By Huw JonesLONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Uncertainty over Britain's future trading relations with the European Union after Brexit is the most serious threat to London as the world's top financial centre, a business survey showed on Monday.The quarterly survey from business lobby CBI and consultants PwC said optimism in the financial services sector fell for the third consecutive quarter in the three...Read More
(Adds Mitsui statement, background)Jan 29 (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsui & Co has made a $481 million offer to buy Australia's AWE Ltd , trumping bids from two other companies that are all vying for a stake in the promising onshore Waitsia gas field.The Mitsui offer of A$0.95 per share in cash, or about A$594 million, is at an 11.8 percent premium to the closing level of AWE stocks on Thursday.It...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to confront the European Union over what he calls “very unfair” trade policy toward the United States.Trump has demanded tougher enforcement of trade rules and last week signed into law 30 percent tariffs on imported solar panels, among the first unilateral trade restrictions made by the administration as part of a broader p...Read More
David Lawder, David LjunggrenMONTREAL (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is hopeful about talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement but realizes a great deal of work remains, Republican U.S. Congressman Dave Reichert said on Sunday after a briefing.Officials from the United States, Canada and Mexico will wrap up the sixth of seven planned rounds of talks on...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he sometimes tweets from bed.When asked about whether he tweeted from bed with his phone, Trump said: “Well perhaps sometimes in bed, perhaps sometimes at breakfast or lunch or whatever, but generally speak during the early morning, or the evening...I am very busy during the day.”In an interview on Britain’s ITV channel that was...Read More
* I am a stable genius and I eat good food, Trump says* Trump: I need social media in an era of fake news* Trump says he is very popular in United Kingdom* Women like me because I support the military - Trump* On Macron, Trump says: I like him a lot (Recasts lead)By Andrew MacAskillLONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, who has garnered a large following on social media with rambu...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he was a stable genius and that he eats good quality food.When asked by Britain’s ITV about his health and some perceptions that he was insane and physically unfit, Trump said: “I am a stable genius.”When asked about eating burgers and drinking Coke, Trump said: “I eat fine food, really from some of the finest chefs in the...Read More
Jan 29 (Reuters) - Australian shares are likely to open higher on Monday, led by financials, tracking Wall Street which rose to closing records last week on strong earnings reports. Boosted by the latest round of earnings, including those from Intel and AbbVie , the three main U.S. indexes climbed to record closing highs on Friday. However, gains in the benchmark Australian index might be capped b...Read More
Jan 29 (Reuters) - Stock MarketsNet ChngStock MarketsNet ChngS&P/ASX 200** 6,050.00 -4.70 NZX 50**8,311.42 -58.36DJIA**26,616.71223.92NIKKEI**23,631.88-37.61Nasdaq**7,411.16494.61 FTSE**7,665.54 49.70S&P 500** 2,872.87 33.62 Hang Seng** 33,154.12499.67SPI 200 Fut 6,015.030.0STI** 3,567.14 -5.48SSEC**3,559.0875 10.78 KOSPI** 2,574.76 12.53----------------------------------------------------...Read More
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The European Central Bank (ECB) should make it clear how it will end its asset purchases as soon as possible after the current bond buying program ends in September, Dutch central bank president Klaas Knot told Dutch current affairs program Buitenhof on Sunday.“There is no reason whatsoever to continue the programme”, Knot said. “I feel that we need to be cl...Read More
David Ljunggren, David LawderMONTREAL (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday set aside the nation’s nonpartisan efforts to defend NAFTA, accusing his main rivals in Parliament of wanting to give in to hardline U.S. demands for revamping the treaty.Officials from the United States, Canada and Mexico will wrap up the sixth of seven planned rounds of talks on the North Ame...Read More
VANCOUVER, BC-(Marketwired - January 26, 2018) - SolidusGold Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: SDC)Not for distribution to United States newswire services or for dissemination in the United StatesSolidusGold Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: SDC) is pleased to announce that it intends to raise up to $375,000 through a non-brokered private placement of up to 3,571,429 units at a price of $0.105 p...Read More
Liberty Gold Corp. (TSX:LGD) ("Liberty Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced bought deal private placement (the "Private Placement") of units (the "Units").Pursuant to the Private Placement the Company issued 24,938,426 Units at a price of $0.42 per Unit for gross proceeds to the Company of $10,474,138.92. The Units consist of one common shar...Read More
Jan 29 (Reuters) - Stock MarketsNet ChngStock MarketsNet ChngS&P/ASX 200** 6,050.00 -4.70 NZX 50**8,311.42 -58.36DJIA26,616.71223.92NIKKEI**23,631.88-37.61Nasdaq7,505.77294.61 FTSE**7,665.54 49.70S&P 500 2,872.87 33.62 Hang Seng** 33,154.12499.67SPI 200 Fut 6,015.030.0STI** 3,567.14 -5.48SSEC**3,559.09 10.78 KOSPI** 2,574.76 12.53------------------------------------------------------------...Read More
DUBAI, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The Saudi Arabian central bank's foreign reserves rose in December for a third consecutive month, a sign that higher oil prices may be easing pressure on the government's finances, official data showed on Sunday.The bank's net foreign assets grew $2.0 billion from November to $488.9 billion last month, after increasing $1.0 billion in November and $8.3 billion in October....Read More
Story developed using data from Mining Intelligence. Learn more and schedule a demo.Most Toronto-based miners have addresses on Bay Street while Vancouver miners are evenly split between Hastings and Pender streets.Despite the commodity price shake out in 2015 and 2016, miners have mostly hung onto their downtown addresses."The mining sector occupies a large footprint in office and commercial sp...Read More
(Updates status of NAFTA talks in paragraph 13)By Sinead CarewJan 28 (Reuters) - Anybody hoping for a replay of the stock market advance that followed U.S. President Donald Trump's first address to Congress may be disappointed. This time around, shares could suffer if Trump does not tread carefully on hot-button issues. The S&P 500 jumped 1.4 percent the day after Trump's speech last February,...Read More
The last two editions of the World Economic Forum were somber affairs for oil industry chieftains and commodities tycoons. The consensus in Davos was that oil was going to stay low, OPEC would fail to lift prices, and the mining industry faced a difficult time.Roll forward to 2018 and there's been a near-universal shift in sentiment as strong and synchronized global economic growth drives demand f...Read More
CAIRO, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Average yields on Egypt's three- and nine-month treasury bills fell at an auction on Sunday, central bank data showed.Yields on the 91-day bills slipped to 18.006 percent from 18.362 at the last sale, while yields on the 266-day bills also eased to 17.080 percent from 17.563 percent. (Reporting by Nadine Awadalla; Editing by Catherine Evans) Disclaimer: The views expres...Read More
(Adds more comments)AMSTERDAM, Jan 28 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank (ECB) should make it clear how it will end its asset purchases as soon as possible after the current bond buying programme ends in September, Dutch central bank president Klaas Knot told Dutch current affairs programme Buitenhof on Sunday."There is no reason whatsoever to continue the programme", Knot said. &quo...Read More