April 10, 2012

New report shows resource investors cannot pick a worse spot to put their money than Toronto

Overall, only the stock indices of Spain and Portugal's top companies fared worse than Toronto's S&P/TSX-60. But in the group of resource-heavy exporting countries Canada's stock market came in stone…

April 10, 2012

Goldman’s senior ranks thin out further as co-head of M&A quits

The Financial Times reports Yoël Zaoui, one of Goldman Sachs’ most senior bankers, “is to retire in the latest departure from the […]

April 10, 2012

No bubble here: Rogers says Chinese property market is cooled down

Legendary commodity-investor and Singapore resident, Jim Rogers, told China Daily News that the property market has been slowed down and there is no crisis.

April 10, 2012

Using time lapse video to show 15,272 temperature records falling across the USA

March 2012 broke all the hot weather records in the USA. It was the warmest month in the eastern two-thirds of the USA since records, going back to 1895, were…

April 10, 2012

Castro is certifiably mad; at least on mining

There are many reports on today’s new about a rant and rave by Fidel Castro on mining. Granted the old man is certifiably mad and that he runs a country…

April 9, 2012

Castro likes Trudeau; Harper, not so much

Fidel Castro said Prime Minister Stephen Harper suffers from illusions regarding resources and the extensive claims the U.S. has on Canada.

April 9, 2012

Glasenberg – 1, Xstrata shareholders – 0

The $2.6 billion Qatari investment could provide Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg the necessary backing he needs to push through the deal which many Xstrata shareholders say sell them short.

April 9, 2012

FT: Spain and Portugal on the brink of mining renaissance

TSX-listed Emed Mining hopes to re-open the Rio Tinto copper mines in southern Spain after an almost 30-year hiatus.

April 9, 2012

Caterpillar’s big bet on the US economy

It hasn't been long since Caterpillar Inc looked like the typical resident of the Rust Belt. Having misjudged how deep the U.S. economy would decline, the world's largest maker of…

April 8, 2012

Gold juniors available at bargain prices: Brien Lundin

What do the gold market and the weather have in common? You can forecast both, but predict neither, according to Brien Lundin, chief executive of Jefferson Financial and publisher of…