* PREVIOUS TRADING SESSION MOVES:* SSEC +0.3 pct, CSI300 +0.4 pct, HSI +1.5 pct* HK->Shanghai Connect daily quota used 15.7 pct, Shanghai->HK daily quota used 18.3 pct* HK->Shenzhen Connect daily quota used 8.8 pct, Shenzhen->HK daily quota used 14.7 pct* CNY official close 6.3295 per dollar* FTSE China A50 +0.5 pct, BNY Mellon ADR China Select Index +2.2 pct SHANGHAI, Jan 29 (Reuters...Read More

Jan 29 (Reuters) - For other diaries, please see:Top Economic Events Polling Unit Diary Today in Washington Political and General News DATE COUNTRY AUCTION DETAILS 29-JanItaly Bills auction30-JanJapan Auction of 2-year government bonds30-JanItaly Medium- to Long-Term auction30-JanBelgium Auction of Treasury bills31-JanSwedenAuction of Treasury bills31-JanGermany Auction of 5-year Federal notes31-J...Read More

By Huw JonesLONDON, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Uncertainty over Britain's future trading relations with the European Union after Brexit is the most serious threat to London as the world's top financial centre, a business survey showed on Monday.The quarterly survey from business lobby CBI and consultants PwC said optimism in the financial services sector fell for the third consecutive quarter in the three...Read More

(Adds Mitsui statement, background)Jan 29 (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsui & Co has made a $481 million offer to buy Australia's AWE Ltd , trumping bids from two other companies that are all vying for a stake in the promising onshore Waitsia gas field.The Mitsui offer of A$0.95 per share in cash, or about A$594 million, is at an 11.8 percent premium to the closing level of AWE stocks on Thursday.It...Read More

(Adds Mitsui statement, background)Jan 29 (Reuters) - Japan's Mitsui & Co has made a $481 million offer to buy Australia's AWE Ltd , trumping bids from two other companies that are all vying for a stake in the promising onshore Waitsia gas field.The Mitsui offer of A$0.95 per share in cash, or about A$594 million, is at an 11.8 percent premium to the closing level of AWE stocks on Thursday.It...Read More

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to confront the European Union over what he calls “very unfair” trade policy toward the United States.Trump has demanded tougher enforcement of trade rules and last week signed into law 30 percent tariffs on imported solar panels, among the first unilateral trade restrictions made by the administration as part of a broader p...Read More

David Lawder, David LjunggrenMONTREAL (Reuters) - U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer is hopeful about talks to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement but realizes a great deal of work remains, Republican U.S. Congressman Dave Reichert said on Sunday after a briefing.Officials from the United States, Canada and Mexico will wrap up the sixth of seven planned rounds of talks on...Read More

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he sometimes tweets from bed.When asked about whether he tweeted from bed with his phone, Trump said: “Well perhaps sometimes in bed, perhaps sometimes at breakfast or lunch or whatever, but generally speak during the early morning, or the evening...I am very busy during the day.”In an interview on Britain’s ITV channel that was...Read More

* I am a stable genius and I eat good food, Trump says* Trump: I need social media in an era of fake news* Trump says he is very popular in United Kingdom* Women like me because I support the military - Trump* On Macron, Trump says: I like him a lot (Recasts lead)By Andrew MacAskillLONDON, Jan 28 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, who has garnered a large following on social media with rambu...Read More

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said he was a stable genius and that he eats good quality food.When asked by Britain’s ITV about his health and some perceptions that he was insane and physically unfit, Trump said: “I am a stable genius.”When asked about eating burgers and drinking Coke, Trump said: “I eat fine food, really from some of the finest chefs in the...Read More

Jan 29 (Reuters) - Australia's AWE Ltd said on Monday it received a takeover offer from Japan's Mitsui & Co for about A$594 million ($481.38 million), or A$0.95 per share in cash, in an off-market bid for the company.AWE said in a statement that the Mitsui proposal was subject to, besides other conditions, the company terminating its scheme implementation agreement with Mineral Resources by t...Read More

Meet Globe 24-7 and Globe Competency Assurance at one of the world's largest mining investment conference and Africa's largest mining event, Mining Indaba 2018 in Cape town, South Africa.Investing in African Mining Indaba (R), often referred to as "the Mining Indaba (R)," is an annual professional conference dedicated to the capitalisation and development of mining interests in Africa. For two d...Read More

Jan 29 (Reuters) - Australian shares are likely to open higher on Monday, led by financials, tracking Wall Street which rose to closing records last week on strong earnings reports. Boosted by the latest round of earnings, including those from Intel and AbbVie , the three main U.S. indexes climbed to record closing highs on Friday. However, gains in the benchmark Australian index might be capped b...Read More

Jan 29 (Reuters) - Stock MarketsNet ChngStock MarketsNet ChngS&P/ASX 200** 6,050.00 -4.70 NZX 50**8,311.42 -58.36DJIA**26,616.71223.92NIKKEI**23,631.88-37.61Nasdaq**7,411.16494.61 FTSE**7,665.54 49.70S&P 500** 2,872.87 33.62 Hang Seng** 33,154.12499.67SPI 200 Fut 6,015.030.0STI** 3,567.14 -5.48SSEC**3,559.0875 10.78 KOSPI** 2,574.76 12.53----------------------------------------------------...Read More

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The European Central Bank (ECB) should make it clear how it will end its asset purchases as soon as possible after the current bond buying program ends in September, Dutch central bank president Klaas Knot told Dutch current affairs program Buitenhof on Sunday.“There is no reason whatsoever to continue the programme”, Knot said. “I feel that we need to be cl...Read More

David Ljunggren, David LawderMONTREAL (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday set aside the nation’s nonpartisan efforts to defend NAFTA, accusing his main rivals in Parliament of wanting to give in to hardline U.S. demands for revamping the treaty.Officials from the United States, Canada and Mexico will wrap up the sixth of seven planned rounds of talks on the North Ame...Read More

VANCOUVER, BC-(Marketwired - January 26, 2018) - SolidusGold Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: SDC)Not for distribution to United States newswire services or for dissemination in the United StatesSolidusGold Inc. (the "Company") (TSX VENTURE: SDC) is pleased to announce that it intends to raise up to $375,000 through a non-brokered private placement of up to 3,571,429 units at a price of $0.105 p...Read More

Liberty Gold Corp. (TSX:LGD) ("Liberty Gold" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has completed its previously announced bought deal private placement (the "Private Placement") of units (the "Units").Pursuant to the Private Placement the Company issued 24,938,426 Units at a price of $0.42 per Unit for gross proceeds to the Company of $10,474,138.92. The Units consist of one common shar...Read More

Why would the Swiss absolutely want to pay CHF25-100BN in-kind foreign aid to the foreign countries and hedge funds?Read full newsRead More

Jan 29 (Reuters) - Stock MarketsNet ChngStock MarketsNet ChngS&P/ASX 200** 6,050.00 -4.70 NZX 50**8,311.42 -58.36DJIA26,616.71223.92NIKKEI**23,631.88-37.61Nasdaq7,505.77294.61 FTSE**7,665.54 49.70S&P 500 2,872.87 33.62 Hang Seng** 33,154.12499.67SPI 200 Fut 6,015.030.0STI** 3,567.14 -5.48SSEC**3,559.09 10.78 KOSPI** 2,574.76 12.53------------------------------------------------------------...Read More