UK Royal Mint Plans To Offer Gold Bullion Storage

by GoldCore

Today’s AM fix was USD 1,691.75, EUR 1,321.58, and GBP 1,058.80 per ounce.
Yesterday’s AM fix was USD 1,679.00, EUR 1,313.05, and GBP 1,050.82 per ounce.

Silver is trading at $31.39/oz, €24.60/oz and £19.71/oz. Platinum is trading at $1,549.75/oz, palladium at $611.80/oz and rhodium at $1,070/oz.

Gold climbed $6.10 or 0.36% in New York yesterday and closed at $1,684.10. Silver hit a low of $30.64 in Asia, but it ran up to [...]

NY hints at extending Election Day — as much as 20 days!

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — New York state law allows for an extra day of voting if turnout is drastically suppressed because of a natural disaster like Superstorm Sandy. That could potentially postpone state, congressional and even presidential election results beyond Tuesday’s Election Day.

State Board of Elections spokesman John Conklin confirmed Friday that the law permits election commissioners to create a second day of voting if the turnout in any county is [...]

NY hints at extending Election Day

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — New York state law allows for an extra day of voting if turnout is drastically suppressed because of a natural disaster like Superstorm Sandy. That could potentially postpone state, congressional and even presidential election results beyond Tuesday’s Election Day.

State Board of Elections spokesman John Conklin confirmed Friday that the law permits election commissioners to create a second day of voting if the turnout in any county is [...]

‘Please God, make it stop!’ Journalist, 22, describes horrific moment she was stripped naked and sexually assaulted by crazed mob in Egypt’s Tahrir Square

Natasha Smith attacked by a ‘group of animals’ who stripped her naked
Only escaped after she was handed a burka and men’s clothes
‘I was tossed around like fresh meat among starving lions’

 

A British journalist was brutally sexually assaulted in Cairo’s Tahrir Square as thousands of Egyptians gathered to celebrate the nation’s presidential election results.

Natasha Smith, 21, has detailed how she was violently attacked by a ‘group of animals’ who stripped her [...]

Egypt Islamists Call for Protest Over Army Power Move

Egypt’s main Islamist groups called for protests after prayers today against moves by the ruling generals to expand their powers, as a delay in presidential election results added to political tensions.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Mursi and former premier Ahmed Shafik both say they won the ballot. The Brotherhood organized the rally after the army last week issued a decree stripping the presidency of much of its power. Mahmoud Ghozlan, a [...]

EGYPTIAN STOCK MARKET PLUNGES SHARPLY

Bloomberg

Egypt’s benchmark stock index headed for the biggest drop in seven weeks after initial presidential election results showed that the two most divisive candidates will vie for the post in a run-off next month.

Talaat Moustafa Group (TMGH) Holding, the biggest publicly traded property developer by market value, tumbled 6.1 percent. Pioneers Holding (PIOH), a financial services company, headed for the biggest decline since May 2. The benchmark EGX 30 Index [...]