John Tilak, Fergal SmithTORONTO (Reuters) - A rare outage at Canada’s major stock exchanges could dent the credibility of operator TMX Group Ltd (X.TO) and encourage investors to explore alternative trading channels, fund managers and traders told Reuters.Canada’s stock market suffered a partial shutdown on Friday, forcing TMX to halt trading more than an hour early. TMX has since said...Read More
A statement of intent to strengthen cooperation on fast neutron sodium-cooled reactors has been signed between the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA). The partners have also a statement of intent to begin cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence.The documents were signed yesterday in Washington, DC, by US Energy Secretary...Read More
Despite healthy economic fundamentals across metals markets, geopolitical uncertainty casts a shadow over Sucden Financial's altogether positive market outlook, the commodity broker's Quarterly Metals Report Briefing highlighted.In its second-quarter trading ranges, the broker omitted forecasts for both aluminium and nickel following the recent storm of uncertainty surrounding the metals' price ac...Read More
The government of Niger has a strong commitment to developing the infrastructure for a nuclear power programme, an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) mission has concluded. Niger, whose economic development is hampered by a lack of consistent electricity supply, is considering a potential role for nuclear power in its energy mix, the IAEA said. A country of about 21 million people in Wester...Read More
BERLIN (Reuters) - The leaders of Germany, France and Britain urged the U.S. government on Sunday to steer clear of imposing unilateral trade measures against the European Union.Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Theresa May agreed during a joint phone call that the European Union should defend its 28 member states from any punitive U.S. tariffs based on interna...Read More
I continue to believe that the "lowest hanging fruit" in shorting this stock market is the homebuilders and related stocks. History appears to be repeating, or at least "rhyming" in the housing sector:Most investors do not realize this, because the majority of traders and "professional" money managers were still in college or b-school during the 2007-early 2009 stock market collapse, but the homeb...Read More
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran has developed an experimental local cryptocurrency, a government minister said on Saturday, days after the country’s central bank banned trading in digital currencies including bitcoin.Iran’s central bank last week prohibited local banks from dealing in cryptocurrencies due to concerns about money-laundering as the country tries to halt a currency crisis ahead of...Read More
Insignia ConsultantsNew Delhi Sunday, April 29, 2018------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Two weeks ago, myself and my elder brother were knocked down by some bikers while returning from our daily morning walk. We were unconscious for some time. The people around saved us. Law enforcement agencies were sitting like...Read More
(Kitco News) - The Royal Canadian Mint seems to have another gold theft on their hands, just three years after Mint’s former employee stole $190,000 worth of gold nuggets by hiding them in his rectum.This time around $110,000 worth of gold is missing, Canadian media quoted the Mint as saying.“Last month, as a result of robust internal inventory processes, employees of the Royal Canadia...Read More
Greg Roumeliotis, Sheila Dang, Liana B. Baker(Reuters) - T-Mobile US Inc (TMUS.O) and Sprint Corp (S.N) said on Sunday they had agreed to a $26 billion all-stock deal and believed they could win over skeptical regulators because the merger would create thousands of jobs and help the United States beat China to creating the next generation mobile network.The agreement caps four years of on- and off...Read More
BERLIN (Reuters) - German business leaders voiced disappointment on Saturday over the outcome of talks between Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump, saying they feared he would impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.The United States imposed import tariffs of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum in March, but it provided a temporary exemption until May 1 for the...Read More
Hyonhee ShinSEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to invite experts and journalists from the United States and South Korea when the country shuts its nuclear test site in May, Seoul officials said, as U.S. President Trump pressed for total denuclearization ahead of his own unprecedented meeting with Kim.On Friday, Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed “complete d...Read More
Gold prices took back some ground after a two-session skid as financial markets assessed the merits of Korea peace efforts and the first reading of first-quarter GDP, which came in slightly better than expected. Gains for the yellow metal came even as a leading dollar measure also rose, with a pullback in the yield for the benchmark 10-year Treasury giving the commodity, which doesn't offer a yiel...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - April 27, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) Vatic Ventures Corp. (TSXV: VCV) (FSE: V8V) (OTC Pink: VTTCF) (the "Company" or "Vatic") is pleased to provide details of its drilling contract with Aztec Engineering Co. Ltd. ("Aztec") for its upcoming drilling program.Aztec undertakes all types of drilling - mud rotary, RAB, RC, DTH, auger, wireline coring...Read More
Vancouver, British Columbia - April 27, 2018 (Newsfile Corp.) (Investorideas.com Newswire) American Lithium Corp. (TSXV: LI) (OTCQB: LIACF) (FSE: 5LA) (WKN: A2AHEL) ("American Lithium" or the "Company") announces that it will move forward with the implantation of its previously announced forward share-split. The Company will issue two common shares for every one common share held by shareholders o...Read More
Jonathan LandayWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Sunday that he told Kim Jong Un that the North Korea leader would have to agree to take “irreversible” steps toward shutting its nuclear weapons program in any deal with U.S. President Donald Trump.“We use the word ‘irreversible’ with great intention,” Pompeo told ABC News. “...Read More
Lesley Wroughton, Ori LewisTEL AVIV (Reuters) - The United States is deeply concerned by Iran’s “destabilizing and malign activities”, new Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said after meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday.Pompeo was speaking on a flying visit to the region, where he had earlier met with Saudi King Salman in Riyadh and stressed the need for unit...Read More
Keith Neumeyer is the president and CEO of First Majestic Silver, one of the largest primary silver mining companies in the world. He's also the founder and chairman of First Mining Finance. Both companies are traded on the Canadian and U.S. stock exchanges.Read More
Source: Streetwise Reports 04/27/2018 Precious metals expert Michael Ballanger discusses the U.S. dollar, the Fed, gold and silver. -->When I was a young lad long before Atari video games and during the era of rotary telephones, hula hoops, and Red Ball Jets running shoes, I used to love to read Action Comics that featured the original "Superman" created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. All...Read More