Gold demand softens by 15% globally as economic recovery heats up

For much of the financial crisis, investors knew there was nothing quite so good as gold. Speculators flocked to buy into the traditional safe-haven investment, and its value in effect tripled between 2007 and 2012.

German faith in euro and EU lags behind French: poll

BERLIN (Reuters) - Almost two thirds of Germans think their country would be better off without the euro, according to a poll published on Monday which highlighted growing unease in Europe's largest economy about the costs of the euro crisis.