In Saint Barts in the French West Indies this morning. Jack Welch’s Unretirement. Businessweek See to believe. Feeding the Eagles: Incredible Pictures. Economic Intersect Idan Ofer may reap 15-times his investment in Israel Chemicals Ltd. (ICL) if a $13.5 billion takeover bid by Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc., the world’s largest fertilizer maker, is approved by Israeli… Continue Reading

Petroamerica Oil Corp. ($PTA) neighbour C&C Energia ($CZE) bought up by Pacific Rubilaes Energy ($PRE) for an approx. 52% premium. PR Newsire “Russia gets into your blood,” he said. “Life is never a straight line. Persistence and enthusiasm is how you get things done.” BP Seen Takeover Target After Settlement as Value Trails. Bloomberg “Most of those in public office,… Continue Reading

Three Mining Pros Take The Reins At Prophecy Platinum Prophecy Platinum Corp. (NKL), has scored a major talent coup by attracting a trio of credible and experienced mining executives to advance its flagship Wellgreen platinum, nickel and copper project in the Yukon Territory. We had the opportunity to sit down with new CEO Greg Johnson… Continue Reading

Via The Calandra Report – Subscribe Here – Only $58 HOUSTON — Are Colombia oil producers nearing a wave of mergers, as asset manager Frank Holmes forecast three weeks ago?

Russia’s Norilsk Nickel sees African opportunity. Reuters China steelmaker, miners cut output as slowdown bites. Reuters Short-term dip in uranium prices now a long-term slump. Financial Post A closer look at O’Leary Funds. Globe and Mail Open Season on Salt: What the Science on Hypertension Really Shows. Scientific American The Lie Factory: How politics became… Continue Reading

One of the most fascinating modern technological innovations in my opinion, is the icebreaking ship. Known as “icebreakers” these naval vessels with specially designed hulls open up shipping routes and arctic exploration opportunities that would otherwise be inaccessible.

Recently we sat down with Amir Adnani, CEO of Uranium Energy Corp. ($UEC), an American uranium mining company, for a conversation on the nuclear industry eighteen months after the catastrophe at Fukushima which devastated both Japan and most uranium miners’ share prices. One of the most critical issues we discussed in our interview was the… Continue Reading

Draghi-Day: ECB agrees new bond-buying plan. Reuters Russia is stockpiling gold. Marketwatch Indian Tycoon Seeks 40-Fold Payout In African Gas Deal. Bloomberg China’s New Richest Man Revealed, Living Off Just $20 Per Day. Bloomberg Transcript: Canadian Minister of Natural Resources Joe Oliver’s Speech to Canaccord Genuity Corp., Sept 4, 2012. Republic of Mining Qatar Imperils Big Merger… Continue Reading