On Friday, commodities remained under pressure while stocks rebounded as reports on U.S. consumer sentiment and retail sales came in below expectations. The DJ-UBS Commodities Future Index was down 0.45% early this afternoon amid weaker prices for gold, oil and most of the base metals. In London, LME 3-mo. copper... read more
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On Friday, markets reacted to the jobs report from the Labor Department that in many respects came in below expectations but wasn’t sufficiently terrible as to have a clear impact on the Fed’s expected slowdown in asset purchases (aka “tapering”). The major stock indexes in the U.S. initially dipped on... read more
B.C.'s Electric Outdoor Power Equipment Recycling Program Exceeds Collection Site Target by 20 Per Cent for Year One VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Aug. 26, 2013) - The Outdoor Power Equipment Institute of Canada's (OPEIC) new recycling program for old or broken electrical outdoor power equipment has exceeded its... read more