Despite economic and geopolitical upheaval, 2024 was relatively calm for platinum-group metals (PGMs). In its new PGMs report, research firm Metals Focus notes that all five PGMs — platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium and ruthenium — ended 2024 in physical deficit, marking a pivotal year of stabilization and supply strain. With…
In the absence of unified federal legislation on cryptocurrencies, New York is establishing its own comprehensive regulations for the sector as it looks to become the world’s crypto capital. Adrienne Harris, superintendent of the New York Department of Financial Services (DFS), is playing a key role in this endeavor, and…
NorthStar Gaming Holdings Inc. (TSXV: BET) (OTCQB: NSBBF) (‘NorthStar’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce that effective May 16, 2025, the Ontario Securities Commission has revoked the temporary management cease trade order (‘MCTO’) it had previously granted to the Company on May 8, 2025 under National Policy 12-203 Management…
Lode Gold Resources Inc. (TSXV: LOD) (OTCQB: LODFF) (‘Lode Gold’ or the ‘Company’) is pleased to announce it will be using the AI-assisted mineral discovery platform offered by VRIFY Technology Inc. (‘VRIFY’). Vrify, based in Vancouver, Canada, is a worldwide leader in utilizing AI technology that leads to more efficient…
Levi Strauss has agreed to sell Dockers to brand management firm Authentic Brands Group for $311 million, the companies announced Tuesday. Under the terms of the deal, Authentic will own Dockers’ intellectual property while Centric Brands will take on operations, handling manufacturing, sourcing and distribution. Under the brand management business model,…
BEIJING — One Chinese baby products company announced Tuesday it is officially entering the United States, the world’s largest consumer market — regardless of the trade war. Shanghai-based Bc Babycare expects its supply chain diversification and the U.S. market potential to more than offset the impact of ongoing U.S.-China trade…
Israel launched a new devastating ground offensive in Gaza over the weekend just as US President Donald Trump departed the region without sealing a ceasefire and hostage deal. The Israeli military said its forces moved into northern and southern Gaza over the past day as part of the “Gideon’s Chariots”…
The first flight carrying migrants who chose to self-deport from the United States as part of a new Department of Homeland Security initiative offering free flights and $1,000 stipends has landed in Honduras. A group of 38 Hondurans arrived at Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport on Monday afternoon after applying…
“The root causes of the conflict.” These were startling words from a man purportedly on the path to peace. But it is the nub of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s position of what must be solved for peace, after two weeks, or three months, depending on how you count, of mounting…
France is planning to build a brand new high-security prison in the Amazon rainforest, near the site of the notorious Devil’s Island penal colony that inspired the 1973 movie “Papillon,” starring Steve McQueen. Speaking on Sunday during a visit to French Guiana, a French territory that borders Suriname and Brazil,…