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Leveraging Gold Investments with Silver

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:05:51 -0600 | marketoracle.co.uk

If you have been a regular reader of the various precious metal websites, you will know that gold is the metal that dominates the discussion. This should not surprise us. Despite that fact that less than 2,500 tonnes of gold are mined out of the ground each year as opposed to the 20,000 tonnes of silver, it is market cashflow that matters and a look at the recent statistics of the international London bullion market shows that in November 2006, $12.1 billion worth of gold was cleared through that city as opposed to $1.41 billion worth of silver. Clearly, when it comes to business transactions as well as Internet chat, it is gold that talks louder than silver.


Rivals Offer $38 Billion for a REIT

Wed, 17 Jan 2007 23:24:07 EDT | New York Times

The $38 billion offer has set off the biggest buyout battle since the landmark fight for RJR Nabisco nearly two decades ago.


World Business Briefing: Switzerland: Novartis Earnings Rise 23%

Thu, 18 Jan 2007 22:33:03 EDT | New York Times

The Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis said that its fourth-quarter profit rose 23 percent on strong sales of its top-selling medicines as well as its generic drugs. The earnings of $1.66 billion in the three months that ended Dec. 31 came in slightly lower than analysts had forecast, and Novartis shares slipped 1.5 percent, to close at 72.50 Swiss francs ($58.09) in Zurich trading. Overall sales rose 16 percent, to $10.05 billion, from $8.66 billion in the last quarter of 2005, with help from Diovan, a hypertension drug, and the cancer pill Gleevec, known as Glivec in Europe. Novartis said its full-year profit came to $7.2 billion, a 17 percent increase over the previous year and its 10th consecutive year for record results.


World Business Briefing | Asia: South Korea: Profit Falls at LG Electronics

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:39:04 EDT | New York Times

Fourth-quarter profit at LG Electronics, South Korea?s largest consumer appliance maker, fell 85 percent amid falling sales and price declines for flat-screen televisions, the company said. LG, also a leading manufacturer of mobile phone handsets, earned 48 billion won ($51.3 million) in the period, which ended Dec. 31, the company said, down from 312 won a year earlier. Sales fell 11 percent, to 5.52 trillion won ($5.9 billion). LG, which is based in Seoul, said sales in its digital display business, which includes flat-screen TVs, declined 14 percent, to 1.2 trillion won ($1.3 billion). The company said operating profit in its handset business fell 70 percent but did not provide figures.


Corporation Bank to hold NIMs at 3%

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:27:40 GMT | Moneycontrol

Corporation Bank has come out with third quarter results. The company\'s Q3 net profit was up at Rs 146.4 crore (Rs 1.46 billion) from Rs 115 crore (Rs 1.15 billion).


Union Bank: Plans strategy to improve NIM

Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:00:47 GMT | Moneycontrol

Union Bank of India has announced its third quarter results. The company posted net profit of Rs 255.8 crore (Rs 2.55 billion) versus Rs 229.1 crore (Rs 2.29 billion) in the corresponding quarter of the previous year.


Retail Money Funds Rise in Latest Week

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 00:28:00 +0000 | Newsvine

Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds rose by $4.29 billion in the latest week to $981.73 billion, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.


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