Wall Street narrows gains after FT Fed report; Dow bounces back to finish with triple digit gains

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  Mon 1:16 pm

  Apple a laggard in Q2's underperforming tech sector

  Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is a deadweight, at least when it comes to earnings growth amongst technology stocks. According to research bank FactSet, Apple's influence is so big that it will double the sector's earnings shrinkage in the second quarter of 2013. 

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  Mon 12:11 pm

  Canada stocks rise as oil climbs, investors await U.S. Fed meeting

  Canadian shares advanced on Monday, driven by gains in all major groups, after oil, the country's largest export, climbed above $98 and as investors weighed prospects for less economic stimulus ahead of this week’s U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting. The benchmark Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index (TSE:OSPTX) rose 1 percent to 12,305.13 at 11:11 a.m. in Toronto. Three shares advanced for every stock that fell. 

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  Mon 11:33 am

  Kirkland Lake Gold puts to work new battery-operated technology underground to save capital investment

  Kirkland Lake Gold (TSE:KGI) (LON:KGI) is moving away from the use of diesel with the introduction of lithium-ion battery scoops and trucks in its underground gold mines and will save capital investment as a result. The use of this technology both saves large capital investment and is a welcome environmentally-friendly alternative fuel source without diesel or any other emissions underground.

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  Mon 10:48 am

  New Zealand Energy says Origin Energy purchase expected to quadruple reserves as deal terms finalized

  New Zealand Energy Corp. (CVE:NZ)(OTCQX:NZERF) has finally finalized the purchase of assets from Origin Energy (ASX:ORG), furthering its plans to focus on lower-cost exploration and production that is close to infrastructure in its bid to bolster cash flow. The consideration for the purchase, which will significantly add to its reserve base, was also revised lower.  

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  Mon 9:39 am

  Pure Technologies' lead position in a fast-growing market makes stock compelling: Mackie, Canaccord

  Pure’s strategy is in line with an industry shift away from costly, cumbersome capital projects to infrastructure renewal in the water and wastewater pipelines market, which represented 94 per cent of the company’s revenue last year.

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  Mon 9:00 am

  See Tethys Petroleum in Toronto at Proactive One2One Forum

  Our next Proactive Investors One2One Forum in Toronto will take investors to the exciting region of Central Asia with Tethys Petroleum (TSE:TPL) (LON:TPL), which is exploring and producing oil and gas in Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and most recently Uzbekistan.

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  Fri 12:02 pm

  Gold claims another victim; HSBC cuts platinum forecast

  Gold’s sharp drops have claimed another victim, with the nose-diving yellow metal invoked as a factor in HSBC’s downgrading of Platinum, announced Friday.

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  Fri 10:38 am

  Avrupa Minerals scores option deal for Arga project with Blackheath Resources

  Avrupa Minerals (CVE:AVU) says it has agreed to option out its Arga tungsten-gold project to tungsten explorer Blackheath Resources (CVE:BHR), giving Blackheath the option to acquire up to an 85 per cent interest in the property over several years.