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...New documents posted this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the US shed some light over how the deal eventually got done, and why it took so long....
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...This exhibition at the V&A invites us into the opulent world of master goldsmith Carl Fabergé and his London clientele....
...Crude (Nymex) down -0.09 at 59.87 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +2.40 at 1,181 Copper (Comex) down -0.02 at 2.68 10-year government bond yields (%) US 2.35% UK 1.99% Germany 0.81% CDS (closing levels) Markit...
...Newly crowned King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud has been dipping into the rainy-day fund to pay public sector salaries and development projects while oil prices are low....
...Ms Casasola’s use of light and texture was inspired by the Brazilian artist Lygia Pape, and you could see her TtEias installations – giant prisms made using gold thread – in the metallics of the final looks...
...The A$16bn (US$15bn) Carmichael Coal Mine and Rail Project is proposed by Adani Group, an Indian conglomerate with interests spanning mining, energy and logistics....
...(Financial Times) Cracks are beginning to show in Vladimir Putin’s grand project to form a Eurasian union to rival the EU as Russia’s partners have so far balked at joining Moscow’s trade war with the west...
...Crude (Nymex) down -0.12 at 96.65 100 Oz Gold (Comex) unchanged 0.00 at 1,349...
...(Bloomberg) “Anadarko Petroleum is considering the sale of its holdings in oil and gas projects in China in a deal that could be valued at about $1 billion, sources familiar with the matter said, as it...
...Crude (Nymex) down -0.17 at 103.14 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +0.70 at 1,318...
...(Financial Times) Citic “has bought a stake in U.S. brokerage firm BTIG LLC, the company’s latest move to grow outside of China through buying a holding in a Western investment firm....
...(Wall Street Journal) - More investors than projects in UK infrastructure. (Financial Times) - China hopes its domestic formula makers get a boost....
...Crude (Nymex) up +0.05 at 94.55 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +3.90 at 1,471...
...If the project is given a green light by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the regulator, and by an exchange, they will contribute their holdings of Bitcoin into the trust, in return for shares....
...(Financial Times) German finance minister Wolfgang Schaeuble struck a more conciliatory tone on European banking union, saying it was a “priority project” and governments should coordinate policies on closing...
...Crude (Nymex) down -0.74 at 84.98 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +13.00 at 1,762...
...Crude (Nymex) down -0.43 at 85.29 100 Oz Gold (Comex) up +1.20 at 1,750...
...We had a gold record and we were still touring in a van....
...“Our competitors get into these brand wars like Coke v Pepsi,” says Zimmer at UTA....
...www.ragoarts.com ii Easy chair American The quality of this Boston chair, made between 1760 and 1780, is indicated by the sculptural serpentine crest, the cabriole front legs and the well-carved ball-and-claw...
...The gold explorer, whose shares plunged last month after it warned its Veduga project in Russia was not economically viable, announced that Jocelyn Waller would stand down as chief executive and managing...
...The company has a year to evaluate the project before deciding whether to put the project into production....
...Vane Minerals, another gold explorer listed on Aim, performed a similar shift in March when it bought a handful of uranium projects in Arizona....
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