• Rare Earths, It's All About The Heavies

  By Mobile Guru : America is back in the rare earths race! So recent media would have you believe. Problem solved, I'm not so sure. For the past two decades, global demand for rare earth elements has experienced an upward trend (Figure 1). This is projected to continue to grow as a result of the…

• Alibaba picks US for IPO in blow to Hong Kong exchange

  HONG KONG (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd said on Sunday it has decided to begin the process for an initial public offering (IPO) in the United States, ending months of speculation about where the Chinese e-commerce giant would go public.

• Dividend Contenders: 20 Increases Expected In The Next 11 Weeks

  By David Fish : In compiling the Dividend Champions list, I get to see which companies are nearing the anniversaries of their previous dividend increases. Since most of these firms raise their payout about the same time every year, I can say with some confidence that they are likely to do so again.…

• EUR/USD Weekly Outlook: Resilient, Technically Bullish, However...

  By Cliff Wachtel : FX Traders' weekly EURUSD fundamental & technical picture, this week's market drivers that could change it- the bullish, the bearish and likely EURUSD direction. The following is a partial summary of the conclusions from the fxempire.com weekly analysts '…

• Occupied Crimea goes to the polls

  Preliminary results from contentious referendum, which could herald big change to borders in Europe, expected within hours of polls closing on Sunday night