Managed futures continue to produce opportunities as commodity price volatility persists. In a thinly-traded marketplace such as the Class III Milk Futures contract there is plenty of volatility and plenty of risk.
Zambia's police chief deployed thousands of officers across the southern African country on Monday, the eve of a closely contested election between incumbent Rupiah Banda and nationalist opposition leader Michael Sata.
Republicans are saying President Barack Obama's unveiling of a $3 trillion long-term deficit reduction plan -- dubbed the Buffett Rule -- that relies upon raising taxes on the wealthiest Americans is political posturing and window dressing.
President Hugo Chavez's government formalized the nationalization of Venezuela's gold industry on Monday with a decree that prohibits exports of the metal and gives the state 55 percent of joint ventures.
In the second quarter of 2011, the bank lost an astounding $8.8-billion, partially due to the burden of its enormous mortgage/legal liabilities.
Blair was flown to Tripoli on Gaddafi’s private jets at the Colonel’s expense.
India and China drove the second-quarter's robust demand for gold, the World Gold Council said in its analysis of industry trends during the three-month period.
Foreign investors in mineral-rich Mongolia hope parliament will revoke a controversial law banning mining in the country's river and forest areas when it convenes for its busy autumn session next month.
China should refrain from boosting credit and fiscal spending again as stimulus measures to avoid fueling inflation and pushing up government debt, Wu Xiaoling, a former deputy central bank governor said in remarks published on Monday.
China's securities regulator is asking the government to clamp down on the controversial corporate structure used by companies such as Sina (SINA.O) and Baidu (BIDU.O) to list overseas, and employed in thousands of other investments by foreigners into domestic Chinese companies, four legal sources told Reuters.
President Barack Obama will once-again try to right the nation's fiscal ship of state by proposing a new tax levy for U.S. taxpayers whose income exceeds $1 million per year. Congressional Republicans have already said they're opposed to the levy, but it remains to be seen whether that latter view will hold amid a public that wants upper-income groups to pay more in taxes.
President Barack Obama will propose a new minimum tax rate for U.S. taxpayers who make more than $1 million to help lower the nation's $1.5 trillion long-term debt, according to media reports. This plan will be adopted from a suggestion made by billionaire investor Warren Buffett.
Regulators are still trying to figure out how 31-year-old trader Kweku Adoboli caused $2 billion in bad bets over three tears. But as the probe continues analysts and politicians say UBS trading losses has strengthened the case for separating retail banks from their investment arm, according to The Associated Press.
Kweku Adoboli, the 31-year-old trader charged with fraud over the $2 billion loss at UBS, allegedly began rogue trading back in 2008 - the height of the financial crisis - and may not have acted alone.
Star bond-fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach breached his duties to Trust Company of the West in their messy divorce but the investment firm should not be awarded any damages, a jury ruled.
Canada took its fight against a U.S. tax evasion law to American newspapers on Friday, sending a letter that says the new regulation is wasteful and raises privacy concerns.
A drive by Peru's leftist president to raise mining royalties should not derail multibillion-dollar investments, industry executives said, but they added that the final law must reflect the spirit of negotiations with companies.
President Barack Obama Friday signed into law a the first major overhaul of U.S. patent law since 1952 -- one that officials say will speed the application and approval process for inventors -- a short-cut that could lead to more inventions coming to market sooner, creating more jobs.
Yahoo shares rose more than 2 percent Friday amid speculation that it has been approached by private equity buyers that like tech investments -- including Silver Lake Partners and Providence Equity Partners.
Research in Motion, the BlackBerry developer, needs a new “transformational” CEO or to be put up for auction now, activist investor Victor Alboini said.
Molycorp Inc (MCP.N) said on Friday it has broken off talks with Japan's Sumitomo Corp with regard to a financing deal, as the investment is no longer necessary for the implementation of its business plan.
Continued losses in the investment bank arena could lead to more restructuring and another round of job cuts to be unveiled in November.
