LONDON (Dow Jones) -- In the middle of the worst financial crisis in decades, the natural reaction for most banks is to hoard cash and keep their heads down. But the credit crisis has also created an unprecedented opportunity in Germany for any firm that

Scott Metzger wanted to start a restaurant-microbrewery in San Antonio. His credit was good. His business plan was sound. He should have had an easy time getting financing. He didn't. After spending a year developing relationships with three large banks,

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Gold fell over $15 to as low as $789.15 by late trade in Asia before it rose to see a $3.60 gain at $808.50 by midmorning in New York, but it then fell back off for most of the rest of trade and ended with a loss of 0.2%. Silver fell fifty cents and $12.5