Fitbit stock is trading up, tooThe U.S. stock market is higher today on trade optimism. Among individual names making big moves are wearable tech firm Fitbit Inc (NYSE:FIT), Chinese e-commerce name JD.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:JD), and molecular diagnostics specialist Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ:MYGN). Here's a quick look at what's moving shares of FIT, JD, and MYGN.Fitbit Earnings Boosted By Smartwatch...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - British sports minister Tracey Crouch resigned from government on Thursday, the BBC reported, in a row over whether ministers had delayed a proposed implementation of gambling reforms.The government is to cut the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) from 100 pounds to just two pounds, but not until next October. The move came after ministers opted to try to tack...Read More
Gold appears to be an attractive investment during the next few years.A larger degree corrective rebound is probably unfolding.Another spike below the August 2018 lows seems likely to start a bigger rally.Introduction Gold appears to be an attractive investment during the next few years. Technical analysis and sentiment indicators lead to this conclusion. However, the Elliott wave framework sugges...Read More
(Reuters) - Chuck Wirtz voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 election, inspired by the then-political outsider, but the veteran Iowa hog farmer now has buyer’s remorse as the U.S. Republican president’s trade policy exacts a heavy toll on his business.Wirtz, 56, estimates the tariffs resulting from the U.S. trade war with China and other nations have cost him $200,000 this year and force...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Washington ratcheted up pressure on Venezuela’s leftist President Nicolas Maduro on Thursday with new measures aimed at disrupting the South American country’s gold exports, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said.Bolton promised a tough stance by the Trump administration toward “dictators and despots near our shores” and singled out Venezuela...Read More
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping hopes China and the United States will be able to promote a steady and healthy relationship, Chinese state media reported on Thursday, as the world’s two largest economies engage in a bitter trade dispute.In a phone call with U.S. President Donald Trump, Xi also said he and Trump hoped to expand bilateral trade cooperation, Xi was quoted as sa...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department unveiled an indictment against two companies based in China and Taiwan and three individuals on Thursday, saying they conspired to steal trade secrets from U.S. semiconductor company Micron (MU.O) relating to its research and development of memory storage device products.The charges against Taiwan-based United Microelectronics Corp (2303.TW), Chin...Read More
Short covering could keep the wind at ALK's back, tooThe shares of Alaska Air Group, Inc. (NYSE:ALK) are up 3.6% to trade at $63.63 today, bouncing back after logging a stiff October loss. The regional airliner could be due for an even bigger breakout this month, if past is prologue.On the charts, Alaska Air Group stock gapped lower in early October, eventually turning in a 10.8% loss for the mont...Read More
This story first appeared on www.northernminer.com in September 2018STEWART, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Vancouver-based IDM Mining (TSXV: IDM; US-OTC: IDMMF) is steadily advancing its wholly owned Red Mountain gold project in northwestern British Columbia's Golden Triangle region."We are about to have one of the few shovel-ready mines in Canada, and it's going to do the one thing the mining business...Read More
(Kitco News) - Cryptocurrencies have no place inthe global economy as a legitimate unit of money, this according to JanetYellen, former Chair of the Federal Reserve.“I am not a fan of bitcoin, let metell you why,” Yellen told an audience during a live panel at the 2018 CanadaFinTech Forum in Montreal on Monday.Yellen said that cryptocurrencieslike bitcoin lack the necessary characteris...Read More
WASHINGTON/BEIJING (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping both expressed optimism on Thursday about resolving their bitter trade disputes ahead of a high-stakes meeting planned for the two leaders at the end of November in Argentina.Trump said on Twitter that trade discussions with China were “moving along nicely” and that he planned to meet with Xi on...Read More
President Donald Trump says he talked to Chinese President Xi Jinping about trade amid tensions between the world's two largest economies.Trump says the conversation was productive, but he did not provide any details about progress.The White House is considering whether to levy tariffs on an additional $267 billion in Chinese goods.Jacob Pramuk| @jacobpramuk Published 11 Hours AgoUpdated8 Hours Ag...Read More
TORONTO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Ontario Finance Minister Vic Fedeli will present the fall economic statement of Canada's biggest province on Nov. 15, a spokesman for the Ontario Ministry of Finance said on Thursday.The province's new Progressive Conservative Party government, led by populist Doug Ford, accepted in September a recommendation made by a commission of inquiry that it should more than doubl...Read More
(Reuters) - The New York Times Co (NYT.N), assailed by a U.S. president who brands it as “failing,” signed up more than 200,000 paying online subscribers in the third quarter, helping it top Wall Street estimates for both profit and revenue.Shares in the publisher rose 8 percent after quarterly results on Thursday showed digital-only subscribers rose to 3.1 million at the end of Septem...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump will make remarks on immigration and border security on Thursday before leaving for a political rally, the White House said.Trump has ramped up his tough stance on illegal immigration, an issue that appeals to his core supporters, before elections on Tuesday that will determine whether his fellow Republicans keep control of Congress.He will delive...Read More
It looks like one speculator is cashing in on a big spreadThe iShares China Large-Cap ETF (FXI) is moving higher today, thanks to President Donald Trump's encouraging tweet on trade. The exchange-traded fund (ETF) was last seen 3.8% higher at $40.79, and it looks like one options trader is cashing in, with FXI call volume skyrocketing.Shares of the fund have struggled since peaking at $54 in Janua...Read More
From 1996 until 2010, Zone 87 at the Troilus mine in Quebec was responsible for the majority of the 2 million ounces of gold and 70,000 tonnes of copper that was produced at the open-pit mining operation.The Z87 pit ultimately ran 350 metres deep and had a strike length of about 900 metres.Now junior explorer Troilus Gold (TSXV: TLG) is trying to bring that zone and others on its property back i...Read More
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New Yorkers will be able to use their mobile phones to obtain bitcoin or sell it for cash at kiosks similar to ATMs in and around New York City after the state Department of Financial Services said on Thursday it has approved the virtual currency license of Coinsource Inc.Bitcoin teller machines operator Coinsource, based in Fort Worth, Texas, has 40 bitcoin kiosks in the stat...Read More
JAKARTA (Reuters) - The pilot of a Lion Air flight from Indonesia’s Bali island on Sunday made a radio alert minutes after take-off due to technical problems, but they were overcome and he pushed on to Jakarta. The same jet crashed on another flight hours later, killing all 189 people on board.Herson, chief of the airport authority for the Bali-Nusa Tenggara area, told Reuters that after the...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold andsilver prices are posting strong gains in early-afternoon U.S. tradingThursday. Traders in both metals have stepped in to buy the dips on someperceived bargain hunting, and by heavy short covering from the futurestraders. Also, precious metals are seeing good buying interest as the U.S. dollar index is posting sharp losses today, on a corrective pullback fromrecent gains tha...Read More