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What a difference a few years can make.

In the smoking ruins of the global financial crisis, renewed attention has been focused on executive incentives and whether efforts to earn higher compensation promoted executive behaviour that create…

With fears of a double-dip recession growing, and volatility being the rule of the day, The Northern Miner thought it would be a good time to take a macro view of where markets may be trending.

Belmont Resources –Joseph Ringwald appointed to board of directors.

While the market was digesting mixed signals from the broader economy the TSX composite index managed to scratch out a 161 point gain to finish the Aug. 23-27 period at 11,879.72.

Two days in the red were curbed by three days in the black for the S&P/TSX Venture composite index over the Aug 23-27 trading week, leaving the board up 9.23 points at 1,488.85. The overall gain k…

The U.S. Commerce Department revised its second-quarter gross domestic product growth figure from 2.4% to 1.6% just hours before U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that the economic recov…

COURTE SY OF SCOTIABANK

Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, Aug. 27, 2010 (change from Aug. 20 in brackets):

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$9,600.00/t.

Daily Metal Prices Date Aug. 30 Aug. 27 Aug. 26 Aug. 25 Aug. 24 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange –Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy Holiday 2160/2050 2135/2035 21…