SANTIAGO, May 24 (Reuters) - Chilean state copper company Codelco reported a slight increase in first quarter profits over the same period the previous year, as rising copper prices offset increasing costs at the world's top producer of the red metal.Codelco, which delivers all its profits to the Chilean state, reported pre-tax earnings of $537 million between January and March, an increase of nea...Read More

May 25 (Reuters) - A founder of the hedge fund firm Platinum Partners pleaded guilty on Friday to a criminal conspiracy charge, six months after a mistrial in a corruption case against him and a former New York City labor leader.Murray Huberfeld, 57, of Lawrence, New York, entered his plea before U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan.The plea followed jurors’ deadlock last Nov....Read More

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GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations aid chief urged the Saudi-led military coalition that controls Yemen’s ports to expedite imports of food and fuel supplies, warning that a further 10 million Yemenis could face starvation by year-end.Yemen is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, according to the United Nations, with some 8.4 million people severely short of food and at risk of st...Read More

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Gold finished modestly lower Friday, pressured by strength in the U.S. dollar, but prices held just above the key $1,300-an-ounce level to score a gain for the week. June gold GCM8, +0.09% fell by 70 cents, or less than 0.1%, to settle at $1,303.70 an ounce, but climbed roughly 1% for the week. It settled at the highest finish since May 14 on Thursday, after President Donald Trump announced the ca...Read More

(Kitco News)- Sentiment in the goldmarket appears to be shifting as prices hold on to critical support at $1,300an ounce, bouncing off fresh five-month lows at the start of the week.However, some analystsare not convinced that the yellow metal has found its bottom just yet as themarket remains in a downtrend. Despite the push higher, prices have been unableto break above essential resistance point...Read More

(Kitco News) - Sentiment in the gold market appears to be shifting as prices hold on to critical support at $1,300 an ounce, bouncing off fresh five-month lows at the start of the week.However, some analysts are not convinced that the yellow metal has found its bottom just yet as the market remains in a downtrend. Despite the push higher, prices have been unable to break above essential resistance...Read More

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Search engines like Google (GOOGL.O) and Microsoft’s Bing (MSFT.O) could be made to pay for showing snippets of news articles under draft copyright rules endorsed by European Union ambassadors on Friday.The measure, which is not yet final, would allow press publishers to ask search engines to pay them for showing their articles for up to one year after publication.The or...Read More

The energy fund is headed toward its worst day since FebruaryOil prices are plummeting today on reports the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia are considering ramping up crude production to offset supply drops from Iran and Venezuela. At last check, July-dated crude futures are down 4.2% at $67.75 per barrel. Options traders are betting on even stiffer headwinds fo...Read More

What's more, the security's short-term options are a bargainUnitedHealth Group Inc (NYSE:UNH) stock is near the top of the Dow today, last seen 0.7% higher at $244.47, as traders digest a long-term partnership with Quest Diagnostics (DGX). What's more, UNH shares could once again lead blue chips during the holiday-shortened week, if recent history is any indicator, and the insurance concern's shor...Read More

DALLAS (Reuters) - Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan on Friday said he is “hopeful” that an adjustment to a key Fed interest-rate target the next time it raises rates will take care of the issue.“It’s an adjustment that will help us better set the Fed funds rate, and I’d be hopeful that this adjustment will address that issue,” Kaplan told repo...Read More

LONDON (Reuters) - Following are five big themes likely to dominate thinking of investors and traders in the coming week and the Reuters stories related to them.1/MISSION IMPOSSIBLE?Italy’s new government will be taking shape next week. The eurosceptic, anti-austerity coalition comprising the anti-establishment 5-Star and far-right League has already been described as on a “suicide mis...Read More

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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices fell about $3 per barrel on Friday as Saudi Arabia and Russia discussed easing supply curbs that have helped push crude prices to their highest since 2014.Brent crude futures LCOc1 fell $2.69, or 3.4 percent, to $76.10 a barrel by 1:07 p.m. EDT (1707 GMT). The contract hit its highest since late 2014 at $80.50 last week. Brent was on track to fall about 3.1 percent...Read More

One trader today is using options to simulate a long stock purchaseMarvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:MRVL) is popping today, after the semiconductor firm's $6 billion deal to buy Cavium (CAVM) received clearance from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). At last check, MRVL shares were up 2.5% to trade at $22.50, and one speculator appears to be using options to sim...Read More

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Meghan Markle effect has spread to yellow gold jewelry, helping boost United States sales in the first quarter of 2018 with further gains expected, jewelers said.The first three months of the year were the strongest first quarter for gold jewelry demand in the United States since 2009, according to the World Gold Council. Sellers say that is due in no small part to the pub...Read More