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Gold On Track for Biggest One-Day Fall Since 1983

By CLEMENTINE WALLOP, BIMAN MUKHERJI and FRANCESCA FREEMAN Gold continued to take a battering Monday, shedding more than $100 per troy ounce after China registered weaker-than-expected growth, sparking a new wave of selling on concerns that China and India – the world’s two biggest buyers – may slow purchases. Gold is on track to post [...]

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German Ban Weighs on Stock Futures

By:  STEVE GOLDSTEIN U.S. stock futures dropped Wednesday, the first day of the hastily drawn-up German short-sale ban, which served to reinforce rather than dispel worries over the health of European governments and the lenders that possess their debt. More than two hours before the start of trading, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were 68 [...]

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