Gold and silver beat all other assets in 2011, Lloyds TSB’s Assetwatch survey finds
Precious metals were the top performing investment for the second consecutive year last year, with their value soaring by 42pc as people sought a safe haven from inflation, research has indicated.

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Hunt for Mongolia coal assets
SEOUL: Resource hungry Asian states are locking horns with steelmaker ArcelorMittal and miner Vale to develop the world’s largest untapped coking coal deposit in Mongolia, scrambling for raw materials to produce steel.

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SMTC Adopts Rights Plan to Preserve Valuable Tax Assets Potentially Worth up to $2 per share TORONTO, June 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ – The Board of Directors of SMTC Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTX, TSE: SMX), a global electronics manufacturing services provider, announced today that the corporation has adopted a tax benefits preservation shareholder rights plan (“rights plan”) designed to protect the Company’s approximately $100 million in U.S. federal net operating loss carry-forwards (NOLs … Read more on SYS-CON Media

The Currency Strategies Fund Celebrates First Anniversary with Over $25 Million in Assets The Currency Strategies Fund Celebrates First Anniversary with Over $25 Million in Assets. Read more on PRWeb via Yahoo! News

Shaw to take over Canwest Global TV assets
A major shift in Canadian television ownership is coming that will fundamentally alter the country’s broadcasting landscape, as Calgary’s Shaw Communications (TSX:SJR.B) has struck a deal to take over the TV assets of Canwest Global.

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India Said to Propose Sovereign Fund for Oil Assets (Update3)
March 17 (Bloomberg) — India , with $254 billion of foreign-exchange reserves, may create a sovereign wealth fund to help state companies compete for overseas energy assets with China, a government official said.

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Kiska Consolidates Ownership of Mexican Assets
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – 03/17/10) – Kiska Metals Corporation, (TSX-V: KSK – News ) (“Kiska”) announces that it has reached an agreement with Azure Minerals Limited to dissolve the Kiska-Azure Joint Venture covering nine exploration projects in Sonora, Durango and Sinaloa states, Mexico. A milestone in allowing this transaction to take place was receipt of a waiver from …

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Dollar Falls as Stock Gains Encourage Demand for Riskier Assets
March 9 (Bloomberg) — The dollar fell against the currencies of commodity-exporting nations including Australia and Brazil as stocks advanced, encouraging demand for assets that historically benefit as global growth rebounds.

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IVSC PUBLISH REVISED GUIDANCE FOR THE VALUATION OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS
The International Valuation Standards Council (IVSC) has published an updated Guidance Note on the valuation of intangible assets. The revised GN 4 identifies the principal techniques that are recognised for the valuation of intangible assets such as brands, intellectual property and customer relationships, and gives guidance on how these are applied….

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MF assets surge 3% in February
NEW DELHI: After falling for two consecutive months, the country’s mutual fund industry witnessed a near three per cent jump in the average assets under management in February to Rs 7.81 lakh crore.

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