GETec Microscopy's Stefan Hummel tells Proactive Investors at the U.S. for Graphene 2018 Conference in New York about the commercialization of their atomic microscope used to measure graphene.  Meet Scancell Holdings Plc, Advanced Blast & Ballistic Systems Ltd and TokenCommunities Plc at our event, London, 08 March 2018.Register here >>Read More

(Bloomberg) - Eike Batista, the former billionaire who lost his fortune and spent time in jail for alleged corruption, has a new headache: a lawsuit from his ex-wife.Luma de Oliveira, a former model and actress who famously wore a collar with Batista's name during a Carnival parade, filed suit against the former billionaire for allegedly failing to declare the full value of his assets when they e...Read More

By Stephanie KellyNEW YORK, March 2 (Reuters) - The state of California topsthe issuance table next week with $2.1 billion worth of debt, ahighlight for a U.S. municipal market that has had twoconsecutive months of decreasing supply, according to ThomsonReuters data on Friday.U.S. municipal bond and note issuers will sell about $7.94billion of debt, the highest weekly amount since mid-January.Muni...Read More

* Eikon search string for individual stock moves: * The Day Ahead newsletter: * The Morning News Call newsletter: The Dow industrials fell more than 1 percent for a fourth straight day on Fridayon mounting fears of a global trade war following President Donald Trump'spromise to impose import tariffs on steel and aluminum. At 11:15 ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 1.34 percentat 24,278...Read More

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) has come off its session lows, but is still staring at a more than 200-point deficit at midday, as talk of a trade war from President Donald Trump rattles the global stock market. A sharp drop for McDonald's (MCD) stock is only putting additional pressure on the blue-chip index. If the Dow loses 1% again today, it'll be the fourth straight drop of that magni...Read More

* Trump tweets: "Trade wars are good, and easy to win"* J.C. Penny slump after disappointing quarter* Wall Street in the red after two weeks of gains* Indexes dip: Dow 1.2 pct, S&P 0.63 pct, Nasdaq 0.49 pct(Changes comment, adds details, updates prices)By Ankur BanerjeeMarch 2 (Reuters) - The Dow industrials fell more than 1percent for a fourth straight day on Friday on mounting fear...Read More

** Shares of Quality Care up 26.2 pct at $15.90 inearly trading, on pace for their best day ever** 2nd-biggest pct gainer among NYSE-listed stocks** QCP to take over main tenant, U.S. nursing home operatorHCR ManorCare, as part of a pre-arranged Chapter 11 bankruptcyfiling that is expected in the coming days ** As part of deal, Quality Care will forgive all claimsagainst ManorCare in exchange for...Read More

It's been a rough year for General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) shares, to say the least. In fact, GE stock just wrapped up a 12th straight monthly loss -- not only the longest monthly losing streak among both current and former Dow stocks, but the longest among all optionable, liquid stocks right now. As such, we decided to take a look at how GE's plunge compares to other stocks, and how blue chips...Read More

BRASILIA, March 2 (Reuters) - Brazilian aluminum producersare concerned that U.S. President Donald Trump is launching intoa trade war with China that will ricochet on the world marketand depress prices if Chinese exporters have to find otherbuyers.Brazil is not a big exporter of aluminum products to theUnited States, but a tariff war between the world's largestimporter and China, its biggest expor...Read More

BRASILIA, March 2 (Reuters) - A potential hike in U.S.tariffs would be "manageable" for Brazilian steel producers andwould not have a "meaningful impact" on the larger steelcompanies, Moody's Investors Service said on Friday in a note toclients.Brazil's largest flat steelmaker, Usiminas ,exports only 15 percent of its output and only a negligible partgoes to the U.S. market. Th...Read More

(Adds DMO comment, details)By Chijioke OhuochaLAGOS, March 2 (Reuters) - Nigeria has paid off about 130billion naira ($413 million) worth of treasury bills maturingthis week instead of rolling over the debt as it has done in thepast, traders said.Patience Oniha, director general of the Debt ManagementOffice (DMO), confirmed the payment on Friday and said atreasury auction calendar for March would...Read More

(Bloomberg) - The union representative on Codelco's board of directors fears a proposal by Chile's incoming government to split the giant copper producer in two is a first step toward privatization.Chile's incoming government is working on a plan to break up Codelco into northern and southern divisions, Mining Minister Baldo Prokurica told La Tercera newspaper last week. The new cabinet led by P...Read More

Sterling received little direction from UK PM May's much-heralded Brexit speech,and the emergence of global trade anxieties could hold sway over the pound untilmore dramatic developments on Britain's EU divorce talks take back thespotlight. Cable entered the speech slightly elevated near 1.3800 and remainsnearby after dipping. May's comments on key elements of recent Brexit impasses,particularly N...Read More

** Shares of Pure Storage Inc dropped almost 11 pctearly Fri even after reporting its first qtrly profit since itsOct 2015 IPO** Data platform co's stock now down 8.3 pct at $19.97;among biggest percentage losers on the NYSE** Susquehanna cuts PSTG stock rating to "neutral" from"positive," maintains $22 PT; analyst Mehdi Hosseini cites "lackof visibility," particularl...Read More

Cameron Reynolds, chief executive of VolitionRx Ltd (NYSE:VNRX), discusses with Proactive's Andrew Scott the positive interim results from their trial in Denmark concerning colorectal cancer (CRC), which point to being able to detect early signs of the disease.The ongoing study is in collaboration with Hvidovre Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark and involves 680 subjects from the Danish N...Read More

* STOXX 600 hits 6-mth low* Steelmakers down slightly after Trump tariff planMarch 2 (Reuters) - Welcome to the home for real-time coverage of European equity marketsbrought to you by Reuters stocks reporters and anchored today by Danilo Masoni. Reach him onMessenger to share your thoughts on market moves: danilo.masoni.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net THIS IS NO ENTRY POINT... YET (1610 GMT)Don't j...Read More

Editor's Note: Gold and silver has been, at best, a frustrating trade. Exclusive to Kitco News, expert trader, Todd "Bubba" Horwitz, chief market strategist and founder of 'Bubba Trading provides a strategy investors can use in a range-bound gold price environment. Sign up before March 10 for the Kitco News Weekly Rundown newsletter to receive Horwitz's exclusive report and trading strategy. (Kitc...Read More

Editor's Note: Gold and silver has been, at best, a frustrating trade. Exclusive to Kitco News, expert trader, Todd "Bubba" Horwitz, chief market strategist and founder of 'Bubba Trading provides a strategy investors can use in a range-bound gold price environment. Sign up before March 10 for the Kitco News Weekly Rundown newsletter to receive Horwitz's exclusive report and trading strategy. (Ki...Read More

(Adds details throughout on stocks and sectors; updates prices)TORONTO, March 2 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fellto a two-week low on Friday, weighed by declines in energy,financial and industrial shares as oil prices fell and globalinvestors worried about a trade war.* At 10:43 a.m. EST (15:43 GMT), the Toronto StockExchange's S&P/TSX composite index fell 31.4 points,or 0.2 percent,...Read More

Ontario is supporting major renovations to the passenger terminal of the Thunder Bay International Airport to help ease increasing traveller volumes and better serve passengers.Michael Gravelle, Minister of Northern Development and Mines, was joined by Bill Mauro, Minister of Municipal Affairs and MPP for Thunder Bay-Atikokan, in Thunder Bay today to announce funding through the Northern Ontario H...Read More