Germany to launch 1 billion-euro discount scheme for electric car buyers ...Germany is set to launch a new incentive scheme worth about 1 billion euros ($1 billion) to get more consumers buying electric cars as it struggles to meet a target of bringing 1 million of them onto its roads by the end of the decade. The costs of the incentives, similar to those already established in some other European...Read More

The dollar has an opportunity to make history. After three straight years of gains, strategists are forecasting the US currency will be a world beater again in 2016, strengthening against seven of 10 developed world peers by the end of the year. – Median estimate from Bloomberg SurveyTwo data points may establish a trend. Three can confirm the trend - with a margin of error.But what happe...Read More

The European Union always was an American project. It was Washington that drove European integration in the late 1940s, and funded it covertly under the Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon administrations. - TelegraphAmbrose Evans-Pritchard is telling the truth again, or at least part of it, in this most recent column of his. But we find ourselves disagreeing with him on some im...Read More

Germany to launch 1 billion-euro discount scheme for electric car buyers ...Germany is set to launch a new incentive scheme worth about 1 billion euros ($1 billion) to get more consumers buying electric cars as it struggles to meet a target of bringing 1 million of them onto its roads by the end of the decade. The costs of the incentives, similar to those already established in some other European...Read More

Canada's Barrick Gold (TSX, NYSE:ABX), the world's largest producer of the precious metal by output, is claiming victory in its turnaround effort."Barrick is back," executive chairman John Thornton said during the company's annual general meeting, held TuesdayBarrick Gold has reduced its debt load, reshuffle management and sold several assets.Known for his flamboyant statements, he added: "We wil...Read More

Trump's World to watch as Trump outlines his foreign policy ... Critics have accused the Republican front-runner of bigotry and posing a danger to U.S. national security. Many foreign policy and defense advisers say his views are worrying, mingling isolationism and protectionism, with calls to force U.S. allies to pay more for their defense and proposals to impose punitive tariffs on some import...Read More

It became clear that the best way to stay competitive and protect the business for long-term is to move production from our facility in Indianapolis to Monterey, Mexico. – Carrier Air Conditioning spokespersonBack in February, workers at a Carrier air conditioner manufacturing plant in Indianapolis filmed a company spokesman informing employees that 1,400 jobs would be moved to Mexico. The s...Read More

Why the world needs more U.S. government debt ... Are government-imposed restrictions holding back the U.S. economy? In a way, yes: The federal government is causing great harm by failing to issue enough debt. The U.S. generates more income than any other country, and will keep doing so for many years to come. The federal government can generate a lot of revenue by taxing this income — a p...Read More

Trump's World to watch as Trump outlines his foreign policy ... Critics have accused the Republican front-runner of bigotry and posing a danger to U.S. national security. Many foreign policy and defense advisers say his views are worrying, mingling isolationism and protectionism, with calls to force U.S. allies to pay more for their defense and proposals to impose punitive tariffs on some import...Read More

It became clear that the best way to stay competitive and protect the business for long-term is to move production from our facility in Indianapolis to Monterey, Mexico. – Carrier Air Conditioning spokespersonBack in February, workers at a Carrier air conditioner manufacturing plant in Indianapolis filmed a company spokesman informing employees that 1,400 jobs would be moved to Mexico. The s...Read More

Why the world needs more U.S. government debt ... Are government-imposed restrictions holding back the U.S. economy? In a way, yes: The federal government is causing great harm by failing to issue enough debt. The U.S. generates more income than any other country, and will keep doing so for many years to come. The federal government can generate a lot of revenue by taxing this income — a p...Read More

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Skeena Resources Announces Maiden Resource Estimate for Spectrum Gold-Copper DepositSpectrum deposit hosts an Indicated Mineral Resource of 8.95 million tonnes grading 1.04 g/t Au, 6.58 g/t Ag and 0.11% Cu and containing 290,000 ounces of gold, 1.82 million ounces of silver and 20.835 million pounds of copper.At the same cut-off, the deposit hosts an additional 22.63 million tonnes in the Inferred...Read More

The Federal Reserve may be the central bank of the United States, but when it speaks and acts, its decisions cast a long shadow on more than just U.S. Dollar values against other currencies. It's choices also radically impact gold prices. This is so much the case that when it is the week of the big bi-monthly meeting, gold prices barely move ahead of the decision and before the subsequent announc...Read More

On Sunday, Reservoir Minerals announced it has agreed to be acquired by Nevsun Resources. Adrian Day shares his initial thoughts on the deal.Reservoir Minerals Inc. (RMC:TSX.V, 6.96) announced it has agreed to be acquired by Nevsun Resources Ltd. (NSU:TSX; NSU:NYSE.MKT), which operates the high-grade copper-zinc Bisha mine in Eritrea. Nevsun has a cash balance of US$438 million. Under the terms of...Read More

Environmentalists are up in arms against Nova Scotia's - Canada's biggest Atlantic province - new Mineral Resources Act as they say the legislation won't do enough to prevent mining on privately protected lands, or address concerns about quarries.The act, also known as Bill 149, is the first overhaul of the current rules since 1990 and it was written to support responsible mineral resource m...Read More

Freeport McMoRan (NYSE:FCX), the No. 1 listed copper miner, is cutting its oil and gas workforce by 25% as it struggles to reduce its over $20 billion debt.The US miner loss in the first three months of the year - Freeport's sixth straight quarterly loss - nearly doubled due to limited demand for some of its main commodities, including copper.Freeport expects to post a charge of about $40 million...Read More