27/04 00:47,Telegraph
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| By Richard Rivlin What pawnbroking lacks in glamour, it more than makes up for in profits. H&T Group, run by the sprightly John Nichols, is a case in point. |
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26/03 00:35,Decanter.com
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| For the first time in their history, Paris pawn shops have agreed to take bottles of wine in exchange for cash. More than 350 bottles with a total value of à ¢à  à ¬60,000 (à  à £45,000) have been pawned à ¢à  à  inlcuding a à ¢à  à ¬5,000 Domaine de la Romanee Conti. |
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24/03 06:59,The Times
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| In a cold, dark cellar in Paris lie some of the worlds finest wines: 12 bottles of Chteau dYquem, a case of Chteau Margaux and a 1985 bottle of Romane-Conti, estimated to be worth almost 4,000. |
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20/03 01:07,Glasgow Herald
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| Pawnbroker H&T group saw its underlying pre-tax profit surge 52.5% to 7.2m in 2007 as its core pawnbroking services rose 17%. The Alternative Investment Market-listed company, which has 15 stores in Scotland out of an estate of 89, has rapidly expanded. |
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17/03 23:51,Yahoo Finance
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| SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - Gold could reach $1,800 an ounce within the year as investors turn to the yellow metal for shelter amid deterioration in capital markets, an analyst said Monday. |
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14/03 06:19,Sky News
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| The price of gold has hit another all-time high, trading at $1,000 (492) an ounce because of growing fears about the US economy and the ever-weaker dollar. |
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13/03 05:33,EDP24
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| 04:08 The fact there is a modern-day gold rush under way is now well established - but for one Norfolk jeweller it is having a rather surprising result. As rising prices of precious metals, perhaps most notably gold, lead to increased levels of trading on the international markets, there are also local and u... |
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03/03 09:13,Interactive Investor International
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| Gold price hits fresh record high in London LONDON - The price of gold rose to a record high 984.95 usd an ounce in London trading, extending gains on the back of a weak dollar and its safe haven status amid concerns about rising inflation, dealers said. |
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20/02 19:33,Financial Times
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| This is a good time to be a pawnbroker. The UK, as we are often reminded, has amassed a 1,000bn 'personal debt mountain'. Credit is drying up and 1m people are coming off low fixed-rate mortgages. |
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13/02 20:21,Yorkshire Today
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| THE consumer downturn is boosting Yorkshire pawnbroker Herbert Brown and its parent company Albemarle & Bond as more people pawn gold jewellery and diamonds in order to raise cash. |
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