Global gold demand in Q3 2012 was 1,084.6 tonnes (t), down 11% from the record Q3 2011 figure of 1,223.5t. This dip in demand is in comparison with exceptional demand in Q3 last year. Gold demand remains resilient. Q3 2012 was above the five year quarterly average of 984.7t, according to the World Gold Council’s Gold Demand Trends Report.
In value terms gold demand was 14.0% lower year on year at $57.6bn and the average gold price of $1,652/oz was down 3% on the record average Q3 2011 price.
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Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., have signed a unique three-way agreement to accelerate the commercialization of fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) technology.
The goal of the collaboration is to jointly develop a common fuel cell electric vehicle system while reducing investment costs associated with the engineering of the technology. Each company will invest equally towards the project. The strategy to maximize design commonality, leverage volume and derive efficiencies through economies of scale will help to launch the world’s first affordable, mass-market FCEVs as early as 2017.
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At the Berlin International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF), Marriott International (NYSE: MAR) will debut MOXY HOTELS (www.moxyhotels.com), its first entry into the economy tier, three-star hospitality segment in Europe. Designed to capture the rapidly emerging millennial traveler, the new brand combines contemporary stylish design, approachable service and, most importantly, an affordable price. The brand will debut in Italy, with the first MOXY HOTEL expected to open in Milan in early 2014.
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Investment in basic research, convergence across disciplines and better engagement between academia and industry are key to the future of innovation, according to a panel of renowned thought leaders speaking at the celebration of the 2013 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research.
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John Hancock Financial Network today introduced the Retirement Ready iPad app, an interactive tool designed to help financial professionals engage prospects and clients in an educational retirement income conversation. The app, which is customizable to display the representative’s name and firm, includes information on the basic concepts of retirement income in distinct chapters, videos, exercises and interactive worksheets.
“Retirement income planning is a huge need for a significant portion of the population, and this tool is perfect for assisting a financial professional to have a personal, engaging, and useful discussion about retirement income with clients,” said Bruce Harrington, vice president, Sales and Business Development, John Hancock Financial Network.
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National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders announced today that they have invested a total of 137 million dollars into predominantly Latino communities that have been hard hit by foreclosures. This effort has successfully restored neighborhoods and stabilized communities in eight states and the District of Columbia.
The initial investment of funds came from a grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and is the largest grant ever targeted by the federal government to predominantly Latino communities.
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Saxo Bank, the multi-asset online trading and investment specialist, is launching an additional film as part of the saxocycling.com project featuring Saxo Bank’s two founders and CEOs. The additional film will run simultaneously with the Bank’s trading competition, Tourdetrading.com, designed to challenge margin traders.
Like the original films, which captured the spirit of Team Saxo-Tinkoff and took two accolades at the 2013 Telly Awards, this exclusive and intimate portrait of co-founder and co-CEO, Kim Fournais, is directed by Jim Piercy and shot by Fredrik Clement. In the film, Kim Fournais tell the story of Saxo Bank and share what is most important to him in his everyday work at Saxo Bank: “For me it boils down to execution, I am rather execution oriented – I want to see things happening.”
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This week, Saxo Bank is unveiling a behind-the-scenes campaign to show day to day life inside the Copenhagen-based online trading and investment bank.
In a new global campaign, called “Number one. Just like you”, the founders and joint CEOs of Saxo Bank, Kim Fournais and Lars Seier Christensen, will launch a series of videos showing unseen and authentic everyday processes inside the Bank. With unprecedented access to the heart of the Bank, the highly respected film director, Kasper Torsting, has followed the two founders of Saxo Bank for the past 4 months to see firsthand life inside the Bank.
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In an effort to help attract a new generation of professionals to the investment advisory industry, TD Ameritrade Institutional has awarded its inaugural scholarships to 10 deserving and talented students enrolled in undergraduate financial planning programs.
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Behind every great team is a great leader with vision. In an intimate video portrait on saxocycling.com, Lars Seier Christensen, CEO and co-founder of Saxo Bank, the multi-asset online trading and investment specialist, speaks of his ambitions for the company and how he is grateful to be part of something he truly believes in.
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Many large-scale international conventions and exhibitions were held in Chengdu during 2013, bringing a notably higher level of international recognition to the city’s convention and exhibition industry and efficiently promoting the development of trade and commerce across the city. During this year's Fortune Global Forum that also took place in Chengdu, Global 500 companies and other well-known multinationals signed 74 investment deals, bringing in an aggregate investment of 112 billion yuan (approx. $US18 billion). During the 12th World Chinese Entrepreneur Convention, another Chengdu-based event, 47 major investment promotion contracts with a total value of 33.6 billion yuan (approx. $US5.4 billion) were signed.
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