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It would be a bit of “Johnny come lately” if I were to tell you that Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) is acquiring Nest Labs. Unless you have been living under a rock and been fracked out of house and home today, you already know that the search engine monster has paid $3.2 billion for a caviar that […]

We haven’t even had time to fully digest the significance of the news of Ben van Beurden assuming the role of CEO at Royal Dutch Shell (LSE:RDSA); (LSE:RDSB) and we are already hearing that RDS intends to divest $15 billion in assets, beginning immediately and continuing through 2015. Investor response thus far has been restrained, with […]

I’m not one to beat a dead horse, but I do believe that one should stay on topic until at least some people ”get it” before moving on. My article, “Retail Wearing the Emperor’s New Clothes,” was published by ADVFN just a few days ago, on Friday, 10 January. In it I pointed out that […]

DekelOil Public Limited (LSE:DKL), operator and 51% owner of an established vertically integrated palm oil project in Côte d’Ivoire, has announced that it has received 400,000,000 FCFA (approximately 610,000 Euros) out of a total advance payment of 600,000,000 FCFA (approximately 915,000 Euros), as part of an off-take agreement signed with Societe Africaine de Raffinerie, a […]

Mike van Dulken, Head of Research at Accendo Markets, commented in his Weekly Roundup to clients, Since we last wrote the UK flagship Index closed 2013 +14.4%, capping off a terrible year for its miners (-30% to -60%) but a great one for the likes of airlines (+100 to +120%) and financial services (+35% to […]

If the holiday season did anything for investors, it highlighted an issue that most really prefer to ignore. The retail sector is in trouble. UK stalwarts, like Morrisons (LSE:MRW), Tesco (LSE:TSCO) and Sainsbury (LSE:SBRY) share prices have pulled the London Exchange lower as each reported dismal sales during the season. Because we all see the […]

“When historians write this story 10 or 20 years from now, they are going to look at a very different U.S. Everything has changed.” That was the forecast of Philip Verleger, energy sector guru and former director of energy policy at the U.S. Treasury Department, in an article published this week. Energy Investors, Beware! Your […]

Empyrean Energy (AIM:EME), ae US onshore oil, gas and condensate exploration, development and production company, has arranged a US$5 million drawdown under Tranche B of its facility with Macquarie Bank to fund operations during 2014. The work will include the increased pace of drilling expected on the Sugarloaf AMI, an Eagle Ford Shale oil, condensate […]

In my humble opinion, I believe that investors sometimes spend so much time analyzing numbers on a page that they miss news that has the potential to make or break a company. Don’t get me wrong, I strongly suggest thorough analysis when investing, it’s just that there is a danger in burying one’s head in […]

The quiet community of Kirkland Lake is located in northern Ontario adjacent to the Quebec border, in an area where the forests are far more dense than the population and where the temperatures at this time of year average a high of -10.7° Celsius and a low of -23.4°C. It also sits strategically within what […]