Patricia Zengerle, Stephen KalinWASHINGTON/RIYADH (Reuters) - The United States imposed economic sanctions on 17 Saudi officials on Thursday for their role in the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, as Saudi Arabia’s public prosecutor sought the death penalty for five suspects in the murder.The U.S. Treasury Department sanctions were the first concrete response by the Trump administration...Read More
(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve should hold off on raising interest rates to allow more workers to get jobs, adding that the central bank can always raise rates to head off inflation if it starts to rise too fast, Minneapolis Fed President Neel Kashkari said on Thursday.Speaking at the Minnesota Ag and Food Summit, Kashkari said he sees no signs of overheating yet, or of inflation taking off....Read More
Wheaton Precious Metals' (TSX: WPM NYSE: WPM) shares dropped 4.4% on Thursday, after the company announced its Q3 results. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, Wheaton is the world's largest precious metals streaming company.Adjusted net earnings were $35 million, a steep 49% drop from $67 million in net earnings last year. Revenue fell 8.5% in the same quarter of 2017.The company reported silver p...Read More
Mr. Jeff Chisholm reportsPAN ORIENT ENERGY CORP. 2018 THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL & OPERATING RESULTSPan Orient Energy Corp. has released its third quarter 2018 consolidated financial and operating results.The company is today filing its unaudited consolidated financial statements as at and for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2018 and related management's discussion and analysis with Canadian sec...Read More
Exchange-traded fund investors havereturned to the gold market, says Standard Chartered. Most precious-metals ETFstrade like a stock but track the price of the commodity, with metal put intostorage to back the shares. Both central banks and ETF investors tend to be“resilient holders” of gold, Standard says. ETF buying of 23 tonnes in Octoberand 13 so far in November, as a Wednesday rep...Read More
BloombergWorkers review an assembled New Holland Ltd. round baler at the company's Haytools factory in New Holland, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Friday, April 8, 2016. The numbers: There was a split in directions between the Empire State and Philadelphia Fed manufacturing indexes, with the New York-area gauge rising 2.2 points to a reading of 23.3 in November while the Philly Fed index slid 9.3 po...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The Dow Jones Industrial Average turned higher, led by gains in 3M (MMM) , Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) and Apple Inc. (AAPL) .Walmart Inc. (WMT) fell 2% even after after the world's largest retailer posted stronger-than-expected third-quarter earnings and raised earnings guidance for its next fiscal year.Cisco rose 5.5% after its fis...Read More
Mr. Erfan Kazemi reportsSANDSTORM GOLD LTD.: SANDSTORM GOLD ROYALTIES ANNOUNCES 2018 THIRD QUARTER RESULTSSandstorm Gold Ltd. has released its results for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2018 (all figures in United States dollars).Third quarter highlights:Revenue of $17.3-million (Q3 2017 -- $17.9-million); Attributable gold equivalent ounces sold of 14,314 ounces (Q3 2017 -- 14,293 ounces); Ave...Read More
Mr. Ralph Shearing reportsTELSON RETAINS GLENCORE TECHNOLOGY FOR ALBION PROCESS TESTINGTelson Mining Corp. has retained Glencore Technology to conduct Albion Process leach testing of newly processed flotation tailings and historic tailings to increase recoveries of gold and silver, plus zinc flotation testing focused on Jameson Cell technologyto increase zinc recoveries and zinc concentrate grade...Read More
Mr. Mark Kolebaba reportsADAMERA RESUMES DRILLING AT OVERSIGHT TO FOLLOW UP HIGH GRADE INTERSECTIONAdamera Minerals Corp.has resumed drilling on the Oversight property in Washington State to follow up high-grade gold intercepts reported in drill hole OS18-02, including an interval with 19.4 grams per tonne gold (see news release dated Sept. 26, 2018). Drill hole OS18-02 tested a coincident induced...Read More
Mr. Matthew Hornor reportsMAPLE GOLD COMPLETES 2018 MAPPING AND SAMPLING PROGRAM AND IDENTIFIES NEW TARGET AREASMaple Gold Mines Ltd. has completed its first pass summer 2018 field mapping in the central part of the Douay project. Very limited historical work has been completed previously in this portion of the Project. The objective of the mapping program was to identify alkaline intrusive-relate...Read More
Mr. Dan Stuart of Juggernaut reports JUGGERNAUT REPORTS EXPANSION OF THE DISCOVERY ZONE AT DSM GOLDCREST PROPERTY; CHIP SAMPLES UP TO 56.1 GRAMS PER TONNE GOLD (1.64 OZ/T AU) OVER 1 METER Juggernaut Exploration Ltd. and Goliath Resources Ltd. havereleased channel, chip and grab sample assay results of up to 56.1 grams per tonne gold (1.64 ounces per ton gold) over one meter from the Cadillac trend...Read More
Mr. Jeff Chisholm reportsPAN ORIENT ENERGY CORP. 2018 THIRD QUARTER FINANCIAL & OPERATING RESULTSPan Orient Energy Corp. has released its third quarter 2018 consolidated financial and operating results.The company is today filing its unaudited consolidated financial statements as at and for the nine months ended Sept. 30, 2018 and related management's discussion and analysis with Canadian sec...Read More
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Idrees Ali, Mike StoneWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has failed what is being called its first-ever comprehensive audit, a senior official said on Thursday, finding U.S. Defense Department accounting discrepancies that could take years to resolve.Results of the inspection - conducted by some 1,200 auditors and examining financial accounting on a wide range of spending including on weapons sys...Read More
"From a 50,000-feet viewpoint, we're probably in a global debt bubble," says Paul Tudor Jones, who is famous for making big macro calls. "Global debt to GDP is at an all-time high."The investor added that some "scary" moments may come in the corporate bond market.Jones also said the Trump administration's corporate tax cut from late last year could hurt investors down the road as the Federal Reser...Read More
Imani Moise(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co said on Thursday it notified about 1,000 employees in its Consumer Lending and Payments, Virtual Solutions and Innovations groups of plans to eliminate their positions.The layoffs are consistent with the bank’s previously announced plans to reduce headcount by up to 10 percent by 2020, spokesman Tom Goyda said. Wells Fargo, the No. 4 U.S. bank by a...Read More
Zinc futures on the London Metal Exchange rallied 3% at the close on Thursday November 15, ending a weeklong downtrend and supported by a decade-low downdraft in total LME inventories.Across the entire base metals asset class, volumes traded on the exchange were moderately high, with the trading of zinc's 15,062 lots the most since Thursday August 16 and second on the day to copper's 16,465 lots."...Read More
David LawderWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. automakers and parts suppliers on Thursday urged the Trump administration to end steel and aluminum tariffs on Mexico and Canada and warned that potential U.S. national security tariffs on automotive imports would lead to widespread job losses.In testimony at a U.S. International Trade Commission hearing on the deal to replace the North American Free Trade A...Read More
Jonathan SpicerNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve, under pressure from a critical White House even while it largely hits its targets of stable inflation and maximum employment, will conduct an extensive review next year of how it guides the world’s largest economy.The U.S. central bank said on Thursday it will hold a series of forums across the country to hear from a “wide range&...Read More