M&A Gets Nasty As Metals Rebound
One sign metal prices are firmly rebounding has been the resurgence in boardroom battles and hostile takeovers, and their increasingly belligerent tones.
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Producer And Dealer Prices (September 07, 2009)
Antimony: Mid-mkt US$4,950/t.
Letter to the Editor: Groia, MacNeil Wrong To Blame Labs In Fraud Cases
In their commentary “NI 43-101 gives false sense of security” ( T. N. M., Aug. 31-Sept. 6/09), Joseph Groia and James MacNeil make a number of comments and conclusions about the sources of fraud in th…
Daily Metal Prices (September 07, 2009)
Date Aug. 31 Aug. 28 Aug. 27 Aug. 26 Aug. 25 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy Holiday 1720/1750 1680/1710 1695/1760 1690/172…
North American Stock Exchange Indices (September 07, 2009)
52-week Date Aug. 31 Aug. 28 Aug. 27 Aug. 26 Aug. 25 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1175.24 1188.71 1182.15 1186.09 1183.67 1983.64 678.62 TSX Composite 10868.21 10977.97 10933.96 10912.17 10920.53…
TSX Venture Short Positions (September 07, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at Aug 15/09 (with changes from July 31/09).
TSX Short Positions (September 07, 2009)
Short positions outstanding at Aug 15/09 (with changes from July 31/09).
Exchange Rates (September 07, 2009)
CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Aug. 31 Aug. 28 Aug. 27 Aug. 26 Aug. 25 US$ in C$ 1.0967 1.0879 1.0960 1.0991 1.0782 C$ in US$ 0.9118 0.9192 0.9124 0.9098 0…
Lending Rates (September 07, 2009)
as of 9 a. m. ET. Sept 1, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U. S. Discount Primary 0.50 U. S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U. S. Prime …
Canadian Gold Mutual Funds (September 07, 2009)
*as of June 30/09
Dividends (September 07, 2009)
Note: Vale will pay $0.4795 for common and prf class A shares on Oct 30. Norilsk Nickel plans to pay div of more than 25% of net profit H1 2009. Alcoa will pay US93.75 cents per share on its US$3.75 c…
International Quotes (September 07, 2009)
Australia (A$) Sept 1 Aug 25 Change Aquila Resources 6.92 6.55 0.37 Bendigo Mining 0.23 0.23 0.00 Centennial Coal 3.34 3.49 -0.15 Fortescue Res 4.30 4.46 -0.16 Iluka …