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Toronto-based Primero Mining Corp., a precious metals producer, said Friday it expects its common shares to begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday under the symbol "PPP."

Gold prices eased in Europe on Friday, extending the previous session's retreat from record highs, as fresh strength in equity markets and gains in the euro versus the safe-haven Swiss franc pointed to sharper appetite for risk.

Spot gold reversed early losses, putting it back on track for its best week since January 2009 as worries about the euro zone debt crisis and global growth drive investors to safe havens.

Gold eases off the session's record highs after the CME Group raised margins on COMEX gold futures, but turmoil in the global financial markets and fears of slower growth buoyed sentiment.

Gold recoiled after tapping a new record on Thursday, tumbling more than 2 percent as an equities rebound and higher trading margins fanned profit-taking from the biggest rally since 2008.

Ava Sambora, the 13-year old daughter of actress Heather Locklear and Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, will make her acting debut under director Judd Apatow. The teenage model is set to appear in a new comedy film by Judd Apatow that is set for release June 2012. Variety reported that Ava will make a cameo as the best friend Apatow's daughter, Maude.

Gold and silver settled lower Thursday after investors returned to stocks amid encouraging news from the Labor Department and stricter margin requirements from the CME Group Inc., which runs US futures markets.

Pan American Silver Corp. said Thursday it swung to a profit in the April through June quarter on higher metal prices.

Shares of gold mining companies fell Thursday as the broader stock market rebounded on bargain hunting and encouraging US jobs data.

Gold slid from record highs Thursday as investors cashed in some of the previous session's near 3 percent gains after U.S. stocks opened higher and following a move by CME Group to hike margins for trading COMEX gold futures.

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There haven't been any official conversations. But after the big "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" opening last weekend, the movie's writer/producers not only expect a sequel or two -- they are prepared for them.

Republicans in Wisconsin's Senate emerged from Tuesday's special recall elections with their majority intact, parrying four out of six Democratic challengers who sought to ride a wave of voter anger at a controversial law that sharply curbed unions.

Gold and silver prices settled higher Wednesday as investors extended their retreat from stocks and bid up the precious metals on fears that France's sovereign debt would be the next nation's credit to be downgraded.

In the Wisconsin recall elections, quite possibly the most contentious in state history, Republicans managed to fend off the Democrats and barely hold onto their state Senate majority.

Gold hit fresh record highs on Wednesday as U.S. stock markets resumed their decline on concerns over the U.S. and euro zone economies, and after the Federal Reserve said U.S. interest rates would stay near zero for at least two years.

Gold and silver prices rose Wednesday, but a falling stock market pulled down shares of silver mining companies and left gold mining company stocks mixed in midday trading.

Vancouver-based Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. said Wednesday it expects commercial production from a Mexican mine to beging Sept. 1.

Wisconsin voters kept in place four of six Republican state senators in an historic and special recall election Tuesday, preserving a Republican majority in the state Senate and endorsing an aggressive cost-cutting agenda epitomized by a controversial law to curb unions.

The words 'pensioner's paradise' might no longer a reality for many elderly people as most pension schemes are losing sheen. The final salary based-pensions that are indirectly dependent on the stock market might go for a toss and keep the pensioners at bay due to the sharp fall in the markets.

Sharply higher prices offset lower quality ore and reduced output to double Hecla Silver's second quarter results.