Mortgage rates dropped to the lowest level since March last week, sparking swift demand in refinancing. Homebuyers, however, seemed unimpressed. Applications to refinance a home loan jumped 15% last week, compared with the previous week, to the highest level since August 2022, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted…
Willow Bay and Bob Iger will take a controlling stake in Angel City Football Club, the world’s most valuable women’s professional sports team. On Wednesday, Angel City of the National Women’s Soccer League announced the couple had agreed to an investment of an undisclosed amount that values the team at $250 million. The club…
John Deere said Wednesday it would cease lending its name to social events like LGBTQ Pride parades — the latest corporation to reassess its stance on hot-button social issues as the culture wars ignite ahead of the presidential election. In a statement posted on its X account, the nearly 200-year-old…
A massive asteroid will skim past Earth in 2029 in an “extremely rare natural phenomenon” – and a spacecraft will be sent to track it. It’s hoped the findings from the European Space Agency (ESA) mission will help defend our planet from any similar objects on a collision course in…
Piche Resources Limited (ASX: PR2) (“Piche” or the “Company”), a mineral exploration company focussed on uranium and gold in Western Australia (WA) and Argentina, is pleased to announce its upcoming listing on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) at 10:00am Perth AWST time on Monday 15 July 2024 under the ticker…
Silver prices have seen significant gains through the first half of 2024, first breaching the US$25 per ounce mark in Q1 before soaring above the US$30 mark to over US$32 in May, a price not seen in more than a decade. After starting the year trading in the US$22 per…
Although electric vehicle (EV) sales have trended steadily upward over the last five years, industry experts present at Fastmarkets’ Lithium Supply and Battery Raw Materials Conference are concerned that high price points, continued range anxiety and geopolitical tensions could impede future market growth. Although EVs gained market share last year,…
Dr. Nomi Prins shared her thoughts on why central banks are buying gold, uranium’s role in the energy transformation and why she became a director at ASX-listed Meteoric Resources (ASX:MEI). The geopolitical macroeconomist and best-selling author emphasized that a shift toward real assets is taking place. ‘We are at the…
Speaking at this year’s Rule Symposium, which ran from July 7 to 11, Rick Rule, proprietor at Rule Investment Media, shared his updated thoughts on the US economy, including whether a recession is on the horizon. In his view, it’s not guaranteed — he said investors may want to begin…
Labyrinth Resources Limited (‘LRL’) is pleased to announce that LRL set to acquire Vivien Project and 100% of Comet Vale. Labyrinth Resources Limited (“Labyrinth” or “the Company”) has signed:a binding option agreement with Sand Queen Gold Mines Pty Ltd (“Sand Queen”) whereby Labyrinth has been granted a 12-month option (commencing…