At the third time of asking, gold seems set to break decisively through the psychologically important barrier of US$2,000 ($2,686) per ounce. More importantly, the precious metal has matched an inflation-adjusted 550-year high when measured in sterling.Gold recently achieved an all-time nominal high of ?1,593 ($2,600) per ounce in the U.K. but, in real terms, we've been here once before, in 1470....Read More

Commodities trader Trafigura Group will take an almost half a billion dollars charge in first half of 2023, after discovering that some nickel cargoes it bought didn't contain the metal they were supposed to.The Geneva-based company said the "systematic fraud" was committed by a group of companies connected to and controlled by Indian businessman Prateek Gupta, including TMT Metals and companies...Read More

The following slide deck was published by Shiseido Company, Limited in conjunction with their 2022 Q4 earnings call.Read full newsRead More

Shiseido Company, Limited (OTCPK:SSDOY) Q4 2022 Earnings Conference Call February 10, 2023 1:00 AM ETCompany ParticipantsTakayuki Yokota - CFOMasahiko Uotani - Chairman and CEOKentaro...Read full newsRead More

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Concept of Metaverse evolved from a virtual gaming space to something that now encompasses a much broader range of applications (commerce, education, socializing & entertainment).Read full newsRead More

AWS's elongated sales cycle was not unique in the cloud provider market, since peers such as GOOG and MSFT reported a similar phenomenon. Click here to read more.Read full newsRead More

Changes are in store at Newpark, including a possible sale of the fluids business. NR is trading at an attractive valuation and should experience solid growth in 2023. Read more here.Read full newsRead More

Annual rebalancing and subsequent changes to the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index have produced a new list of 67 stocks called the Dividend Aristocrats. Click here to see them.Read full newsRead More