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Investors who fled to gold beat the crunch - The credit crunch has wreaked havoc across almost all assets but investors who flocked to gold have seen its value rise by 10% since the bad times hit



Investors who fled to gold beat the crunch  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]
The credit crunch has wreaked havoc across almost all assets but investors who flocked to gold have seen its value rise by 10% since the bad times hit
Expert: Private travel insurance is a risk  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]
A doctor is taking on the travel insurance industry claiming their cover is risky and his newly-launched EHIC card-based policy is a far better option
Market round-up: More woes for financials  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Weekly market report:Surprise, surprise - the past trading week was once again coloured by another injection of bad news for the financial sector
Stock market report: Friday close  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]
17.01:Could electrical retailer DSG International go bust? Some in the City have begun to pose the question
Bankers face brunt in a week of job culls  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]
City bankers were facing a new wave of redundancies today as Britain headed for 20,000 job losses in five days
$50 oil sparks petrol price cut demands  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]
The AA today demanded a cut in petrol prices as the cost of a barrel of oil plunged to a low of $50
Personal bankruptices up 7% on last year  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]
The number of people filing for bankruptcy has increased 7% on last year as the credit crunch tightens its hold
Bank bailout: No public presence on boards  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]
The taxpayer will not have representatives directly on the boards of banks getting £37bn of public funds, it emerged today
Easyjet and Virgin team up for Gatwick bid  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Two of Britain's most colourful entrepreneurs are attempting to put a consortium of Gatwick airlines together to buy London's second major airport
Brown will urge countries to copy his spending plan  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]
New figures showing Europe entering recession cast a pall over today's emergency economic summit of world leaders in the United States
Opec to hold new talks on oil supply cuts  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]
The Arab members of oil cartel Opec plan to meet in Cairo at the end of the month to discuss further cuts in production
25,000 posts set to go in the capital by Christmas  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]
This recession map of London shows where the axe is falling on jobs because of the shrinking economy
Banks 'will claw back losses on loan racket'  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Banks are planning to put up the cost of borrowing in retaliation against a crackdown on the industry's 'loan protection racket', experts have warned
£1bn benefits contract saves 3,000 post offices  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]
More than 3,000 post offices were saved from closure today when the Government announced it was awarding a £1bn benefits contract to the network
Fears as sterling slides to a dangerous low  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]
UK is playing a 'dangerous game' by encouraging the pound to tumble, currency analysts warned, as sterling slumped to a new low against the euro
Darling: Economy will bounce back in 2010  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Britain will suffer a short, sharp recession next year, Chancellor Alistair Darling has signalled, but will bounce back in 2010
Recession: A silver lining for some  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]
Risky business from the HBOS dealbreakers  [11/15/2008 01:17 PM]