 18 Aug 2008
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