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Friday, March 20: Today in Gold and Silver

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — It was a pretty quiet trading day for gold on Thursday, as there was almost no follow-through price action in the Far East market—and the spike high at 9 a.m. Hong Kong time got capped immediately.  Once London opened, the gold price got sold down to its ‘low’ of the day around 8:45 a.m. in New York.  It recovered somewhat by 12:10 p.m. in New York—and

Midday Glance: Silver companies

[AP] – Shares of some top silver companies are mixed at 1 p.m.: Hecla Mining Co. fell $.01 or .4 percent, to $2.72. Pan American Silver Corp. rose $.12 or 1.1 percent, to $11.26. Silver Standard Resources Inc. …

Final Glance: Silver companies

[AP] – Shares of some top silver companies were up at the close of trading: Hecla Mining Co. rose $.07 or 2.3 percent, to $3.13. Pan American Silver Corp. rose $.35 or 2.7 percent, to $13.15. Silver Standard …

Silver Wheaton announces closing of US$800 million bought-deal common share financing

[PR Newswire] – VANCOUVER, March 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ – Silver Wheaton Corp. (“Silver Wheaton” or the “Company”) (SLW) (SLW) has closed its previously announced bought-deal common share financing. A total of 38,930,000 common shares of Silver Wheaton were sold at a price of US$20.55 per share (the “Offering”), for aggregate gross proceeds to Silver Wheaton of approximately US$800 million. Silver Wheaton intends to use the net proceeds to fund the

6 Best Places to Read and Write in Zurich

By Jill Alexander Essbaum, author of Hausfrau If I asked you to list “Europe’s Most Literary Cities,” you aren’t likely to lead with Zürich. But don’t let its tick-tock clockwork and bankable good looks deceive: This Swiss city has hosted its fair share of writers. James Joyce began Ulysses in Zürich and is even buried in a cemetery near the city’s zoo. Nobel Laureate Thomas Mann spent time there as

10 Best River Cruises for 2015

One of the fastest growing segments of the entire travel industry, river cruising options are positively exploding in 2015. With new ships, itineraries, and excursions, there's no better time to book a trip than right now. Here, we've rounded up the most innovative of the bunch, offering memorable vacations as you travel through scenic destinations, from the Peruvian Amazon to the Pacific Northwest and beyond.   By Elissa Garay