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Gold hits highest level in three months as traders worry about US inflation and bond market jitters – business live

Spot gold touches almost $4,700 an ounce and Bitcoin tops $80,000 while oil prices fall despite threat of heavy US sanctions on Iran and any country trading with it The US car parts company First Brands Group, which makes things such as spark plugs, wiper blades and motor oil, has gone into liquidation. A US bankruptcy court rejected a complex restructuring plan negotiated between the company, its lenders and unsecur

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The Guardian
Country
England / United Kingdom
Source published
25 Aug 2026, 14:05 UTC
Source updated
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Julia Kollewe
Section
Business
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Spot gold touches almost $4,700 an ounce and Bitcoin tops $80,000 while oil prices fall despite threat of heavy US sanctions on Iran and any country trading with it The US car parts company First Brands Group, which makes things such as spark plugs, wiper blades and motor oil, has gone into liquidation. A US bankruptcy court rejected a complex restructuring plan negotiated between the company, its lenders and unsecur
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    Gold hits highest level in three months as traders worry about US inflation and bond market jitters – business live

    Spot gold touches almost $4,700 an ounce and Bitcoin tops $80,000 while oil prices fall despite threat of heavy US sanctions on Iran and any country trading with it The US car parts company First Brands Group, which makes things such as spark plugs, wiper blades and motor oil, has gone into liquidation. A US bankruptcy court rejected a complex restructuring plan negotiated between the company, its lenders and unsecur

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    Spot gold touches almost $4,700 an ounce and Bitcoin tops $80,000 while oil prices fall despite threat of heavy US sanctions on Iran and any country trading with it Lego sales have risen by more than a fifth as tie-ups with the football World Cup, Formula One and the hit film KPop Demon Hunters as well as its flower-based and Star Wars kits drive demand. The Danish toymaker said its revenues increased by 21% to 41.9b

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    Spot gold touches almost $4,700 an ounce and Bitcoin tops $80,000 while oil prices fall despite threat of heavy US sanctions on Iran and any country trading with it Vistry Group, one of the UK’s biggest housebuilders, has bagged a grant of £350m under the government’s £39bn social and affordable homes programme, to build more than 3,000 homes. The news sent its shares soaring, up nearly 17%, catapulting the company t

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    Spot gold touches almost $4,700 an ounce and Bitcoin tops $80,000 while oil prices fall despite threat of heavy US sanctions on Iran and any country trading with it Over here, Andy Burnham has backtracked on his proposal to rip up the government’s housing plans and boost social home building. Ministers laid out plans on Monday to spend an initial £10bn from the 10-year Affordable Homes Programme on a mix of subsidise

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    Spot gold touches almost $4,700 an ounce and Bitcoin tops $80,000 while oil prices fall despite threat of heavy US sanctions on Iran and any country trading with it Scott Bessent ’s attempt to calm the bond markets and push down America’s cost of borrowing have attracted a rebuke from the US Treasury secretary’s former mentor. Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller, who worked with Bessent at George Soros ’s fund

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    Spot gold touches almost $4,700 an ounce and Bitcoin tops $80,000 while oil prices fall despite threat of heavy US sanctions on Iran and any country trading with it Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior analyst at Swissquote, has sent us her thoughts on gold. Renewed appetite for gold despite elevated long-term US yields is striking and sends a clear message: investors are moving back to the precious metal as: A hedge against un

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