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Metalbug introduces gold and precious metal iPhone application

Metalbug provides real-time spot prices directly from Kitco for gold, silver, platinum, palladium and rhodium. Features unique to Metalbug include purity (Karat or %) and weight (unit) options to quickly determine the current market value of precious metal assets. Metalbug gives users the ability to stay on top of the precious metals marketplace whenever and wherever they are. Metalbug functions as a full-featured tool for anyone looking to bu... [more]

Gold is the ultimate insurance against economic and financial difficulties

The words credit crunch send shivers racing down the spines of the majority of the developed world. Whether rich or poor, the fact of the matter is that we are all affected, and entering into financial investments at this tumultuous time can be risky business. But while most investors reel in anger as their bricks and mortar dwindle into negative equity and their stocks lose value quicker than an ice sculpture in Thailand, those who have turne... [more]

Maktari closes gold bullion deal worth $11.7 billion

Apart from Saudi Arabia’s oil and gas reserves, there are believed to be sizeable deposits of other minerals within the Royal Kingdom. Mr M L A Maktari the broker appointed for and on behalf of a private investor within Saudi Arabia has just closed and reserved for the next 3 years gold bullion to the value of just under $11.7 billion. Most of these deposits are within Switzerland as holding is restricted within Saudi Arabia. Maktari was refe... [more]

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Manchester area bars and restaurants make plans for St. Patrick's Day (The Manchester Enterprise)

People all over the country will be going green in the spirit of the Emerald Isle next week, and bars and restaurants all across the country are preparing for one of their busiest days of the year.

Big Ben is guilty even if he is innocent (Fox Sports)

He's a two-time Super Bowl champion who is still taking shots with 20-year-olds at bars. He may not be guilty of a crime, Mark Kriegel says, but Big Ben is still guilty of something else.

Big 12 after dark | Calm Tuesday before the storm of fans arrive (The Kansas City Star)

On the eve of the Big 12 men’s tournament, which starts today, The Star roamed the town in hopes of learning more about the interesting people that have descended upon the metro area. Photos

Stitching behind bars (Straits Times)

LONDON - CUSHIONS delicately embroidered with roses compete for attention with bedspreads covered in playful kittens. The loving work of a doting grandmother? In fact, they were made by hardened prisoners. Inmates in British prisons - mainly men - have taken up embroidery to pass the interminable hours behind bars, and many have soon found themselves engrossed by their new hobby.

Some Flint Journal readers fumed over May 1 smoking ban in Michigan's bars and restaurants, others ready for fresh air ... (The Flint Journal)

Some Flint Journal readers are just plain fumed over a May 1 law that will ban smoking in Michigan's bars, restaurants, hotels and other places that serve food.

Europe bars Wall St from bond sales (Guardian Unlimited)

• Leading US banks blamed for triggering financial crisis • Policymakers propose a rival European monetary fund European countries are blocking Wall Street banks from lucrative deals to sell government debt worth hundreds of billions of euros in retaliation for their role in the credit crunch. For the first time in five years, no big US investment bank appears among the top nine sovereign bond ...

Today In Maps: Grocery Stores Vs. Bars (Chicagoist)

FloatingSheep loves to stick data on maps, thereby graphically illustrating the data, and one of their new maps is a real lulu. Using stats gleaned from Google Maps, they did a simple comparison between grocery stores and bars to discover a remarkable geographically [sic] phenomenon. We had expected that grocery stores would outnumber bars and for most parts of North America that is the case ...

UConn Women Win Big East Championship (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)

The UConn women's basketball team wins the Big East championships with a 60-32 win over West Virginia in the finals.

New Orleans Natives Announce New Five-day Culinary Tour Including Hands-on Cooking Classes with Big Easy Master Chefs (dBusinessNews.com)

NEW ORLEANS -- Frances Kirchon and Linda Meyers, founders of the new culinary tour Cook New Orleans, announced today their program calendar for 2010. The tour features three hands-on cooking classes and insider visits to restaurants, cafes, bars, food markets, and historic music and arts neighborhoods.

UConn To Face W. Virginia In Big East Final (Eyewitness News 3 Hartford)

Monday proved a record-breaking night for the University of Connecticut women's basketball team. The lady Huskies are at 71 consecutive wins and counting with a face-off against West Virginia in the Big East Final scheduled for Tuesday night.