MET is among the worst performing stocks after the Fed tightens up on ratesShares of Metlife Inc. (NYSE:MET) are down 0.6% at $39.11, after the company on Thursday reached a settlement with the state of Massachusetts over claims that it failed to pay pensions to thousands of retirees it improperly "presumed dead." The insurance provider will have to pay $1 million fine to resolve the claim filed l...Read More
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Ireland is demanding $1.9 billion in back taxes from PerrigoPerrigo Company (NYSE:PRGO) said it has been ordered by Ireland to pay $1.9 billion in back taxes for 2013. The bill comes after it was found that intellectual property sales of Elan Pharma -- which Perrigo acquired in 2013 in a corporate tax inversion -- were taxed incorrectly. In reaction, PRGO stock is down 26.5% to trade at $38.47, ea...Read More
AAPL and BB are pacing for their lowest closes in over a yearStocks are struggling the week before Christmas. Three names taking part in the widespread weakness are iPhone maker Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), tech name BlackBerry Ltd (NYSE:BB), and e-commerce services provider Shopify Inc (NYSE:SHOP). Let's take a look at the damage shares of AAPL, BB, and SHOP have experienced today. Apple Stock Flir...Read More
Gautam Adani's long quest to build a coal mine in the Australian outback faces another setback, with the Queensland state government refusing to sign off on the company's plans before further studies into the project's environmental impact are complete."Two plans are yet to be approved before any significant disturbance can commence at the Carmichael coal mine," Queensland's Department of Environm...Read More
BMO Capital Markets' metals and mining division faced upheaval this year after losing its two veteran co-heads during an already tough time for the resource industry. Its new leaders aim to prove the investment bank remains as strong as ever in the sector.The Bank of Montreal unit is accelerating lending and adding more bankers, including a sales-and-trading team poached from Bank of Nova Scotia,...Read More
BMO Capital Markets' metals and mining division faced upheaval this year after losing its two veteran co-heads during an already tough time for the resource industry. Its new leaders aim to prove the investment bank remains as strong as ever in the sector.The Bank of Montreal unit is accelerating lending and adding more bankers, including a sales-and-trading team poached from Bank of Nova Scotia,...Read More
BMO Capital Markets' metals and mining division faced upheaval this year after losing its two veteran co-heads during an already tough time for the resource industry. Its new leaders aim to prove the investment bank remains as strong as ever in the sector.The Bank of Montreal unit is accelerating lending and adding more bankers, including a sales-and-trading team poached from Bank of Nova Scotia,...Read More
Effective Immediately Next Green Wave will begin trading on the OTCQB under the ticker symbol NXGWF VANCOUVER, DECEMBER 21, 2018 - Next Green Wave ("NGW" or the "Company") (CSE: NGW)...Read full newsRead More
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Gold futures pulled back from a six-month high Friday, but bullion finished the week higher as a recent downturn in the stock market - underpinned by the Federal Reserve's policy message - helped to drive demand to so-called haven assets. Gold for February delivery on Comex GCG9, -0.69% lost $9.80, or 0.8%, to settle at $1,258.10 an ounce, with the contract marking a weekly increase of about 1.4...Read More
Barrick Gold Corp has laid off more than half of its staff at the company's Toronto head office, while its long serving director Anthony Munk is stepping down, the Globe and Mail reported on Friday.Munk, who is Barrick Gold founder Peter Munk's son, has tendered his resignation, the report said.The laying off of nearly 95 employees comes as the Toronto-based company expects to complete its purchas...Read More
Barrick Gold Corp has laid off more than half of its staff at the company's Toronto head office, while its long serving director Anthony Munk is stepping down, the Globe and Mail reported on Friday.Munk, who is Barrick Gold founder Peter Munk's son, has tendered his resignation, the report said.The laying off of nearly 95 employees comes as the Toronto-based company expects to complete its purchas...Read More
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ExGen Resources Inc. (TSXV:EXG; OTC:BXXRF) ("ExGen") announced that, further to its December 5, 2018 news release, it has increased the size of its previously announced non-brokered private placement of units (each a "Unit").Read full newsRead More
NorthIsle Copper and Gold (TSXV:NCX)("Northisle" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the completion of its initial drilling program on its Pemberton Hills Property located on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia. Northisle entered into a farm-out agreement with Freeport-McMoRan Mineral Properties Canada Inc. ("Freeport") earlier this year.Read full newsRead More
Oil prices also fell to annual lows this weekIt's been a brutal December for Wall Street, and this week was no exception. The Dow and S&P 500 are all staring at their worst week s since March, while the Nasdaq is headed toward its biggest weekly loss since January 2016. Plus, all three indexes remain deep in correction territory, and sport month-to-date deficits of 11% or more. The sell-off starte...Read More
Getty ImagesPeople shop at the Macy's flagship store last month in New York City. The numbers: Consumer spending grew faster than incomes in November, leading to an erosion in the savings rate, the Commerce Department said Friday. Consumer spending rose 0.4% in November, in line with the MarketWatch forecast. However, spending in October was revised up to 0.8% from the prior estimate of 0.4%...Read More
Congress has yet to pass a spending bill to avoid a partial government shutdown at midnightThe Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) was last seen modestly higher -- getting help from a post-earnings bull gap for Nike (NKE) -- overcoming a brief turn lower as a potential government shutdown looms. Traders are also reacting to a round of lackluster economic data, with the personal consumption expendit...Read More
JOHANNESBURG - A court has found that a strike by a union representing just under half of all workers at Sibanye-Stillwater's South African gold operations is legal, despite the company declaring otherwise last week.South Africa's Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) said on Friday that the court disagreed with Sibanye's reason for judging the strike unprotected, and ordered Si...Read More