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Sometimes I think that if it were not for bad luck, Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LSE:GKP) would have no luck at all. It seems like every time the company catches a break, something goes wrong. The GKP share price was down 0.58% today to 90.47, much closer to the low end of its 52-week range of […]

Pharmaceutical giant Merck (NYSE:MRK) announced today that it has agreed to acquire Idenix Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:IDIX) for $3.85 billion. Even compared to the now defunct attempt of Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) to acquire AstraZeneca (LSE:AZN), this could be one of the biggest acquisitions of all time in this sector, not necessarily in volume, but in impact. It appears […]

The share price of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been pushing higher today as the company prepares to split its shares at a 7 to 1 ratio after the market closes today. Apple shares opened this morning at 650.00, up from yesterday’s close of 647.35. Even though the share price has not returned to the record high […]

29% Increase in Resource at Flagship Gedabek Gold/Copper/Silver Mine in Azerbaijan Anglo Asian Mining, the AIM listed gold producer in Azerbaijan, has announced a 29% increase in its JORC compliant gold resource at its flagship Gedabek gold/copper/silver mine in western Azerbaijan to 61,795,775 tonnes at 0.730 g/t of gold for 1,449,537 oz in the Measured […]

African Potash, the AIM listed exploration company focused on sub-Saharan potash assets, has completed the interpretation of seismic data and delineated four prospective drill targets at its Lac Dinga Potash Exploration Project in the Republic of Congo. The delineation of the target areas marks the conclusion of the planning and preparation phase, as African Potash […]

Positive Results of Independent Modelling Report at the Lemphane Kimberlite Pipe Project, Lesotho Paragon Diamonds Limited, the AIM quoted diamond development and production company in Africa, has announced positive results of an independent size frequency and revenue modelling report based on 300 carats of diamonds recovered during the 2012/3 bulk sampling programme at its Lemphane […]

In tandem with Northcote Energy North American Petroleum Plc, a company focussed on developing its interests in proven US onshore oil and gas formations, notes that Northcote Energy Ltd (LSE:NCT), its partner and operator of the 1,520 gross acre Zink Ranch Project in Oklahoma, has announced initial gross flow rates for the 8-A well at […]

Two years ago, 06 June 2012, Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) share price was $29.22. By the same date in 2013 that share price has more than tripled to $97.35. It is currently trading at $206.25, after reaching a record high of $254.84 on 04 March 2014. The current price is up 1.21% from yesterday’s close of […]

Britain’s largest retailer, Tesco (LSE:TSCO) watched its share price drop by 1.34% today after announcing a third consecutive quarter of declining sales. Despite acknowledging that Tesco has lost an average of nearly one million customers per week, CEO, Philip Clarke, has been trying about as hard as I have ever seen anyone try to cover […]

Let’s get one thing straight right from the beginning. I despise Walmart (NYSE:WMT). I despise Walmart as a reluctant customer, I despise Walmart as a Chamber of Commerce president, and I despise Walmart as a former supplier. What’s more I despise Walmart as an American businessman. Sam Walton Was Not a Saint, but He Was […]