NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dollar held on to modest gains near a 2 1/2-month high against a basket of major currencies on Tuesday, supported by worries about an escalation of the Sino-U.S. trade war and more signs the United States economy is outperforming its peers.The dollar index, which measures the greenback against six major currencies, was 0.25 percent higher at 96.823. Earlier in the session,...Read More

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she will not seek re-election as leader of the center-right Christian Democrats (CDU) at a congress in December. Merkel, 64, also ruled out running for a fifth term as chancellor in 2021.Several CDU politicians have announced bids to succeed Merkel as party leader. Here are some facts about the candidates who could step into her shoes:THE...Read More

Critical Elements Corporation (TSX-V: CRE) (US OTCQX:CRECF) has completed its pilot plant program at the Outotec Research Centre, where the company is successfully converting spodumene concentrate from the Rose Project into battery grade lithium hydroxide using a thermal leaching process.The company reports the pilot plant conversion process yielded extraction rates of up to 93%, surpassing the...Read More

Critical Elements Corporation (TSX-V: CRE) (US OTCQX:CRECF) has completed its pilot plant program at the Outotec Research Centre, where the company is successfully converting spodumene concentrate from the Rose Project into battery grade lithium hydroxide using a thermal leaching process.The company reports the pilot plant conversion process yielded extraction rates of up to 93%, surpassing the...Read More

An Arizona prospector realizes he's lucky to be alive after surviving nearly three days at the bottom of an old abandoned gold mine shaft in the Arizona desert and staring down rattlesnakes.Read full newsRead More

PHOENIX (AP) - An Arizona prospector realizes he's lucky to be alive after surviving nearly three days at the bottom of an old abandoned gold mine shaft in the ArizonaRead full newsRead More

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Arizona prospector John Waddell realizes he's lucky to be alive after surviving a days-long ordeal at the bottom of an old abandoned mine shaft in the desertRead full newsRead More

Declining short interest and heavy put open interest could create tailwinds for the stock Blue-chip pharmacy name Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. (NASDAQ:WBA) has surged 29% off its late-June lows, and recently topped out north of $78 -- marking its highest point since January.A pullback from this area last week was cushioned by the shares' 20-day moving average, as well as their year-to-date breake...Read More

Peoria, Ill. - In October, representatives from Caterpillar, Finning Canada and Teck Resources gathered in East Peoria, Ill., to celebrate the milestone of the 40,000th Cat large dozer rolling off the production line. Core to Caterpillar's global identity, the current Cat large dozer line includes the D9, D10 and D11 models.The legacy of the Cat large dozer began a little more than 40 years ago...Read More

* Graphic: World FX rates in 2018 tmsnrt.rs/2egbfVh* Graphic: Trade-weighted sterling since Brexit vote tmsnrt.rs/2hwV9Hv (Adds detail on S&P statement, updates prices)LONDON, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Sterling sank against the dollar and euro on Tuesday as concern about Britain’s departure from the European Union led investors to largely ignore hopes of an end to austerity raised by finance...Read More

Thunder Bay, ON - Wolfden Resources continues to drill high-grade massive sulphide mineralization at its Pickett Mountain project in Maine, where it has two diamond drills turning.In its latest results, Wolfden reported a 12.7-metre intercept starting from 240 metres below surface, and grading 6.6% zinc, 2.8% lead, 1.5% copper, 99.4 g/t silver, and 0.6 g/t gold (or 10.9% combined zinc, lead and co...Read More

Thunder Bay, ON - Wolfden Resources continues to drill high-grade massive sulphide mineralization at its Pickett Mountain project in Maine, where it has two diamond drills turning.In its latest results, Wolfden reported a 12.7-metre intercept starting from 240 metres below surface, and grading 6.6% zinc, 2.8% lead, 1.5% copper, 99.4 g/t silver, and 0.6 g/t gold (or 10.9% combined zinc, lead and co...Read More

Thunder Bay, ON - Wolfden Resources continues to drill high-grade massive sulphide mineralization at its Pickett Mountain project in Maine, where it has two diamond drills turning.In its latest results, Wolfden reported a 12.7-metre intercept starting from 240 metres below surface, and grading 6.6% zinc, 2.8% lead, 1.5% copper, 99.4 g/t silver, and 0.6 g/t gold (or 10.9% combined zinc, lead and co...Read More

Peter Bryant is an advisory board member for the World Economic Forum's Mining 2050 initiative, a board member of Chrysalix and a managing partner at Clareo, a growth strategy and innovation consulting firm. The global mining sector's comeback signaled great expectations-improved employment, wages and economic wealth. However, the windfall will be short lived. If miners want a new era of prospe...Read More

"Stelmine Canada is looking to open a new gold mining camp ! $STH #STH #Courcy#QuebecMining #Gold #Opinaca $STH.V Read their corp. presentation here: https://t.co/AUFCl6HSJy"Read full newsRead More

(Reuters) - Mastercard’s (MA.N) shares reversed course to fall sharply in afternoon trading on Tuesday as investors worried the company’s third-quarter revenue growth was largely being driven by rebates and incentives and not by transaction volumes.The payments processor said its revenue rose 14.7 percent to $3.90 billion in the quarter, out of which rebates and incentives accounted fo...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan said on Tuesday that it was not possible to end birthright citizenship with an executive order, after President Donald Trump said he was considering such a move, the Washington Post reported.“You cannot end birthright citizenship with an executive order,” Ryan, the top Republican in Congress, said in an interview with radio station WV...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Every time President Donald Trump mentions the $110 billion arms deal he negotiated with Saudi Arabia last year, he quickly follows up, saying “It’s 500,000 jobs.”But if he means new U.S. defense jobs, an internal document seen by Reuters from Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) forecasts fewer than 1,000 positions would be created by the defense contractor, which coul...Read More

Wedbush thinks Take-Two stock can keep the momentum goingStocks are rallying higher today thanks to upbeat corporate earnings, with shares of Nike (NKE) and Coca-Cola (KO) leading the charge. Three names making notable moves on Wall Street are "Grand Theft Auto" maker Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO), hospice provider Amedisys Inc (NASDAQ:AMED), and engineering software specialist...Read More