Could this be 9 times more valuable than Google, Facebook, and Amazon combined?It's a gadget you could conceal in the palm of your hand. A gadget that could easily pass through airport security. A gadget that could be mass produced quickly.And a gadget that holds the technology set to blow the lid off a breakthrough $15 trillion tech revolution...Of course, this gadget could stand to make a lot of...Read More
(Kitco News) - Gold and silver prices are slightly higher, but well down from earlier daily highs, in early-afternoon U.S. trading Wednesday. The metals were lifted by a drop in the U.S. dollar index today. December gold futures were last up $2.40 an ounce at $1,228.70. December Comex silver was last up $0.08 at $14.58 an ounce.Tuesday’s U.S. mid-term elections turned out as many had expecte...Read More
At the Beijing Auto Show this year, 7 out of 10 "new energy vehicles" (NEVs) on display were by Chinese automakers. While EVs only accounted for 17% of the 1,022 models showcased, 124 of the 174 NEVs were made by domestic (Chinese) manufacturers. New energy vehicles in China refers to both battery-operated vehicles and plug-in hybrids.The numbers are proof of the trend towards electrification of t...Read More
While falling largely below the radar, today's Treasury announcement of a record increase in STRIPs was the biggest news of the day in rates...Read full newsRead More
Bristow, who will be CEO of the merged firm, did not give specifics about what that mediation would involve, but said he would be acting in his capacity as Randgold's chief executive not as the head of Barrick.Read full newsRead More
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada has no particular concerns over the fate of a new continental trade deal after U.S. elections that gave Democrats control of the House of Representatives, a senior official said on Wednesday.Some U.S. commentators are already predicting the U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) pact - agreed in late September - could face problems when the new House convenes in January, given skepti...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - “Expand the battlefield.”The Democrats’ mantra for seizing control of the U.S. House of Representatives took shape within weeks of President Donald Trump’s stunning 2016 White House victory.Democratic strategists wanted to go beyond the traditional strategy of flipping Republican seats in swing districts. Now, they would also compete in more conservat...Read More
EY's Canadian Mining Eye index - which tracks the performance of 100 Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange mid-tier and junior mining companies - dropped 12 percent in the third quarter of the year when compared to the previous three-month period.Read full newsRead More
We are not talking about Norway-level of electric vehicle adoption just yet, but the start of volume deliveries of the Tesla Model 3 in Canada over the last two quarters has helped push EV sales to...Read full newsRead More
(Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose strongly on Wednesday as investors piled into technology and healthcare sectors after midterm elections led to a divided Congress as expected and fueled bets that tighter regulations would be harder to push through.Democrats won control of the House of Representatives on Tuesday, while President Donald Trump’s Republicans expanded their majority in the Senate, po...Read More
(Reuters) - Grocery delivery startup Instacart said on Wednesday it is launching a new service, Instacart Pickup, across the United States, which allows customers to order groceries and choose either delivery or store pickup options.The nation-wide rollout of the pickup service, which follows a pilot project, will be offered through nearly 200 stores spread over several states, which include Atlan...Read More
CarMax stock has historically done well during the holiday seasonKeeping specialty retail stocks in focus ahead of the holiday season, today we will switch gears from the 25 worst retailers to eye before Black Friday, to the top 25 retailers to own, if history is any indicator. Specifically, used vehicle retailer CarMax, Inc (NYSE:KMX) has historically been a smart choice for bulls during the sho...Read More
Utah and Missouri approved medical marijuana measures, tooPot stocks are surging today, after Michigan on Tuesday voted to legalize recreational marijuana -- becoming the 10th U.S. state to do so -- while voters in Utah and Missouri approved measures giving access to medical marijuana in both states. Among those trading higher today are GW Pharmaceuticals PLC (NASDAQ:GWPH), New Age Beverages Corp...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Citibank (C.N) will pay more than $38 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for abuse in handling American Depositary Receipts (ADRS), the regulator said in a statement on Wednesday.The SEC found that Citibank falsely provided U.S. securities that represent foreign shares, or ADRs, to brokers in thousands of premature transactions. Those brokers and cu...Read More
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela’s consumer prices rose 833,997 percent in the twelve months through October, according to a report by the opposition-controlled Congress published on Wednesday, the latest sign that policy changes in August failed to halt rampant hyperinflation.Monthly inflation decelerated to 148 percent from 233 percent in September, the data showed, but left the OPEC nation o...Read More
Resource and expansion drilling at the Kutcho copper-zinc project in B.C. has extended mineralization down dip of its Main deposit, reports Kutcho Copper Corp. (TSXV: KC; US-OTC: KCCFF).Mineralization was extended 50 metres down dip from previous drilling and beyond the project's existing resource model in drill hole KC18-280, which returned a 5.4 metre intercept from 193 metres down hole grading...Read More
Resource and expansion drilling at the Kutcho copper-zinc project in B.C. has extended mineralization down dip of its Main deposit, reports Kutcho Copper Corp. (TSXV: KC; US-OTC: KCCFF).Mineralization was extended 50 metres down dip from previous drilling and beyond the project's existing resource model in drill hole KC18-280, which returned a 5.4 metre intercept from 193 metres down hole grading...Read More
Resource and expansion drilling at the Kutcho copper-zinc project in B.C. has extended mineralization down dip of its Main deposit, reports Kutcho Copper Corp. (TSXV: KC; US-OTC: KCCFF).Mineralization was extended 50 metres down dip from previous drilling and beyond the project's existing resource model in drill hole KC18-280, which returned a 5.4 metre intercept from 193 metres down hole grading...Read More
Resource and expansion drilling at the Kutcho copper-zinc project in B.C. has extended mineralization down dip of its Main deposit, reports Kutcho Copper Corp. (TSXV: KC; US-OTC: KCCFF).Mineralization was extended 50 metres down dip from previous drilling and beyond the project's existing resource model in drill hole KC18-280, which returned a 5.4 metre intercept from 193 metres down hole grading...Read More
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday portrayed the midterm election results as “an incredible day” for his Republicans despite a Democratic takeover of the U.S. House of Representatives that will lead to greater restraints on his administration.At a White House news conference, Trump argued that Republicans beat historical odds in Tuesday’s elections, saying...Read More