Northisle Copper and Gold Inc. (TSX-V:NCX) ("Northisle" or the "Company") is pleased to announce the appointment of Martino De Ciccio to the Board of Directors.Read full newsRead More

(Adds that bank missed estimates, details of provisions, dividend, CEO quote)Feb 7 (Reuters) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country's biggest mortgage lender, posted a decline in first-half cash-profit from continued operations on Wednesday, missing expectations, as it took a provision for regulatory and compliance costs.The bank's profit for the six months ended Dec. 31 slipped 2 percent...Read More

(Updates with close of market, changes headline)By Noel RandewichSAN FRANCISCO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Deep losses in Wall Street stocks and recent optimism about profit growth have left the benchmark U.S. S&P 500 index trading at its lowest price-to-earnings multiple in over a year.While some traders warn that a "buy the dip" mentality may be coming to an end after a nine-year stock ral...Read More

TORONTO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index closed higher on Tuesday, reversing earlier falls as it followed a similar turnaround on Wall Street and benefited from gains among energy and industrial stocks. At 4:25 p.m. (2125 GMT), the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index rose 29.12 points, or 0.19 percent, to 15,363.93.The largest percentage gainer was cannabis company Can...Read More

(Adds details on profit, sales results)Feb 6 (Reuters) - Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc on Tuesday reported a slightly better-than-expected rise in sales at established restaurants, boosted by menu price increases, as it works to regain customer trust after food safety lapses in 2015.Sales at Chipotle restaurants open at least 13 months were up 0.9 percent for the fourth quarter. Analysts, on average...Read More

By Deena BeasleyFeb 6 (Reuters) - Gilead Sciences Inc on Tuesday said fourth-quarter sales of its flagship hepatitis C drugs fell by more than half amid increased competition and forecast a further slowdown next year, sending its shares lower after the closing bell.For full-year 2018, the biotechnology company forecast product sales of $20 billion to $21 billion, down from $25.7 billion last year....Read More

ANGKOR GOLD CORP.(TSXV:ANK / OTC:ANKOF) ("Angkor" or "the Company") Board of Directors announces new appointments within management.Read full newsRead More

Stock volatility was the story again today on Wall Street, with the Dow trading in a more than 1,100-point range. The VIX also saw whipsaw action, briefly topping the 50 handle for the first time since August 2015, as leveraged volatility ETNs -- which many believe exacerbated the stock market sell-off -- remained in focus. Buyers returnedin a big way in the final hour of trading, however, helping...Read More

Enforcer Gold Corp. (TSXV:VEIN) is pleased to report on a new zone of mineralization named the OR79 zone located approximately 1.5 km west-southwest of the Galena-No.2 vein area at the Company's Montalembert gold projectRead full newsRead More

Feb 7 (Reuters) - Australian shares are expected to recover on Wednesday after the central bank struck an upbeat tone about the country's economy on Tuesday, outlining a steady path ahead even as global equities plunged.The Reserve Bank of Australia's optimism was underpinned by solid economic data in recent weeks, topped by strong fourth-quarter retail sales figures which implied stronger househo...Read More

WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell will testify on the central bank's semiannual report on monetary policy and the economy on Feb. 28 before the House of Representatives' Financial Services Committee, the panel announced on Tuesday.The hearing with Powell, who took office on Monday, will be held at 10 a.m. (1500 GMT), the committee said. (Reporting by Tim Ahmann;...Read More

(Kitco News)- The case for holding broad commodities and gold just gotstronger as U.S. equity markets could struggle following Monday’s flash crash,according to one commodity expert. In a telephone interview with Kitco News, Will Rhind, CEOof GraniteShares, said that commodities have held up well as investorscontinued to digest Monday’s market correction, which saw the biggest one...Read More

(Kitco News) - The case for holding broad commodities and gold just got stronger as U.S. equity markets could struggle following Monday’s flash crash, according to one commodity expert. In a telephone interview with Kitco News, Will Rhind, CEO of GraniteShares, said that commodities have held up well as investors continued to digest Monday’s market correction, which saw the bigges...Read More

Feb 6 (Reuters) - Akamai Technologies Inc reported a 7.7 percent rise in quarterly revenue on Tuesday as the company benefited from higher demand for its cloud security services.However, the company's net income fell to $19.1 million, or 11 cents per share, in the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, from $91.6 million, or 52 cents per share, a year earlier. The fourth quarter was impacted by a $52 milli...Read More

NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - BlackRock Inc's Investment Institute said on Tuesday that the swoon in stock markets is "contained" and that it sees an opportunity to take on more risk, particularly in emerging market equities.A real change in markets would require a deterioration in the economy, the group said in a note. Instead, the recent pullback "appeared to stem from investor jitt...Read More

Harry Adams, executive chairman at KEFI Minerals plc (LON:KEFI), updates Proactive's Andrew Scott on the latest at their Tulu Kapi project in Ethiopia.A consortium compromising mining contractor Ausdrill, engineer Lycopodium, and the Ethiopian government is responsible for the infrastructure and building work.Building work is scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2018 once community resettle...Read More

By Noel RandewichSAN FRANCISCO, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Deep losses on Wall Street coupled with recent optimism about profit growth has left the S&P 500 trading at its lowest price-to-earnings multiple in over a year.While some traders warn that a "buy the dip" mentality may be coming to an end after a nine-year stock rally, strategists who remain bullish on U.S. stocks say economic growth...Read More

NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks posted sharp gains in another wild trading session on Tuesday, as indexes rebounded from the biggest one-day drops for the S&P 500 and the Dow in more than six years that had stalled the market's record run on Monday.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 569.32 points, or 2.34 percent, to 24,915.07, the S&P 500 gained 46.31 points, or 1.75 percent, t...Read More

Feb 7 (Reuters) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia, the country's biggest mortgage lender, posted a decline in first-half cash-profit from continued operations on Wednesday, hurt by regulatory and compliance costs.The bank's profit for the six months ended Dec. 31 slipped 2 percent to A$4.74 billion ($3.74 billion).The bank's net interest margin, the difference between interest costs and interest ea...Read More

WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - The White House is "very comfortable" with where the economy is, despite recent stock market volatility, a White House spokeswoman said on Tuesday."Look, the economy is incredibly strong right now. The president's focus continues to be on the long-term economic fundamentals which ... are very strong in this country. ... There's nothing that's taken plac...Read More