It so happens that the very first piece I contributed to Nasdaq.com, back in June of 2012, was about an internet-inspired short squeeze of silver. There were rumors back then that Wall Street had a massive short position and were trying to manipulate the market to protect it
Russian forestry group Segezha is preparing for a spring initial public offering in Moscow, people close to the matter said, joining other Russian names queuing up to raise funds in strongly-performing equity markets.
The latest buzz from the retail squad at wallstreetbets, the investor forum that sparked the run on GameStop last week, is that they’re going to shake out the shorts in silver.
Put the champagne back on the ice. After a super-charged rally over the second half of 2020 base metals may struggle to notch up further price gains in the short term.
Russian forestry group Segezha has chosen JP Morgan and UBS to arrange its initial public offering in Moscow, people close to the matter told Reuters, joining other Russian names queuing up for equity raisings this year.
Indian farmers angry at agricultural reforms said on Monday the annual budget failed to address their concerns, with no mention of raising incomes or generating jobs, and vowed to press on with their protests.
The collection of Brazil's 2020/2021 soybean crop reached 1.9% of the cultivated area through Jan. 28, the slowest pace for this time in the season since the 2010/2011 cycle, as planting delays and rains are disrupting harvesting work.
Twitter blocked dozens of accounts in India on Monday, including that of a leading newsmagazine, on the demand of the government on grounds that the users were posting content aiming to incite violence, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
Argentina's farm exports rose 32.63% year-on-year in January after strikes and standoffs with unions had snarled shipments at the end of last year before agreements were struck, the CIARA-CEC chamber of crushers and exporters said on Monday.
Wheels Up Partners Holdings LLC said on Monday it had agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check firm Aspirational Consumer Lifestyle Corp, valuing the private jet charter company at $2.1 billion.
Copper slipped on Monday as manufacturing data from top consumer China raised the prospect of slowing demand growth and a higher dollar prompted funds to cut bets on higher prices, but losses were capped by historically low stocks.
Canada, the world's biggest canola grower, is running short of the oilseed six months before the next harvest, with strong export demand driving prices to nearly 13-year highs last week.
Pfizer and German partner BioNTech will deliver 75 million extra doses of their COVID-19 vaccine in the second quarter of the year, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday, repeating information she gave earlier this month.
Exuberant share valuations and rock-bottom borrowing costs made it a bumper January for dealmakers in the equity as well as debt space, data shows, with global bond sales topping $600 billion and IPOs more than doubling on the year.
China's environment ministry on Monday criticised state-owned metals producer Chinalco for "lax" and "slow" implementation of anti-pollution measures and gave it 30 days to submit a rectification plan to the government.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday signed an executive order mandating price ceilings for pork and chicken in the capital region, as costlier meat has propelled food inflation to a double-digit level.
Pfizer and German partner BioNTech will deliver 75 million extra doses of their COVID-19 vaccine in the second quarter of the year, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday.
JD Sports Fashion said on Monday it would buy Baltimore-based DTLR Villa LLC for $495 million as Britain's biggest sportswear retailer further expands its presence in the United States market, sending its shares about 7% higher.
Major stock markets in the Gulf rose in early trade on Monday, with indexes in the United Arab Emirates leading the gains on the back of their financial and property shares.