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Wall St. lower as weak trade data offsets rally in oil prices

“Everyone is now keeping an eye on Friday’s jobs numbers to see if last month’s dismal numbers were a momentary blip or for real,” said Kim Forrest, senior equity research analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh. The wider trade deficit dampened the effect of a rebound in service sector growth in April. Energy stocks including Exxon and Chevron were the biggest gainers, limiting the fall in the Dow

Saturday, May 2: Today in Gold and Silver

NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Gold had a slight negative bias all through Far East and early London trading on their Friday.  Someone tapped on the price at 1 p.m. in London, which was 20 minutes before the Comex open—and the selloff continued minutes after the open.  The low tick came shortly after the 9:30 a.m. open of the equity markets—and then chopped sideways into the 1:30 p.m. Comex close before

Tissue Regenix Group plc: US Regional Distribution Agreement Signed

[PR Newswire] – Tissue Regenix Group plc (TRX.L) (“Tissue Regenix” or “the Group”), the regenerative medical devices company, announces that TRX Wound Care Inc. has signed a new regional distribution contract for DermaPure® which is used in the treatment of chronic and acute wounds. There has been substantial commercial interest in Dermapure® since Tissue Regenix received notice of Local Coverage Determination (LCD) from Novitas, as announced on 5 March 2015

China to expand coal ban to suburbs

China will expand its bans on coal burning to include suburban areas as well as city centers in efforts to tackle air pollution, the top energy agency said on Tuesday. Detailing its clean coal action plan 2015-2020, the National Energy Administration (NEA) said it would promote centralized heating and power supply by natural gas and renewables, replacing scattered heat and power engines fueled by low quality coal. The world’s biggest

Shift in U.S. federal solar funding needed for large-scale deployment: report

By Yeganeh Torbati WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States must redirect spending from wasteful solar power tax credits and prepare the electricity grid for large-scale solar energy use if the industry is to play a significant role in lowering carbon emissions, a report led by MIT researchers said on Tuesday. Current tax incentives aimed at encouraging users to install solar technologies fail to reward actual energy produced, said the authors