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Gold tumbles as silver hits 2½-year low

One thousand gram gold bars are arranged for a photograph at the Istanbul Gold Refinery in Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered the central bank to repatriate $11 billion of gold reserves held in developed nations' institutions such as the Bank of England as the metal rises to record levels behind a weakening U.S. dollar. ©Bloomberg

Volatile movements after reports of a large sell order

From COMPANIES 1:37pm

Yahoo buys start-up Tumblr for $1.1bn

Purchase is first big bet by chief to boost growth

From WORLD 6:36pm

Berlin warns EU over solar tariffs stance

Comments come week before Chinese premier visits Germany

From PERSONAL FINANCE 6:59pm

Apple faces grilling over US tax rate

Accounting boosted tech group’s payment from 15% to 25%

From COMPANIES 11:15am

ENRC rejects offer from co-founders

Independent panel says proposal ‘materially undervalues’ miner

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AkzoNobel: consumers still cautious in Europe

Ton Büchner, chief executive, on why a recovery will not start without greater clarity in the housing market

h&m ©Bloomberg From COMPANIES 5:59pm

H&M rethinks sourcing policy

Move follows factory deaths in Bangladesh

From COMPANIES 7:33pm

Portugal’s banks fear ‘Cyprus virus’

Heads of BCP and BES urge Europe’s leaders to moderate stance

Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron leaves after the funeral service of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in St Paul's Cathedral in London ©Reuters From WORLD 9:19pm

Cameron ‘losing control’ of Tory party

Conservative MPs complain PM is running an elitist government

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 6:33pm

US business seeks fast track trade deals

Campaign to ‘educate’ legislators on benefits

The Swiss National Bank's Bern offices ©Bloomberg From WORLD 9:39pm

New era as Swiss bank secrecy declines

Many private banks are already adapting their model

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