(Kitco News) - The gold market pushed to a two-week high, posting its best gains since last month’s equity market meltdown as the Federal Reserve disappointed U.S. dollar bulls after projecting only three rate hikes this year, according to some analysts.The gold market is trading just down from session highs, benefiting from the fact that the Federal Reserve is in no hurry to raise interest...Read More

The Dow erased a 250-point leadThe Dow was up 250 points soon after the Fed officially raised interest rates and forecast threerate hikes in 2018, as expected, briefly sending the 10-year Treasury yield soaring. The central bank also said "the economic outlook has strengthened in recent months," and raised its projections for the fed funds rate in 2019. However, stocks waffled and eventually turn...Read More

A mixture of cyanide and copper, when irradiated with UV light, could have produced simple sugars that formed the building blocks of life on early Earth. This is according to Harvard graduate student Zoe Todd and Dimitar Sasselov, the Phillips Professor of Astronomy and director of the Harvard Origins of Life Initiative.In a paper published this week in the journal Chemical Communications, the res...Read More

A mixture of cyanide and copper, when irradiated with UV light, could have produced simple sugars that formed the building blocks of life on early Earth. This is according to Harvard graduate student Zoe Todd and Dimitar Sasselov, the Phillips Professor of Astronomy and director of the Harvard Origins of Life Initiative.In a paper published this week in the journal Chemical Communications, the res...Read More

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil hit a six-week high on Wednesday, closing in on a 3-year peak set in late January, on a surprise decline in U.S. inventories, strong compliance on OPEC production cuts, and persistent concern related to the Iran nuclear deal.Brent crude futures LCOc1 rose $2.05, or 3 percent, to settle at $69.47, nearly a 7-week high.U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures CLc1 ga...Read More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A leading U.S. House of Representatives member has privately urged banks to push Senate Democrats to agree to further easing of financial rules in a bid to end a stalemate over the first rewrite of regulations since the 2007-2009 financial crisis, sources said on Tuesday.Representative Jeb Hensarling, who is leading House discussions on the first rewrite of the 2010 Dodd-Fra...Read More

Richard Cowan, Amanda BeckerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump in a discussion with congressional leaders on Wednesday backed a $1.3 trillion U.S. spending bill, which aides said will include new funds for border security, the Pentagon, infrastructure and fighting Russian election hacking.The White House said in a statement that Trump, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and House...Read More

"There has been sort of the perfect storm of factors tightening financial conditions...Banks do have tremendous liquidity still, but it's at a higher price...Read full newsRead More

Beijing has decided to increase the cost of oil storage to discourage pure-play speculators from flooding in the market and unleashing price volatility that could spell doom for the brand-new contracts...Read full newsRead More

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday about a $1.3 trillion spending bill being considered by Congress and indicated his support for the measure, the White House said.“The President and the leaders discussed their support for the bill, which includes more funds to rebuild the military, s...Read More

The numbers: Existing-home sales ran at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 5.54 million in February, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday. What happened: Sales of previously-owned homes snapped a two-month losing streak, jumping 3.0% from January. They were 1.1% higher than in February of 2017, and the rate was higher than 2017's full year total of 5.51 million, a sign that...Read More

Mcx Zinc Target Call – Zinc BUY Call 1d8 given at price 208.50 Achieved 1st 209.90 & 2nd Target 210.50. CMP 210.90. Profit of 2 Point x 2 lot = 4 PointsTIPS ID 1d8 : Free Zinc Tips Today - BUY 2 lot Mcx Zinc March at CMP 208.50 for Target 209.90 - 210.50 with SL below price 207.40AFTER POST CONTENT Read More

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, building on earlier gains after the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates as expected and a recovery on Facebook shares.The Federal Reserve raised interest rates and forecast at least two more hikes for 2018, signaling growing confidence that U.S. tax cuts and government spending will boost the economy and inflation and lead to more aggressi...Read More

Shares in Modern Water PLC (LON:MWG) slid 9% in mid-afternoon trading to 9.7p after the water treatment company said it expected revenue and operating profits for the year to be below market expectations.The company said the expected underperformance was primarily due to a shortfall in anticipated revenue from its monitoring division in China as the result of a 2017 change of its product sale...Read More

Fed chairman says FOMC is committed to clear communicationPowell says he has made no final decision on the topicFed Chair Jerome Powell discusses the possibility of more frequent news conferences following FOMC decisions.Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said that he is “going to be carefully considering” adding more policy-meeting press conferences to the current calendar of fo...Read More

Sean Smith, chief executive of Eden Research PLC, explains the technology behind its range of naturally-derived pesticides and why winegrowers in France, Spain and Italy are giving rave reviews to Mevalone, its grape fungicide.Work is already underway to get approval in the US as well as Australia New Zealand and South Africa, he says.Another product, Cedroz meanwhile is under development to...Read More

WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tech start-ups that issue digital tokens to raise funds are falling in line with U.S. securities laws or seeking legal ways to skirt them after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said it planned to regulate the market.The issuers are increasingly filing their ‘initial coin offerings (ICOs)’ with the SEC, adding customer checks, barring U.S. inv...Read More

ALGOLD RESOURCES LTD.(TSXV:ALG) ("Algold" or the "Corporation") is pleased to announce the appointment of Benoit La Salle as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. La Salle will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board of Algold, a position that he has occupied since early 2013.Read full newsRead More

Needham upgraded ARNA shares to "buy"The Dow is exploding higher this afternoon after the Fed raised rates -- as expected -- and upped its forecast for U.S. economic growth. Three stocks making notable moves are drugmakers Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARNA) and Alder Biopharmaceuticals Inc (NASDAQ:ALDR), as well as electric automaker Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA). Let's take a closer look at wha...Read More

WTI/RBOB extended yesterday's gains this morning, after bullish API data, and continued higher after DOE data confirmed the surprise crude build and decent sized product draws. Production rose to a new record high.Read full newsRead More