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...The Simpsons had a character called Troy McClure, who always introduced himself with the words, “You may remember me from . . . ”....
...Opening number “If I Had a Tail” had a big beast’s stomp, prefaced by guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen jangling a premonitory riff....
...Troy Alstead, chief finance officer, said: “We are never aggressive in avoiding tax. We do not have tax havens in place – that is just not how we do business.”...
...Gold staged a recovery on Friday, rising 1 per cent to $886.40 a troy ounce. Over the week, gold lost 4.1 per cent, under pressure from the dollar’s comeback....
...Dollar weakness and further turmoil in credit markets pushed gold to a record $991.90 a troy ounce on Thursday but the rally faltered within touching distance of the $1,000 level....
...Gold rose 2.1 per cent to $887.60 a troy ounce, helped by rising oil prices and the dollar weakening against the euro....
...Gold advanced towards the $1,000 per troy ounce level while oil hit a record above $103 per barrel and agricultural commodities also achieved new price peaks on Monday....
...Gold rose 0.9 per cent to $906.30 a troy ounce, ahead of Friday’s vital US employment data....
...Gold eased 0.1 per cent to $831.25 a troy ounce on Friday but it showed a gain of 3 per cent over the week....
...Gold pushed through the $800 level, rising 1.8 per cent to $809.10 a troy ounce....
...Gold held on to Friday’s push above the key $700 level, touching $706.60 a troy ounce before easing back to $702.30, up 0.3 per cent....
...Dollar weakness helped gold, up 1.4 per cent to $669.70 a troy ounce this week....
...Bullion was quoted in late London trade at $686.50/$687 a troy ounce, up $1 on the day. Platinum reached its 2007 high of $1,284 a troy ounce, before easing to $1,271, down $1 on the day....
...Gold eased 0.6 per cent at $672.70 a troy ounce, struggling for momentum in the absence of Asian interest due to holidays....
...Bullion rose $7 to $652.10 a troy ounce after earlier climbing above $655. It has recovered a little more than a third of its losses after the recent fall....
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