(Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.N) recorded higher sales of its newer drugs Trulicity and Taltz in the third quarter, helping the diabetes specialist top Wall Street profit estimates and raise its yearly earnings target on Tuesday.Shares of Lilly jumped 4 percent in premarket trading following the news.Lilly is relying on new drugs to drive growth after it took its animal health unit public in S...Read More
LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone business growth slumped to a two-year low in October as growing trade tensions and tariffs, alongside rising political uncertainty, put a dent in exports and optimism, a survey showed on Tuesday.However, while survey and official figures on Tuesday showed the slowdown is relatively widespread, the clouds over the euro zone are not as dark as recently feared.Any positiv...Read More
TORONTO (Reuters) - If all goes according to plan, Barrick Gold (ABX.TO) will have fewer mines and workers one year after acquiring Africa-focused Randgold Resources (RRS.L), the Canadian miner’s executive chairman said on Monday, as its investors approved the deal.Votes were 99.8 percent in favor of the $6.1 billion, no-premium transaction, Barrick said, confirming a Reuters report. After R...Read More
Royalty and streaming company Franco-Nevada (NYSE, TSX: FNV) reportsthird-quarter adjusted net income of $54.6 million, or 29 cents a share, downfrom $55.3 million, or 30 cents, in the same period a year ago. Net income camein at $52.1 million, or 28 cents a share, compared to $60 million a year ago.Franco-Nevada reports sales of 120 million gold-equivalent ounces in the thirdquarter, down modestl...Read More
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Daniel Loeb’s Third Point LLC criticized Campbell Soup Co’s (CPB.N) board on Monday for allowing the grandchildren of the company’s former chairman to quietly build voting power through the soup maker’s share buybacks in recent decades.Third Point, which owns 7 percent of Campbell’s stock, has been campaigning to oust its entire board at a sharehol...Read More
ELKO, Nevada, November 6, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --- U.S. Gold Corp. will drill up to 16,000 feet (approx. 5,000m) in approximately 8 holes - This program will assess a number of previously inaccessible targets because of previous permitting limitations - Identification, qualification, and prioritization of these targets were determined by means of detailed surface geology, geochemistry, and geophysi...Read More
Mr. Roger Rosmus of Goliath reportsGOLIATH REPORTS UP TO 110 GPT AU (3.21 OZ/T) AT 10% OWNED DSM GOLD STANDARD PROPERTYGoliath Resources Ltd. and Juggernaut Exploration Ltd. have released channel, chip and grab sample assay results of up to 110 grams per tonne gold (3.21 ounces per ton) from the Big Show zone vein system, measuring two kilometres by one km. It remains open in all directions contai...Read More
By SaadSayeedISLAMABAD, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Pakistan begins nearly twoweeks of talks with the International Monetary Fund on Wednesdayover what would be the South Asian country's 13th IMF bailoutsince the 1980s to help it end a spiralling current accountcrisis. Finance Minister Asad Umer says $12 billion is requiredimmediately, a large chunk of which is expected to be drawn fromthe IMF."The ini...Read More
By Ernest ScheyderNov 6 (Reuters) - A years-long fight over the future of theworld's second largest silver mine between Tahoe Resources Inc and opponents of the project shows no signs of abating,creating uncertainty for the U.S. miner and its investors.With environmental and indigenous opponents of Tahoe'sEscobal mine vowing it will never again produce silver, thetension is top of mind for Wall St...Read More
Mr. Antonio Berlanga reportsTRAFIGURA COMMITS 2ND LOAN TRANCHE US$5 MILLION TO TELSON'S TAHUEHUETO MINE CONSTRUCTIONTelson Mining Corp. has received $5-million (U.S.) for the second tranche of the loan agreement with Trafigura Mexico SA de CV, advanced under the loan facility and offtake agreement originally announced by the company on Dec. 18, 2017, for the rehabilitation, construction, operation...Read More
* Stock markets, dollar little changed * SPDR holdings fell on Monday (Updates prices)By Sumita LayekBENGALURU, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Gold edged up on Tuesday asinvestors sought shelter fromuncertainty over the outcome ofthe U.S. midterm elections.Spot gold rose 0.3 percent to $1,234.94 per ounce asof 1314 GMT, while U.S. gold futures were up 0.4 percentat $1,236.50."One scenario (from the electi...Read More
(Updates with closing prices)By Pratima DesaiLONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Copper prices fell on Tuesday asthe market waited for the result of the U.S. midterm electionsand a monetary policy meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve laterthis week.Benchmark copper on the London Metal Exchange closeddown 0.5 percent at $6,158 a tonne.Aside from a brief dip below $6,000 a tonne last week,copper has been wedge...Read More
* Government supporters to press RBI at board meeting onNov. 19 * Government wants its economic priorities to be accepted byRBI * Govt officials prepared to risk RBI governor'sdeparture-sources * If Patel departs it is likely to roil financialmarkets-traders * Struggle will be a test of the powers of the RBIboard-sources By Manoj Kumar and Suvashree ChoudhuryNEW DELHI/MUMBAI, Nov 6 (Reuters) - The...Read More
Company Website: http://www.hecla-mining.comCOEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- (Business Wire)Hecla Mining Company (NYSE:HL) today provided an update on its exploration programs during the third quarter.HighlightsLargest quarterly exploration program in company historyThere were up to 20 drills at 10 properties, 5 operating mines, all in North AmericaReserve price assumptions to determine this year's reserve...Read More
(Updates with production, Barrick vote)LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Randgold Resources said onTuesday third-quarter profit rose 25 percent on the previousquarter helped by lower costs a day before its shareholders voteon a $6.1 billion tie-up with Barrick Gold.The London-listed miner said profit for the period reached$73.2 million while cash costs fell 18 percent versus theprevious quarter to $181.6...Read More
As reported by Bloomberg, fund managers are cautioning against hoping that the US mid-term elections, which drop late Tuesday, could see a revival spark in Gold prices. Key highlights According to Franklin Templeton Investment's Stephen Land, concerns that the US Federal Reserve will pick up their pace of rate hikes will far overshadow any short-term action from the US midterm elections,...Read More
Here Are 3 Hot Things to Know About Stocks Right Now The S&P 500 ended higher on Monday after closing Friday with a weekly gain of 2.4%, the index's biggest weekly increase since March.Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) rose 0.9% after saying it would split its operations into three separate units as it moves into the 5-G arena.Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN) was dow...Read More
Gold isn't the only game in town, even though you'd never know it by watching late night TV. Here's what to know and what to consider if you'd like to invest in silver. What Does Investing In Silver Mean? Investing in silver means putting your money into the production, trading or outright ownership of silver metal. For most investors this means buying quantities of bullion in coin or bar form a...Read More
Global oil prices bounced higher Monday after the U.S. State Department granted a waiver to China to purchase crude from Iran as the first day of sanctions imposed by President Donald Trump came into effect. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called the sanctions "the toughest sanctions ever put in place on the Islamic Republic of Iran", but his department noted Friday that waivers had bee...Read More