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The Abundant Commodity That’s Becoming Harder to Find
November 27th, 2014
Bauxite, one of the most common ores in the earth’s crust, is growing scarce. It’s been 10 months since Indonesia banned exports of bauxite, used to extract aluminum, in a bid to transform its mining industry, and the global market is still ...
Draghi Urgency for ECB Action Gets Final Reality Check
November 24th, 2014
Mario Draghi is about to find out just how urgent his call for action has become. One week after the European Central Bank president vowed to revive inflation “as fast as possible,” policy makers will receive a glimpse on ...
Wall Street Used Commodities Storage, Tankers for Unfair Gain, Senate Panel Finds
November 20th, 2014
Wall Street’s biggest banks have used their ownership of metals warehouses, oil tankers and other commodities businesses to gain unfair trading advantages and dominate markets, according to a U.S. Senate investigation. In a report on Goldman Sachs Group Inc., ...
Fed Dual Mandates Clash as Jobless Drop Vies With Inflation
November 18th, 2014
Just when Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen and her colleagues will be approaching a decision to raise interest rates, their two mandates will probably be pulling them in different directions. By June 2015, the jobless rate will be very ...
Brent Oil Drops Before OPEC Meeting, Iran Nuclear Talks
November 18th, 2014
Brent crude dropped for a second day as investors weighed the possibility that OPEC will reduce output next week, or that talks over Iranâs nuclear program could result in an agreement. West Texas Intermediate was little changed in New ...
Gold Demand in China Slumps 37% Amid Drive to Root Out Graft
November 13th, 2014
Gold demand in China shrank for a third quarter as slumping prices failed to boost the purchases of bars, coins and jewelry in the world’s biggest user and officials pressed on with a nationwide anti-graft campaign. Buying by Asia’s largest economy ...
PBOC Confirms New Liquidity Tool as It Holds Off Easing
November 7th, 2014
China’s central bank has published details on its latest tool to provide liquidity as banks from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. (ANZ) see a rate cut as unlikely. The People’s Bank of ...
Gold Slumps With Silver to Lowest Since ’10 as Platinum Retreats
November 7th, 2014
Gold and silver tumbled to the lowest level in more than four years as a gauge of the dollar headed for the biggest weekly advance in more than 12 months, curbing demand. Platinum dropped to the lowest since 2009. ...
Apple plans investor call ahead of a potential bond sale
November 3rd, 2014
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) is planning an investor call on Monday ahead of a potential bond sale, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a banker working on the deal. Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE) and Goldman Sachs Group Inc (GS.N) are ...
Most People Cannot Even Imagine That An Economic Collapse Is Coming
November 3rd, 2014
The idea that the United States is on the brink of a horrifying economic crash is absolutely inconceivable to most Americans. After all, the economy has been relatively stable for quite a few years and the stock market continues ...