In recent years the soaring price of gold on world markets has driven a surge in unlicensed gold-mining in many parts of the Amazon.
Kore-eda is a film-maker who has been a presence at Cannes for almost 20 years and the intelligence and subtlety of his films have been an important contributor to the Cannes gold standard of world cinema.
But while stocks seem to have regained their footing — the Dow industrials are now up 16.5percentt for the year — the dollar, once quite literally the gold standard of world currencies, is in retreat.
Greene, 25, ran a brilliant race to win Britain's first gold of the World Championships in Daegu, South Korea in a time of 48.26 seconds, adding the world crown to his European and Commonwealth titles.
The 25-year-old ran a scintillating race to deliver Britain's first gold of the World Championships - and fifth medal overall - in a time of 48.26 seconds, adding the world crown to his European and Commonwealth titles.
Dai Greene left it late in the 400m hurdles to seal Great Britain's first gold of the world championships.
The event was won by Cao Yuan and Zhang Yanquan, China's fifth gold of the World Cup.
In Manhattan, the Fed safeguards the gold of the world at no charge to the depositors, who only have to pay $1.75 per gold bar to have the stuff moved around the vault.
The tournament final on 13 July will see the ball's colour change to mirror the green and gold of the World Cup trophy, but until then, fans will hope the latest innovation to football geometry will provide minimal headlines.
Just on this week, Gold Fields, one of world's largest gold producers, fired 8,500 workers who had refused to stop striking, and the government was forced to cut back on its economic forecast because of labor unrest.
