TOKYO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Sunday he wants Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda to keep up efforts to reflate the economy, but added he was undecided on whether to reappoint Kuroda for another five-year term."Governor Kuroda has met my expectations with job availability at a 43-year high," Abe said in a programme by public broadcaster NHK."...Read More
BERLIN, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Volkswagen group sales probably rose to around 10.7 million cars last year and kept the German behemoth ahead of Toyota as the world's largest automaker, Bild am Sonntag reported, citing in-house VW estimates.Higher delivery figures across the group, which includes premium brands Audi and Porsche, helped drive revenue above 220 billion euros ($264.62 billion) for the firs...Read More
California would ban the sale of new cars and trucks powered by fossil fuels in 2040 under legislation introduced Wednesday in the state legislature.Read full newsRead More
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PHILADELPHIA, Jan 6 (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve should only as a last resort adjust interest rates to deal with financial instabilities thought to imperil the U.S. economy, and instead rely primarily on regulations and supervision, a top Fed official said on Saturday."While my preference (is) to start with the macroprudential tools that can be implemented more promptly, the limits on thes...Read More
Cabot Energy PLC (LON:CAB) on Friday revealed provisional results from the 10-32 sidetrack well in the Rainbow area, in Canada, where an oil flow rate of 344 barrels of oil per day has now been measured.The well was drilled in December, down to a vertical depth of around 1,500 metres, and it cut approximately 400 metres through the targeted reef with some 200 metres described as encountering high...Read More
Metal Tiger plc (LON:MTR) shares advanced on Friday as it reported some good news from Botswana.The firm revealed, via a drilling report, that the highest grade to date had been hit at the T3 project.Its joint venture partner MOD Resources (ASX:MOD), which has 70% of the project, revealed one hole in the final batch of assays had hit 18 metres (m) at 4.3% copper and 94 g/t (grams per ton) silver f...Read More
It's fair to say the past few months have been challenging for MySQUAR investors.Towards the end of last year the Myanmar-language social media, payments and entertainment group teamed up with a couple of partners. This included a deal that will see its games distributed on the Huawei InTouch platform.Yet the shares haven't responded, with investors harbouring concerns over a slight slowdown in da...Read More
The West must exploit the hypocrisy of the Tehran government.Read full newsRead More
Thousands of government supporters staged rallies in Iran for a fourth day on Saturday in a backlash against widespread anti-government protests that the clerical establishment has blamed on the country's enemies.Read full newsRead More
Russia, meanwhile, lambasted the U.S. for using the U.N. Security Council to engage in Iran's internal politics.Read full newsRead More
The Trump administration is working with key lawmakers to create a pathway for the US to remain a signatory to the Iran nuclear deal.Read full newsRead More
It doesn't take many days in one's life of consumerism to recognize that "vital information" provided to you by someone selling something is to be taken with a grain of salt, to put it mildly. A sexy model draped over the hood of a car is not indicative of the life you will lead if you buy those wheRead full newsRead More
By Yereth RosenANCHORAGE, Alaska, Jan 5 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators formally launched a review process on Friday that could produce a permit a Canadian mining group needs to build the Pebble Mine copper and gold project in southwest Alaska, which is opposed by environmentalists. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the federal agency that regulates the development and dredging of wetlands, has publi...Read More
TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jan. 5, 2018) - Sage Gold Inc. (Read full newsRead More
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This is the year to invest in gold mining stocks, thanks to the start of a major gold bull market. Here's why, plus the one gold miner to own...Read full newsRead More
Several big mining companies are bringing new projects online, while others will see production decline in the year ahead.Read full newsRead More
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan.05, 2018(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Equinox Gold Corp. (TSX-V:EQX) ("Equinox Gold" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce th...Read full newsRead More
The U.S. trade deficit in November reachedthe highest level in almost six years as an increase in importsexceeded a gain in shipments overseas, Commerce Department datashowed Friday.Highlights of Trade Balance (November)Gap grew 3.2% to $50.5b (est. $49.9b deficit) from a revised $48.9b in the prior month (prev. $48.7b)Imports rose 2.5% to a record $250.7b on more inbound shipments of consumer goo...Read More