WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday urged China to halt its militarization of the disputed South China Sea, drawing a rebuke from Beijing for sending U.S. warships and planes close to islands claimed by China in the strategic waterway.During a round of high-level talks in Washington, the two sides aired many of their main geopolitical differences, including a bitter trade dispute, f...Read More

Trump called the Keystone ruling 'a disgrace'The U.S. stock market is lower today, as oil prices head for a 10th straight loss. Among individual names making big moves are oil-and-gas issue Canadian Natural Resources Ltd (NYSE:CNQ), bobblehead maker Funko Inc (NASDAQ:FNKO), and money transfer provider MoneyGram International Inc (NASDAQ:MGI). Here's a quick roundup of what's moving shares of CNQ,...Read More

Ontario's Government for the People is improving health facilities in Mattawa as the Algonquin Nursing Home relocates to the local hospital.Today, Vic Fedeli, MPP for Nipissing, announced a $1 million investment that will support new services at the facility, including respite care, a hospice suite, an Indigenous healing room and a hospitality suite. This project involves many partners, including...Read More

The major indexes pared gains as oil prices plummetedBlue chips showed strength this week, with an earnings-induced bull gap for big-cap energy name Chevron (CVX) getting the bullish ball rolling on Monday. Wall Street's positive reaction to midterm election results in the U.S. only created bigger tailwinds, with the insurance sector seeing notable gains after several states voted to expand Medica...Read More

   •  The precious metal extended its bearish slide for the sixth consecutive session and dropped to near one-month lows after hotter than expected US PPI figures.    •  On the daily chart, the commodity has struggled to sustain above $1235 horizontal zone on closing basis, forming a bearish double-top chart pattern.     •  Sustained...Read More

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Exchange-traded funds backed by gold increased their holdings by $1 billion in October, marking a possibly bullish shift in investor sentiment toward the precious metal. The ETFs hold physical gold assets, which are equivalent to the fund's asset value. Investors in the funds don't own gold directly and thus save on storage costs. The ETFs are constantly buying and selling gold as investors purcha...Read More

(Kitco News)- Goldhas given up its October gains and analysts say that it will be difficult forthe yellow metal to rally as oil prices fall into bear-market territory,according to some commodity analysts.We’reonly in the first week, but November is proving to be a disappointing month forgold as the yellow metal trades near a four-week low. December gold futures last traded at $1,208.60 an ou...Read More

(Kitco News) - Gold has given up its October gains and analysts say that it will be difficult for the yellow metal to rally as oil prices fall into bear-market territory, according to some commodity analysts.We’re only in the first week, but November is proving to be a disappointing month for gold as the yellow metal trades near a four-week low. December gold futures last traded at $1,208.60...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday said significant concerns remained over China’s policies in the South China Sea.“I was clear ... that we have continued concerns about China’s activities and militarization in the South China Sea. We pressed China to live up to its past commitments in this area,” Pompeo told reporters at a news conference...Read More

LONDON (Reuters) - Jo Johnson, the younger brother of Boris, resigned from British Prime Minister Theresa May’s government on Friday, calling in a withering critique for another referendum to avoid the vassalage or chaos that he said her Brexit plans would unleash.Quitting as a junior transport minister, Johnson called May’s Brexit plans delusional and said he could not vote for the de...Read More

Underground mine development is on schedule and at planned rates, Lundin Gold ( TSX: LUG) expects to reach the ore body at its Fruta del Norte project in Ecuador during the first quarter of 2019, and pour first gold at around this time next year, the company says.Better than anticipated ground conditions, less water than expected and higher productivity of project contractors, have enabled Lundin...Read More

Underground mine development is on schedule and at planned rates, Lundin Gold ( TSX: LUG) expects to reach the ore body at its Fruta del Norte project in Ecuador during the first quarter of 2019, and pour first gold at around this time next year, the company says.Better than anticipated ground conditions, less water than expected and higher productivity of project contractors, have enabled Lundin...Read More

Underground mine development is on schedule and at planned rates, Lundin Gold ( TSX: LUG) expects to reach the ore body at its Fruta del Norte project in Ecuador during the first quarter of 2019, and pour first gold at around this time next year, the company says.Better than anticipated ground conditions, less water than expected and higher productivity of project contractors, have enabled Lundin...Read More

Two analysts are recommending to buy KPTI after yesterday's dropYesterday, Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc (NASDAQ:KPTI) closed down 3.1% following the company's third-quarter results. However, not everyone's throwing in the towel on KPTI. In fact, Wedbush just moved in and upgraded the shares to "outperform" from "neutral" based on its belief that the shares are at an "attractive entry point." And th...Read More

Star Diamond Corporation (TSX: DIAM)today announced that Rio Tinto Exploration Canada ("RTEC") commenced an HQ core drilling program on 11 holes and 3,300 metres of drilling on five kimberlites.This program is the first phase of drilling of the Brownfields exploration program to investigate and prioritise the Fort ? la Corne kimberlites outside of the Star and Orion South kimberlites The core dri...Read More

Star Diamond Corporation (TSX: DIAM)today announced that Rio Tinto Exploration Canada ("RTEC") commenced an HQ core drilling program on 11 holes and 3,300 metres of drilling on five kimberlites.This program is the first phase of drilling of the Brownfields exploration program to investigate and prioritise the Fort ? la Corne kimberlites outside of the Star and Orion South kimberlites The core dri...Read More

Star Diamond Corporation (TSX: DIAM)today announced that Rio Tinto Exploration Canada ("RTEC") commenced an HQ core drilling program on 11 holes and 3,300 metres of drilling on five kimberlites.This program is the first phase of drilling of the Brownfields exploration program to investigate and prioritise the Fort ? la Corne kimberlites outside of the Star and Orion South kimberlites The core dri...Read More

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. companies are warning about rising wages eating into profit margins, increasing investor worries that next year’s expected drop in profit growth may be sharper than feared.Amidst overall strong quarterly results, climbing labor costs are a growing concern, with more than a dozen companies mentioning them in conference calls so far this earnings season.That is up fro...Read More

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Japanese drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical (4502.T) is set to win conditional EU antitrust approval for its $62-billion bid for London’s Shire, the biggest ever overseas acquisition by a Japanese company, two people familiar with the matter said on Friday.Last month, Takeda offered to divest Shire Plc’s pipeline compound SHP647 along with some associated rights after...Read More