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Friday, May 20, 2011

Stock Tips & News



Asia Today: IMF Battle; Shrinking Chinese Products
The search for the next IMF leader is on, with European officials and leaders from emerging markets staking their claim. And in China companies are reacting to rising prices by shrinking products.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/?p=13795?mod=djemChinaRTR_t

China's Newest Financing Tool: Soybeans
For months now, copper inventories in China have soared as Chinese businesses use imports of the metal to finance unrelated projects in a tight credit market. But it's not just copper that's involved in the imports-for-financing deals.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/?p=13796?mod=djemChinaRTR_t
China Watch: Baidu Sued in U.S., Firewall 'Father' Hit with Shoe
Chinese search giant Baidu is sued over censorship in the U.S., free drugs fuel a massive reduction in AIDS patients, the 'father' of China's Great Firewall gets the George W. Bush treatment and more.
http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/?p=13793?mod=djemChinaRTR_t
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Former investment banker Joe Oliver now Canada's resources minister
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has named his first majority government cabinet, a move that changes the leaders of most ministries including Resources Canada and Industry Canada.    Friday , 20 May 2011

Glencore's lukewarm debut

Despite initial appetite for the stock in grey market trading, by the close of the day, the stock had given back gains to close at an unchanged price of 530 pence    Friday , 20 May 2011

What's turning gold majors, and others, to copper mining

A detailed analysis of the global market for copper and why even ‘pure gold' companies are turning to the red metal for continuing growth    Friday , 20 May 2011

BHP's treatment, refining costs with large Chinese smelters rise 25%

The treatment and refining charges BHP must pay large Chinese copper smelters in H2 2011, rose by more than double their year-ago value, and are 25% higher than H1    Friday , 20 May 2011

Yesterday's top story: Silver crash not a correction but a ‘drive-by-shooting' and ‘criminal act'

Report on a round table discussion on silver by a group of top specialist silver analysts which puts forward a hugely bullish case for investment in the precious metal.    Thursday , 19 May 2011

Interest rates, the end of QE2 and gold in euro terms - Julian Philips

A look at what has been going on in the gold market since the dip and why it is worth looking at the price of the metal in currencies other than the dollar


A Shaken Agency Looks to the Future


By LIZ ALDERMAN and GRAHAM BOWLEY
Emerging-market nations like Brazil hope to brake the stranglehold Europe has had on the top job at the International Monetary Fund.
The Washington Post
Gas prices force many to change vacation plans and drive less; some skimp on medicine
WASHINGTON — With gasoline prices hovering at $4 a gallon nationally, many Americans are making tough choices: scaling back summer vacations, driving less or ditching the car altogether. Some seniors are choosing a tank of gas over their prescriptions.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)

HMV agrees to sell Waterstone's books unit to raise money to meet loan commitments
LONDON — Struggling entertainment retailer HMV Group PLC said Friday it is selling its Waterstone’s bookshops to raise 53 million pounds ($86 million).
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Shell to build massive floating liquified natural gas plant off Australian coast
AMSTERDAM — Royal Dutch Shell PLC says it has made a final decision to construct a massive natural gas plant for use off the Australian coast.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)
Researchers scramble as voracious stink bugs hit mid-Atlantic crops, spread across US
EMMITSBURG, Md. — The brown marmorated stink bug is causing millions of dollars in damages to crops in the mid-Atlantic region. And it may be just getting started.
( Associated Press Associated Press , AP)  
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Ex-Hedge Funder/Madam Claims Strauss-Kahn as Former Client Hedge fund executive turned madam Kristin Davis reportedly alleged that jailed former International Monetary chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn used her escort services. [more]
BlackRock Buys Back Bank of America Stake BlackRock will be back on its own again as it buys out Bank of America Merrill Lynchs stake. [more]
Citadel Changing Investor Withdrawal Policy Citadel reportedly is changing the terms of its two flagship funds to allow investor to withdraw money earlier. [more]
Ex-Highbridge Fund Manager Rejoins Third Point Highbridge Capitals loss is Third Point Partners regain as a top Highbridge executive rejoins the firm he left three years ago. [more]
The Daily Crux
Top economic forecaster: A new slowdown is starting now
"There's a downturn in global industrial growth in clear sight..." 

An unexpected commodity is soaring to "bubble" levels in China
"Everyone who has money is rushing in to invest..."
The protests in Spain are already spreading through Europe
"All this is happening at an astonishing speed..." 

Top News

A staff writer with CNBC.com, covering the gamut of issues affecting the stock market and the economy. A Senior Editor at CNBC, commodity trader in a former life.
By AP Stocks opened lower Friday on Wall Street, a day after a huge stock offering from professional 
networking site LinkedIn and a rise in commodity prices pushed stocks up.

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