Lydian International Ltd. (Toronto:LYD.TO – News), a diversified U.K. mineral exploration and development company, today announced results from further drilling at its Amulsar gold discovery in Armenia. Results from a further 7 holes have been returned (See Table 1 below).
“Gold mineralisation at Amulsar has now been intersected in drill holes over a 700m strike distance [...]
Faced with record-high gas prices and the November elections, not a day goes by without a politician’s pitch to provide consumers with some relief – be it to permit offshore drilling, crack down on speculators, curb inventories in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve or grant a gas tax holiday.
On the positive side, high gas prices have [...]
Our weekly unscientific poll drew one of its highest response rates ever as the controversial question of offshore drilling drew 484 responses.
Of those, 318, or 66 percent, said they favored drilling off the state’s Atlantic coast in search of oil. That’s compared to the 125 votes, or 26 percent, who opposed it.
“I [...]
Warnings about real estate bubbles rarely seem to be out of the news as economists fret about consumers spending more than they are saving and governments grapple with inflation.
Fierce competition amongst banks and mortgage lenders in the US, Spain, Ireland and other parts of Europe led to consumers being offered mortgages under the most ridiculous [...]
In time, history will provide a fulsome overview of the twin housing and debt crises, perhaps the most challenging debacle since the Great Depression. At this early stage, however, Westwood tallies a “top 10” list of underlying causes and considers what can be done to reverse the situation.
Cheap mortgage loans offered on lax lending terms [...]
TD Canada Trust announces The Great Mortgage Giveaway. From now until October 24, 2008, customers who apply for a mortgage or home equity line of credit will automatically be entered for a chance to win $300,000.
“We’re thrilled to offer our customers a chance to win $300,000,” says Joan Dal Bianco, Vice President, Real Estate Secured [...]
U.S. stocks rose after a better-than-estimated profit was announced by U.S. Steel Corp. (X: View sentiment for Xsentiment, chart, options) and a continued retreat in oil prices. Kevin Giddis, managing director at Morgan Keegan & Co. noted, “Oil is falling, the stock market is rising and the dollar is getting stronger. These are good [...]
Lancaster University invites applications for a fully-funded PhD position in its Department of Physics.
The successful applicant will join the largest low temperature group in the UK in one of the best physics departments in the country, graded 5*A in the last national Research Assessment Exercise. He/she will participate in topical studies of critical phenomena in [...]
In one study, Julie R. Palmer, a professor of epidemiology at the Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, and her colleagues looked at the association between type 2 diabetes and drinking sugar-sweetened soft drinks and fruit drinks. For the study, Palmer’s team collected data on 43,960 black women, 2,713 of whom developed type 2 diabetes [...]
Federal prosecutors in Greenbelt said Melvin Shandler, 61, was a licensed clinical social worker with a private counseling practice. He also did social work as a consultant with Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
His plea agreement states that from 2003 to 2007 he overbilled for services provided to members of TRICARE, a U.S. Department of Defense [...]