There's nothing like the history that oozes from the walls of the Royal Exhibition Buildings, a short stroll from the Melbourne CBD.
Stocks rallied broadly today supported by a surge in commodity prices.
Spot Gold prices rallied against all major currencies on Wednesday morning, hitting $1491 per ounce and rising 1.2% from yesterday's eight-day low as stock and commodity markets also gained.
The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trade on Wednesday are: Safeguard Scientifics, Jaguar Mining, Analog Devices, Abercrombie & Fitch, NYSE Euronext, Titanium Metals, BJ's Wholesale Club, Target, Nvidia, Hewlett-Packard and Apollo Group.
The top after-market NYSE gainers on Tuesday are: Jaguar Mining, Radian Group, Analog Devices, Safeguard Scientifics and DCT Industrial Trust. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Venoco, Walter Energy, Continental Resources, Cenovus Energy and Talbots.
Boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard has revealed that he was sexually abused by a prominent Olympic boxing coach.
In my mind it was just one of those raids that we experience from time to time. There was no particular reason for it. And then we end up with 5 margin rate increases. It just reeks of someone manipulating the price of silver down.
Alarmingly frequent bubbles and busts in copper, wheat, crude oil, silver and pretty much all other natural resources might now be the collateral damage of QE
A 1942 Rolex split-second chronograph, one of only 12 of its kind, sold for $1.16 million at a Christie's auction in Geneva, Switzerland
The two hottest personalities in the hedge fund industry just disagreed about the hottest investment in the world.
The bull market that began in March 2009 may be over, warned a report from Standard & Poor’s.
There are two carved-in-granite long-term economic trends; one of them being the decline of the dollar and the other one being war. I think those are locked in, and so I recommend people buy investments that do well during wartime or during periods of currency debasement, which we have.
Research in Motion issued a partial recall on its much-hyped Playbook tablet, but unfortunately this disappointing news isn't an isolated misstep.
U.S. stocks declined in early trade on Tuesday as weaker-than-expected housing data and disappointing results from Hewlett-Packard weighed on the sentiment.
Gold Bullion prices were little changed below $1500 per ounce on Tuesday morning, but fell for non-US investors as the Dollar eased back on the currency market and European equity markets cut their earlier losses.
On Monday Research in Motion announced a recall on its just recently minted and extremely hyped-up Playbook tablet computer.
Unfortunately this disappointing news doesn't come in a vacuum for the company, but instead follows a series of misstep
The top after-market NYSE gainers on Monday are: Gushan Environmental Energy, China Digital TV Holding, Phoenix New Media, Gammon Gold and Beazer Homes USA. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Douglas Dynamics, Western Refining, Hewlett-Packard, Endeavor International Corp and Gerdau S.A.
End of Day FOREX Summary
U.S. Dollar Gold Prices continued on Monday morning where they'd left off on Friday, zigzagging around $1495 while global stock markets fell along with major industrial commodities oil and copper.
Samuel Wanjiru, 24, Kenyan Olympic marathon champion, died after falling from the balcony of his home in the town of Nyahururu, Kenya.
Over the past several decades, some very alarming long-term economic trends have developed that are absolutely destroying the economy. Here are 50 hard facts and statistics that show the negative trends in several areas of the economy. If dramatic changes are not made soon, a complete and total economic collapse becomes a possibility
Twitter has become garrulous with tweeters sharing news about Sony PlayStation Network waking up from forced slumber to enthral users in many parts of the world. A cascade of twitter messages said online games on PlayStation are accessible in the U.S. East Coast.