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Global Investment News Briefs Thursday, February 12th, 2009

Feb 12th, 2009 | By William Patalon III | Category: Financial News

Caterpillar Offers 2,000 Early Retirements; Canada Posts Rare Trade Deficit; RIM Meets 4Q Expectations, Barely; GE Powering Middle East; Dollar Rises Against Yen, Euro; GM Seeks Saab Funding From Sweden; Gold Hits 7-month High; China Injects $19.5 Billion Into Rio Tinto



BHP Billiton (BHP): Painting a Happy Face on Iron Ore

Aug 26th, 2008 | By Irwin Greenstein | Category: Featured, Financial News, Politics & Economics

So you’re watching the Olympic Games and the usual suspects appear as advertisers… There’s Visa, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s…and BHP Billiton (NYSE ADR:BHP)? Who are those guys, anyway?

It does seem unusual for one of the biggest mining companies to sponsor the Beijing Games.

But as it turns out, this massive marketing campaign wasn’t targeted at Joe Sixpack watching the Olympics.

It was payback to Beijing, says Irwin Greenstein, writing for Contrarian Profits.



New Iron Ore Discovery to Save China’s Multibillion Pound Building Spree

Jun 12th, 2008 | By Garry White | Category: Emerging Markets

One clever mining company owns the lot… and it’s positioned next door to its biggest customer. Broker Cannacord Adams says this firm’s shares should be DOUBLE what they trade for today. But that’s not the half of it! China is DESPERATE for concrete and steel.



Beat the ‘Black Market Commodity Crisis’ With This Little Known Resource Gem

Jun 4th, 2008 | By Andrew Mickey | Category: Gold Market

If this critical resource disappears, it could send the commodities market spiraling into a catastrophic domino effect.



Rio Investors Should Continue Waiting in the Hall

Jun 2nd, 2008 | By Isabel Turner | Category: International Investing

Anyone, like us, who has suffered the interminable “wait in the hall” hiatus for which Heathrow is so notorious, should just regard it as training for sitting out mining’s major bid.



Base Metals Beaten Senseless – Rising Stockpiles Blamed

May 30th, 2008 | By Doug Casey | Category: Gold Market

The base metals endured a serious bloodbath on Thursday. Copper fell off a cliff at the open of the New York session and never recovered, finishing at its intraday low of $3.6416/lb., down 10½ cents.



Base Metals Beaten Down Some More

May 29th, 2008 | By Doug Casey | Category: Gold Market

The base metals were all mired in the red again on Wednesday. Copper nosedived from the pre-dawn hours to the open of the New York session, bottoming at $3.69 before cutting about half its losses to finish at $3.7464/lb., down 5 1/3 cents.



Base Metals Still Floundering

May 28th, 2008 | By Doug Casey | Category: Gold Market

The base metals were mostly in the red on Tuesday. Copper tumbled during the early part of the New York session, but rallied strongly from there to regain most of the lost ground and finish at $3.7999/lb., down a penny from Friday.



Dry Bulk Market in Riot Mode

May 20th, 2008 | By Dan Denning | Category: International Investing

For months now, the big story in the Aussie market has been China’s Inc.’s stealth invasion of Australia through the share market. A Trojan equity horse, if you will. But maybe we had the story all wrong. Maybe the Pilbara is invading China!



Base Metals All Sink

May 20th, 2008 | By Doug Casey | Category: Gold Market

The base metals were all mired in the red on Monday. Copper peaked during the pre-dawn hours and slid from there until the late morning, when it rallied slightly off its intraday lows to finish at $3.8245/lb., down 4¼ cents.