Gold Fields Limited

In an about-face, Gold Fields (GFI-N) has concluded preliminary talks with Harmony Gold (HMY-N), which had launched a hostile takeover of the South African major.

U.S. stock markets were quiet during the report period Dec. 15-21, rising only slightly. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 82.98 points to 10,759.43.

After weeks of legal challenges and verbal sniping, shareholders of Gold Fields (GFI-N) have finally had their say, narrowly rejecting their company’s plan to merge its international assets with those of Iamgold

U.S. stock markets were little-changed over the report period Dec. 1-7, but the mining stocks fell sharply. The S&P 500 index, representative of the broad market, was up 3.25 points to 1,177.07, but the XAU gold and silver index fell about 6% in t…

U.S. stock markets traded in a narrow range between Nov. 24 and 30, a trading period bisected by the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday. The S&P 500 index closed 3.12 points lower, at 1,173.82, in four trading days that saw the index move in a 14-point ban…