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The man who would like to think that he is the most influential person in the world gave a speech last night. It seems as though no one from the financial world listened to it, but that’s not really the case. The fact is that the financial world has bigger fish to fry and whole […]

Also features operational update Rhino Resource Partners LP (NYSE:RNO) today announced a cash distribution of $0.05 per common unit, or $0.20 per unit on an annualized basis. The distribution will be paid on February 13, 2015 to all common unitholders of record as of the close of business on January 30, 2015 and no distribution […]

JV Will Convert Three of 12 Hotels to New Hotel RL Brand Officials at RLHC (Red Lion Hotels Corporation) (NYSE:RLH) announced today that the company has completed a comprehensive transaction to accelerate the execution of its national growth strategy. Key components include selling a 45 percent ownership stake in 12 hotels wholly owned by RLHC […]

Deal for National Security Cutter Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has officially started fabrication on the U.S. Coast Guard’s seventh National Security Cutter (NSC), Kimball (WMSL 756). “We continue to increase our learning on this shipbuilding program, fully capturing the affordable benefits of serial production,” said...

This evening the Orator in Chief of the United States will walk into a hostile, bicameral Congress for the first time in his presidency. What he says tonight, regardless of its measure of truth, will have an impact on markets tomorrow, not only in the U.S., but in the UK and around the world. Since […]

Nevada Sunrise Gold Corporation (TSX-V:NEV) is pleased to announce that Pilot Gold Inc. (TSX:PLG) has reported results from an initial metallurgical program designed to address the amenability of high-grade mineralization from the Secret Canyon host rock to produce a high-grade concentrate at the Kinsley Mountain project. Kinsley Mountain is a joint venture between Pilot Gold […]

Significant Majority of Investors Favor Extending “U.S.-Style” Shareholder Activism Globally Shareholder activists may have institutional investors to thank after concluding one of their most successful years to date in both returns and inflows, according to a new study released today by FTI Consulting, Inc. (NYSE:FCN), a global advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations...

Kossanto West Gold Project, Mali – Licence Update Alecto Minerals (AIM: ALO), the AIM quoted mineral exploration company focussed on West and East Africa, has finalised the consolidation of two of its existing exploration permits, Kobokoto Est and Kobokoto, at its Kossanto West Gold Project in western Mali, into a single 100 sq. km. exploration […]

In the world of modern media, stories are told as headlines, with one replacing another in rapid sequence, often creating a public impression that the story is over. Reality is quite a different thing. The stories continue to unfold for weeks and months – and even years – beyond the initial headlines. The decision last […]

FXCM (NYSE:FXCM) announced late this afternoon that it had entered into a funding agreement with Leucadia National Corporation (NYSE:LUK) by which the latter would provide $300 million in cash that will bring FXCM into compliance with regulatory financial requirements. FXCM had become insolvent overnight, losing $225 million following the Swiss National Bank’s decision to un-peg […]