Jan 16 (Reuters) - For other diaries, please see:Top Economic Events Polling Unit Diary Today in Washington Political and General News DATE COUNTRY AUCTION DETAILS16-Jan Japan Auction of 5-year government bonds16-Jan Spain Auction of 6- and 12-month Treasury bills17-Jan Japan 1-year discount bill auction17-Jan Germany Auction of 30-year Federal bonds18-Jan Japan 3-month discount bill auction18-Jan...Read More

Jan 16 (Reuters) -For other diaries, please see:U.S. Federal Reserve Polling Unit Diary Today in Washington Political and General News -----------------------------------------------------------This Diary is filed daily.** Indicates new events ----------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, JANUARY 16LONDON - Bank of England Deputy Governor Sam Woods speaks at parliament treas...Read More

After an incredible rally during the first week of January, many people arrived in the office last Monday fully prepared for a market breather. Monday provided a slight pause in the action, but the break did not last long. By the end of the week, all the major U.S. equity indexes were higher, and the momentum from the first week of 2018 cruised along into the second week without so much as a hiccu...Read More

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Dutch journalist Bram Ebus has just published an entire website dedicated to Venezuela's Mining Arc, a mega project that is at the centre of a national controversy given the devastation to both the natural environment and local communities that it is causing, as well as the innumerable allegations of rampant corruption surrounding it.Ebus spent three months investigating the many different aspects...Read More

Dutch journalist Bram Ebus has just published an entire website dedicated to Venezuela's Mining Arc, a mega project that is at the centre of a national controversy given the devastation to both the natural environment and local communities that it is causing, as well as the innumerable allegations of rampant corruption surrounding it.Ebus spent three months investigating the many different aspects...Read More

Dutch journalist Bram Ebus has just published an entire website dedicated to Venezuela's Mining Arc, a mega project that is at the centre of a national controversy given the devastation to both the natural environment and local communities that it is causing, as well as the innumerable allegations of rampant corruption surrounding it.Ebus spent three months investigating the many different aspects...Read More

Dutch journalist Bram Ebus has just published an entire website dedicated to Venezuela's Mining Arc, a mega project that is at the centre of a national controversy given the devastation to both the natural environment and local communities that it is causing, as well as the innumerable allegations of rampant corruption surrounding it.Ebus spent three months investigating the many different aspects...Read More

FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 close lowerGBP sees post-Brexit high, but this is a 'dollar story'Carillion drops into liquidationFTSE 100 closed in the red, as did the FTSE 250, whose constituent Carillion Plc (LON:CLLN), and its downfall, was of course the biggest corporate story of the day.FTSE 100 closed down 9.5 points at 7,769, while FTSE 250 was off around 26 at 20,832.Carillion, the UK's second bigg...Read More

By Suleiman Al-KhalidiAMMAN, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Jordan's cabinet announced on Monday a major package of IMF-guided tax hikes it says are crucial to gradually lower record public debt needed to get the economy hit by regional conflict growing again. The package announced on state media includes removing exemptions on general sales tax and unifying low 4 to 8 percent rates on a large number of items...Read More

The other top-rising mining stocks on the TSXV last week were Peat Resources, Canada Rare Earth, Hunt Mining and Glen Eagle Resources.Read full newsRead More

Unclear how much highly toxic gas condensate from Iranian ship leaked into water as China vows probe, and Iranian families lose hopeRead full newsRead More

Bart Melek, head of global commodity strategy at TD Securities, looks ahead to the commodities on the move this week.Read full newsRead More

An Iranian oil tanker that sunk in the East China Sea is prompting fears of damage to marine life. Why do oil spills keep happening and who is responsible when they're in international waters?Read full newsRead More

Wyoming lawmakers received a second round of good news regarding the state's looming budget shortfall Monday morning when the Legislature's official revenue estimate was revised upward following October's unexpectedly positiveRead full newsRead More

Fuel from the Sanchi has spread over more than 100 sq km and could badly damage marine life.Read full newsRead More

(Adds aluminium and copper production guidance, Q4 iron ore shipments)Jan 16 (Reuters) - Global miner Rio Tinto , on Tuesday reported a 1 percent rise in iron ore shipments for 2017 to 330.1 million tonnes, meeting its guidance.The world's no. 2 miner of iron ore, a raw material in steelmaking, also stuck to a target of 330-340 million tonnes for this year, but cautioned the guidance was subject...Read More

* Business sentiment at -12 pct in Q4* Most pessimistic result in two years* Firms downbeat on new Labour govt - economist (Adds economist comment, market reaction)By Charlotte GreenfieldWELLINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - New Zealand business sentiment turned negative and sunk to a two-year low in the fourth quarter due to pessimism towards the new centre-left government, a private think tank said on...Read More

By George GeorgiopoulosNICOSIA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Eurobank will maintain its Balkan footprint in Bulgaria, Serbia and Cyprus after pulling out of Romania, its deputy CEO said on Tuesday, expecting the group's subsidiaries there to double their profitability over the next few years.Greece's third-largest lender by assets clinched a deal in November to sell its Romanian unit Bancpost to Banca Trans...Read More