Howard SchneiderWASHINGTON, (Reuters) - “Robust” business borrowing, rising consumer spending, and tight labor markets indicate the U.S. economy remains on track for continued growth, the Federal Reserve reported on Wednesday, with the risks of a global trade war the one big outlier.In its periodic “Beige Book” summary of contacts with businesses in its 12 regional district...Read More

SHEBAA, Lebanon (Reuters) - Several hundred Syrians who have lived for years as refugees in Lebanon left for their home country on Wednesday in a rare case of a mass return of those who left the country since the Syrian civil war began in 2011.Nearly 500 people, including children and the elderly, left the Shebaa area in southeast Lebanon in 15 buses for the Beit Jinn district in Syria, southwest...Read More

Infinite Discovers Third Lithium Zone - Intersects 5 Metres of 3.02% Li2O, Including 1 Metre of 5.11% Li2O at Jackpot Lithium Project, Ontario Vancouver, British Columbia - INFINITE LITHIUM CORP. ("Infinite" or the "Company") (TSX-V:ILI) (OTCQB:ARXRF) (37NN-FRANKFURT) is pleased to...Read full newsRead More

Aluminium Intraday Call – SELL Aluminium at CMP 161.40 for Target 160.20 – 159.70 with SL Above price 162.50AFTER POST CONTENT Read More

Cliff Holloway, chief executive at Scancell Holdings Plc (LONSCLP), tells Proactive Investors they're raising up to ?8mln through a placing and open offer - cash that will be used develop their three main drug candidates.A placing and subscription at 12 pence a share will account for ?6mln of the total.The company also wants to include existing investors, so is planning a ?2mln open offer of st...Read More

BloombergSeveral ports along the East Coast said there were worried about the impact of a trade dispute with China. The Fed's verdict: The Beige Book reported activity remained at "a modest to moderate pace" in March and early April, the same rate as earlier in the year. There were widespread concerns about trade policy. Overall wage growth was said to be modest, and price gains seen as moderate....Read More

Intraday Zinc Tips – SELL Zinc at CMP 209.75 for Target 208.65 – 208 with SL Above price 210.80AFTER POST CONTENT Read More

Comstock Metals Ltd. (TSXV:CSL) ('Comstock' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce a non-brokered private placement financing of units ('Unit') to raise gross proceeds of up to CDN$500,000 (the 'Offering') to fund exploration on the Company's properties and for general corporate purposes.Read full newsRead More

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s upper house of parliament inflicted an embarrassing defeat on Theresa May’s government on Wednesday, challenging her refusal to remain in a customs union with the European Union after Brexit.The Prime Minister, who has struggled to unite her Conservative party over Brexit, has said Britain will leave the EU’s single market and customs union after it q...Read More

Glacier Lake Resources Inc. (TSXV:GLI) ("Glacier" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the "Hackett" and the "North Wolverine" properties in the Sheslay area of northwestern British Columbia.Read full newsRead More

LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England is becoming more confident that it can avoid disruption to trillions of pounds in cross-border financial contracts after Brexit, a senior BoE official said on Wednesday.Britain’s departure from the European Union next year could make it hard to enforce cross-border derivatives contracts used by companies to guard against adverse moves in interest rates...Read More

Sunvest Minerals Corp. (TSXV:SSS) ('Sunvest Minerals' or the "Company") reports it is mobilizing crews to commence a drill program on the Evening Star Property, located 16 kilometers southeast of Hawthorne, Nevada.Read full newsRead More

BERLIN (Reuters) - German police said on Wednesday that they had launched an investigation after two men wearing Jewish skullcaps were attacked and insulted in Berlin on Tuesday, an incident that comes amid concern that anti-Semitism could be on the rise in Germany.Anti-Semitism remains a sensitive issue in Germany given that more than 6 million Jews were murdered during the Nazi-era Holocaust.Ger...Read More

(Kitco News) - Gold andsilver prices werehigher in early-afternoon U.S. trading Wednesday. Silver prices hit a 2.5-monthhigh and are trading well above $17.00. The chart postures for both metals aretilted more in favor of the bulls this week, which is inspiring technicallybased buying interest. June Comex gold futures were last up $4.40 an ounce at$1,353.90. May Comex silver was last up $0.438 a...Read More

(Kitco News) - Gold and silver prices were higher in early-afternoon U.S. trading Wednesday. Silver prices hit a 2.5-month high and are trading well above $17.00. The chart postures for both metals are tilted more in favor of the bulls this week, which is inspiring technically based buying interest. June Comex gold futures were last up $4.40 an ounce at $1,353.90. May Comex silver was last up $0...Read More

(Kitco News) - One of Canada’s most renowned gold mining companies is wading into the base metals sector, particularly zinc, as prices continue to trade near their highest level in more than ten years.Osisko Metals is celebrating its first year of operation as it continues to develop two of Canada’s most prominent past producing zinc mining camps.The Osisko brand is more known for its...Read More

(Kitco News) - One of Canada’s most renowned gold mining companies is wading into the base metals sector, particularly zinc, as prices continue to trade near their highest level in more than ten years.Osisko Metals is celebrating its first year of operation as it continues to develop two of Canada’s most prominent past producing zinc mining camps.The Osisko brand is more known for its...Read More

The stock has found a foothold near the $19 level over the past few weeksFinancial concern KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY) will continue the recent string of bank earnings, set to release its first-quarter report before the open tomorrow. Looking into its earnings history, KeyCorp stock has finished lower the day after reporting in four of the past five quarters, but did see an almost 5% jump this time last ye...Read More

The VIX could pop in the short term, if past is prologueThe Cboe Volatility Index (VIX) -- also know as Wall Street's "fear index" -- yesterday ended lower for a sixth straight day, and closed beneath its lower Bollinger Band (BB) for the first time since August 2016, or 425 trading days ago. That marks the longest streak above its lower BB ever, going back to 1990 (as far as we have VIX data), ac...Read More

STRASBOURG (Reuters) - Facebook Inc’s Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg came under pressure from EU lawmakers on Wednesday to come to Europe and shed light on the data breach involving Cambridge Analytica that affected nearly three million Europeans.The world’s largest social network is under fire worldwide after information about nearly 87 million users wrongly ended up in the hands of...Read More