Elliott Management is pushing for changes at the online retailerThe shares of eBay Inc (NASDAQ:EBAY) are up 12.1% to trade at $34.50, after the Wall Street Journal reported Elliott Management and Starboard Management hold stakes in the online retailer. Additionally, the former unveiled a letter sent to EBAY's board of directors outlining a five-point plan -- which includes dropping StubHub -- that...Read More

KUALA LUMPUR - More of the billions of tonnes of materials the world uses each year must be recycled and reused to keep climate change in check, researchers said on Tuesday.Only about a tenth of the nearly 93 billion tonnes of materials utilised annually - including minerals, metals, fossil fuels and biomass - are currently put back into service, said a report by Amsterdam-based social enterprise...Read More

South Africa's Gold Fields (JSE:GFI) (NYSE:GFI) on Tuesday denied a report by Bloomberg speculating that the company wants to combine with rival AngloGold Ashanti."This article is factually incorrect and we completely disassociate ourselves with this statement," Gold Fields said in a statement.Earlier, Bloomberg published an article outlining a $8 billion tie-up quoting "a person familiar with the...Read More

South Africa's Gold Fields (JSE:GFI) (NYSE:GFI) on Tuesday denied a report by Bloomberg speculating that the company wants to combine with rival AngloGold Ashanti."This article is factually incorrect and we completely disassociate ourselves with this statement," Gold Fields said in a statement.Earlier, Bloomberg published an article outlining a $8 billion tie-up quoting "a person familiar with the...Read More

South Africa's Gold Fields (JSE:GFI) (NYSE:GFI) on Tuesday denied a report by Bloomberg speculating that the company wants to combine with rival AngloGold Ashanti."This article is factually incorrect and we completely disassociate ourselves with this statement," Gold Fields said in a statement.Earlier, Bloomberg published an article outlining a $8 billion tie-up quoting "a person familiar with the...Read More

This company's innovative products have industry heavyweights paying close attention as they work towards becoming a leader in the VR and AR multi-billion dollar markets.With the enormous potential for VR and AR, both technologies have created interest and excitement through multiple industries and corporate sectors.Building on its past work for some of the most noteworthy companies in the world,...Read More

MELBOURNE - Australian cobalt developer Jervois Mining said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy a Canadian cobalt explorer with operations in Uganda, as the hunt for quality mines in the battery materials sector gains pace.Jervois, which is backed by ex-Glencore executives, is offering one of its shares for every share in M2 Cobalt, valuing the Canadian company at C$16.6 million ($12.5 million), a 4.5...Read More

MELBOURNE - Australian cobalt developer Jervois Mining said on Tuesday it has agreed to buy a Canadian cobalt explorer with operations in Uganda, as the hunt for quality mines in the battery materials sector gains pace.Jervois, which is backed by ex-Glencore executives, is offering one of its shares for every share in M2 Cobalt, valuing the Canadian company at C$16.6 million ($12.5 million), a 4.5...Read More

Earnings from JNJ and TRV are out this morningComing off a fourth straight weekly win, U.S. stocks are indicating a lower open this morning. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) futures are trading more than 100 points below fair value, as traders consider earnings from blue chips Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Travelers Companies (TRV), with IBM (IBM) set to report after the bell. Despite the heavy ea...Read More

SANTIAGO - The union of supervisors at state miner Codelco's Gabriela Mistral mine in northern Chile has rejected the company's final offer for a new collective labor agreement, raising the specter of a strike in the coming days, the union president told Reuters on Tuesday.The union said Codelco, the world's top copper miner, failed to satisfy its demands for a signing bonus, and that the company...Read More

Full-year production at Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex in Mali, which the Canadian miner obtained as part of its merger with Randgold, fell shy of expected targets, mainly as a consequence of a week-long strike at the operation, the company said.The Mali-based operation, one of the pillars of the country's economy since Loulo went into production in 2005, produced 1.29 million gold o...Read More

Full-year production at Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto mining complex in Mali, which the Canadian miner obtained as part of its merger with Randgold, fell shy of expected targets, mainly as a consequence of a week-long strike at the operation, the company said.The Mali-based operation, one of the pillars of the country's economy since Loulo went into production in 2005, produced 1.29 million gold o...Read More

MO short sellers have been cashing outThe shares of Altria Group Inc (NYSE:MO) aredown 2.4% in electronic trading, after Morgan Stanley downgraded the tobacco name to "underweight" from "equal-weight," while trimming its price target to $45 from $54. The analyst in coverage lowered their earnings growth forecast, and warned that Altria's business algorithm is at risk from changing demographic tr...Read More

What to expect as the rebound rally carries the S&P 500 Index toward overbought status "...the fact that the S&P 500 Index (SPX) took out its 2018 lows gives more credence to a V-rally...After moving above the February 2018 daily closing low of 2,581 on Wednesday, the SPX didn't make much headway. Profit-taking may have slowed the momentum, as the SPX climbed to the 2,586 area, a round 10% above t...Read More

(Adds details on Huawei extradition, graphic, U.S. futures) * European shares follow Asia lower, UBS results disappoint * U.S. futures down after Wall Street was closed on Monday * Brexit plans remain uncertain but UK employment datastrong * IMF downgrades world growth forecasts again * Asian stock markets: By Marc JonesLONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Pessimism about global growthdrove down world share...Read More

* China aluminium smelters losing $145/T -Commerzbank * China zinc production 'very weak' -Deutsche Bank * Stocks slump on IMF growth forecasts, China data (Adds closing prices, detail)By Maytaal AngelLONDON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Aluminium prices hit theirhighest in nearly a month on Tuesday as investors brushed offweaker economic growth in China to focus on signs of fallingproduction.Trading volume...Read More

* European shares in the red* Platinum recovers from lowest in nearly three weeks * Palladium slips 1.4 pct (Updates prices, adds comment)By Eileen SorengJan 22 (Reuters) - Gold bounced back on Tuesday frommulti-week lows touched in the previous session as mountingconcerns of an economic slowdown exacerbated by a cut in theInternational Monetary Fund's global growth forecast droveinvestors to the...Read More

Shares of Pan American Silver (TSX, NASDAQ:PAAS), the miner that recently acquired precious metal miner Tahoe Resources, (TSX:THO) (NYSE:TAHO) creating one of the world's largest silver producers, fell in pre-market trading after it reported full year production was marginally below guidance.The Canadian miner said it had churned out 24.8 million ounces of silver last year, just shy of the 25-2...Read More

Shares of Pan American Silver (TSX, NASDAQ:PAAS), the miner that recently acquired precious metal miner Tahoe Resources, (TSX:THO) (NYSE:TAHO) creating one of the world's largest silver producers, fell in pre-market trading after it reported full year production was marginally below guidance.The Canadian miner said it had churned out 24.8 million ounces of silver last year, just shy of the 25-2...Read More

Early investors stand to reap the rewards as a new technology looks to change everything.One research firm - which recommended Google and Amazon before they became household names - has built a worldwide reputation of identifying profitable tech trends well before Wall Street and the talking heads on T.V.And just recently, they've uncovered a technology that's already being labeled "humanity's las...Read More