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Platinum, Palladium Uptrend to Continue

Platinum and palladium metal prices could continue to increase on supply constraints and on increasing auto sales in China and India.

Platinum Group Metals Price Bulletin - 30th August 2010 to 3rd September 2010

With investors reeling from the worst August since 2001, the dollar weakened and gold rallied to within shouting distance of its all-time high.

Gold price falls as investors flock to stocks

Gold prices fell after a rally in equities reduced demand for the precious metal as a haven. Silver gained.

Australia Shares Rise On Oil, Gold Price Strength

Metals Stocks: Silver ends at two-year high; gold closes lower

Silver settles at its highest price since March 2008 and gold futures post losses as a drop in U.S. payrolls didn't turn out as steep as forecast. Copper also notches a four-month high.

Analyst: Xbox Live could get $100 per year Platinum subscription tier

When Microsoft announced earlier in the week that it was bumping the price of an Xbox Live subscription by $10 a year, the response on the Internet was incredulous anger. Sony has managed to keep its competing service, PlayStation Network, free, even though the feature set is roughly the same. By contrast, Microsoft has grafted [...]

Pachter (groan) suggests $100 Xbox Live Platinum service is on the way

Just to be clear, we don't go around believing everything that industry analyst Michael Pachter says. He was, after all, rather spectacularly wrong about how well Red Dead Redemption would do at retail. However, he's actually said something very interesting today that is cause for thought.

Corn prices popping amid concerns about yield

Corn prices surged to a record high for the year Friday as traders questioned whether crop yields will fall short of expectations.

Pachter predicts $100 'Platinum' Xbox Live membership

The bump in cost for a Gold membership on Xbox Live is just the tip of the iceberg, according to game industry seer Michael Pachter . Predicting a $100 plan as the next evolutionary step in subscription options soon to be available to Xbox Live consumers, he told IndustryGamers reports that while the initial extra $10 "translates to around $100 to 150 million per year in additional revenue for ...