Global News

Mariana receives US$600,000 funding for Argentinean gold and silver exploration Mariana Resources Ltd, the AIM quoted exploration and development company focused in Peru and southern Argentina, announces that it has received Arg$4,745,826, Argentinean Pesos (circa US$600,000) funding by way of VAT refund from the Argentinean Tax Authorities. Monies received are in respect of VAT levied […]

Also announces Departure of CFO and CAO Mark Vranesh Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq:ZNGA), a leading social game developer, today announced that the Company has appointed David Lee as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer effective April 14, 2014. Lee will oversee accounting, corporate finance and investor relations and will report directly to Chief Executive Officer […]

Expands Cardiac Lead Extraction Portfolio to Include TightRail Rotating Mechanical Dilator Sheath and SightRail Manual Mechanical Dilator Sheath Set The Spectranetics Corporation (Nasdaq:SPNC) today announced FDA clearance of two new mechanical lead extraction platforms that expand physicians’ options for safe removal of cardiac leads. Each incorporates innovative designs for mechanical...

Sula Iron and Gold (LSE:SULA), a multi-commodity exploration company focussed on Sierra Leone, has said that drilling has commenced at its Ferensola Iron Project located in the mineral rich Sula-Kangari Greenstone Belt in Sierra Leone. The drilling forms part of a 2014 exploration programme, which aims to define a JORC Direct Shipping Ore Iron Mineral […]

Centamin (LSE:CEY) share price is trading down just under 2.0% from yesterday’s close at 53.30. At mid-afternoon CEY is at 52.25, following release of the company’s first quarter 2014 production results. I suggest that it takes a great deal of patient understanding when reading a report like Centamin’s. Gold’s Not Glittering Like It Used To […]

The share price of mega-bank Citigroup (NASDAQ:C) continued to slip today as the once mighty firm continues to embrace the roll of the “Sad Sack” of the world banking sector. Last Wednesday, 02 April, Citi shares closed at 48.25. The share price has closed lower each succeeding day, at 47.66 on Thursday, 47.11 on Friday, […]

Just a week ago, 31 March, I reported that Quindell (LSE:QPP) is preparing to join the Main Market and that “The Quindell board sees 2014 as the threshold of massive growth potential.” We’re not able to report as yet precisely when Quindell expects to be listed on the main market (although speculation is mid-June), but […]

World Bank sees a downtrend growth in China’s and other South East Asian economies even as it foresees an accelerating global growth in the next three years. In its April release of the East Asia and Pacific Economic Update, World Bank expects growth in China in 2014 and 2015 to be at 7.6 percent and […]

Following a pattern set recently by several other tech companies, Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) has made a play that is ingeniously designed to ensure that control of the company stays in the hands of co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Don’t have a stroke if you check the Google share price this morning to find that GOOG […]

Contract for Difference (CFD) provider Plus500 (LSE:PLUS) watched its share price reach a record high of 683.75 yesterday following release of its Q1 2014 results. The company, which I call, “the legalized gambling alternative to investing directly in the stock market,” achieved at 207% revenue growth in the first quarter of 2014 over the same […]