Chinese tariffs have BA stock down almost 5% ahead of the bellFutures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) are trading more than 480 points below fair value, as fears of a potential trade war with China ramp up after Beijing announced new tariffs on U.S. imports in response to Washington's threats of fresh duties on Chinese products. Included on China's list is a new levy for aircrafts, which...Read More

Mr. JohnWatson reportsNV GOLD ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF CDN$1,002,000 PRIVATE PLACEMENTNV Gold Corp. has closed its non-brokered private placement of $1,002,000 in units announced on March 19, 2018.The company sold 1.67 million units at 60 cents per unit.Each unit consists of one share and one-half of one warrant exercisable at 90 cents until April 3, 2020.The expiry date of each whole warrant is subj...Read More

Mr. JohnWatson reportsNV GOLD ANNOUNCES CLOSING OF CDN$1,002,000 PRIVATE PLACEMENTNV Gold Corp. has closed its non-brokered private placement of $1,002,000 in units announced on March 19, 2018.The company sold 1.67 million units at 60 cents per unit.Each unit consists of one share and one-half of one warrant exercisable at 90 cents until April 3, 2020.The expiry date of each whole warrant is subj...Read More

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia long saw Donald Trump as the wild card in its strategy to improve relations with the United States.But 14 months after he became U.S. president, Moscow is close to viewing him as a busted flush, unable to enact his pledge for better ties.Trump reluctantly signed off on new sanctions against Moscow last summer over allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. president...Read More

Getty ImagesA now hiring sign posted on the side of the road in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The numbers: Private-sector employers expanded their workforce by a seasonally adjusted 241,000 jobs last month, Automatic Data Processing Inc. reported Wednesday. That gain was well above forecasts from economists polled by Econoday, who had expected on average an increase of 185,000. This is the fifth straig...Read More

Canada's largest diversified miner Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.A | TECK.B)(NYSE:TCK) said Wednesday it had increase to 90% its stake in Compa???-a Minera Teck Quebrada Blanca, which main asset is the namesake copper mine in Northern Chile.The Vancouver-based miner said the deal, worth $162.5 million, simplifies the ownership of Quebrada Blanca, giving Teck additional flexibility with respect to fin...Read More

Canada's largest diversified miner Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.A | TECK.B)(NYSE:TCK) said Wednesday it had increase to 90% its stake in Compa???-a Minera Teck Quebrada Blanca, which main asset is the namesake copper mine in Northern Chile.The Vancouver-based miner said the deal, worth $162.5 million, simplifies the ownership of Quebrada Blanca, giving Teck additional flexibility with respect to fin...Read More

Canada's largest diversified miner Teck Resources (TSX:TECK.A | TECK.B)(NYSE:TCK) said Wednesday it had increase to 90% its stake in Compa???-a Minera Teck Quebrada Blanca, which main asset is the namesake copper mine in Northern Chile.The Vancouver-based miner said the deal, worth $162.5 million, simplifies the ownership of Quebrada Blanca, giving Teck additional flexibility with respect to fin...Read More

(Reuters) - U.S. aerospace companies, automakers, grain merchants and chipmakers were the early casualties on Wednesday after China and the United States announced tariffs on $50 billion of imports, cementing fears they were spiraling towards a trade war.The speed with which the trade spat between Washington and Beijing is ratcheting up - the Chinese government took less than 11 hours to respond w...Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will struggle to replace U.S. soybean supplies after implementing an additional 25 percent tariff on American shipments, likely inflicting severe financial pain on domestic companies, analysts and executives at feedmakers said.The world’s top importer of the oilseed will impose the tariffs on soybeans and 105 other U.S. products, state broadcaster CCTV said on Wedne...Read More

Vedanta Resources, controlled by billionaire Anil Agarwal, and other miners can transport already mined iron ore from Goa on which royalties have been paid, India's top court ruled on Wednesday, providing relief to the state's miners.India's Supreme Court in February quashed all iron ore mining permits in the southwestern state of Goa, one of the top producing states for the steel-making raw mater...Read More

Dr Cath O'Neill, chief executive of SkinBioTherapeutics PLC (LON:SBTX), tells Proactive they've granted access to their proprietary SkinBiotix technology to a major, global consumer goods company.Having shared the initial pre-clinical data with a number of interested parties, one potential partner to date has progressed to a material transfer agreement - a standard agreement governing the transfer...Read More

(Kitco News) - Gold prices are firmly higher in early U.S. trading Wednesday, as anxiety and riskaversion in the world marketplace are keen today, on fears of a majorU.S.-China trade war. June Comex gold futures were last up $10.20 an ounce at$1,347.60. May Comex silver was last up $0.058 at $16.45 an ounce.Fearsof a global trade war have ratcheted up a notch after China today announced abig list...Read More

(Kitco News)-Economic data is having little impacton the gold market after private-payrolls processor ADP reported stronger-than-expectedprivate-sector job growth last month.Wednesday,ADP said that 241,000 jobs were created in March. The report beat estimates asconsensus forecasts were looking for gains of 203,000 jobs. Along with last month's impressive job gains, February'snumbers were revised h...Read More

No one believed Porter Stansberry nine years ago.As head of one of America's largest independent financial research firms, Mr. Stansberry's work back in 2008 led him to a bold, but worrisome, conclusion:That the world's largest mortgage bankers- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which at the time were responsible for nearly 50% of all the mortgages in America-would soon go bankrupt.In fact, in June of 2...Read More

Gold has recouped Tuesday’s losses as atrade war between the U.S. and China escalates, says INTL FCStone. After abrief respite in tensions, the U.S. listed items on which it will impose duties,and China responded by doing the same 11 hours later on 106 products, includingsome agricultural commodities. Copper, oil and the dollar index are all lower,although the decline in the greenback is &ld...Read More

Gold has recouped Tuesday’s losses as a trade war between the U.S. and China escalates, says INTL FCStone. After a brief respite in tensions, the U.S. listed items on which it will impose duties, and China responded by doing the same 11 hours later on 106 products, including some agricultural commodities. Copper, oil and the dollar index are all lower, although the decline in the greenback i...Read More

Tim Dyson, chief executive of Next Fifteen Communications Group Plc (LON:NFC), spoke to Proactive Investors following the release of their full year results.The digital communication company enjoyed another year of record revenues and earnings last year.Revenues rose by 15% to ?196.8mln in the year to 31 January 2018 from ?171.0mln the year before, with organic revenue growth of 5.2%.  Meet...Read More

BEIJING (Reuters) - A raft of Chinese data over coming weeks is expected to show the world’s second-biggest economy cooled slightly in March from the first two months of the year, with the main risk to the outlook now centered on an escalating Sino-U.S. trade spat.Beijing on Wednesday slapped additional tariffs on a range of U.S. goods in a swift retaliatory action, after Washington had rais...Read More

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shares of Spotify Technology SA ended up 12.9 percent on their first day of trade on the New York Stock Exchange, a smooth debut that could pave the way for other companies looking to go public without the aid of Wall Street underwriters.Spotify shares opened at $165.90, up nearly 26 percent from a reference price of $132 set by the NYSE late on Monday. The stock...Read More