Newmont sells royalty, non-core assets for $1.3 billion - November 30, 2007 11:00

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Newmont Mining Corp , the world’s No. 2 gold producer, on Friday said it agreed to sell its royalty assets and other non-core investments to Franco-Nevada Corp in a deal worth about $1.3 billion. Read More… NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks edged higher on Thursday as shares of Exxon Mobil and [...]

Nov. 12, 13 key deadlines for National Soybean Rust Symposium - November 30, 2007 11:00

Nov. 12, 13 key deadlines for National Soybean Rust Symposium ST. PAUL, Minn. — Deadlines for poster abstract submission, and hotel reservations are quickly approaching for the 2007 National Soybean Rust Symposium. The 2007 National Soybean Rust Symposium will be held December 12-14, 2007 at the Marriott Source: c.moreover.com

Tokyo closes at a three-week high - November 30, 2007 9:00

Tokyo closes at a three-week highThe Nikkei rose 1.1 per cent to 15,680.67 as Japanese stocks were buoyed by growing expectations of a cut in US interest rates and by a slightly weaker yenSource: www.ft.com

Fed will protect economy, not individuals: Mishkin - November 30, 2007 9:00

Fed will protect economy, not individuals: Mishkin CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (Reuters) – The Federal Reserve will act to protect the wider economy from financial turmoil but not to shelter individual investors from losses, Fed Board Governor Frederic Mishkin said on Thursday. Source: feeds.reuters.com Banks, U.S. near deal to freeze subprime rates: report NEW YORK (Reuters) – [...]

Russia keeps piling up gold reserves - November 30, 2007 9:00

Russia keeps piling up gold reserves .Russia’s gold and currency reserves stood at an all time high of 459.6bn on November 23, up 0.8 percent or $3.8bn from the previous figure. As reported earlier, between October 5 and November 16, the Bank of Russia’s reserves surged $34.8bn, or over 8 Source: c.moreover.com

FTSE falls as banks fail to hold gains after A&L update - November 29, 2007 15:00

London lost opening gains on Thursday, after Alliance & Leicester put a lower figure than feared on the amount of money it lost on torrid credit markets but the wider banking sector could not hold its gains. Read More…

Fire shuts key Canada-U.S. pipeline, oil soars - November 29, 2007 15:00

Fire shuts key Canada-U.S. pipeline, oil soars HOUSTON/LONDON (Reuters) – An explosion crippled the biggest pipeline supplying Canadian crude to U.S. Midwest refineries, shutting off more than 1 million barrels per day of imports to the world’s biggest consumer. Source: feeds.reuters.com