RBC commits C150 million to diversity efforts

RBC commits C$150 million to diversity efforts Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO) is committing C$150 million ($111 million) to racial diversity initiatives and aims to increase the proportion of non-white executives to 30% from 20%, Canada’s biggest lender said on Monday. The bank pledged C$100 million over five years in small business loans to Black […]

Rapper Kanye West announces US presidential bid on Twitter

Rapper Kanye West announces U.S. presidential bid on Twitter American rapper Kanye West, a vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, announced on Saturday that he would run for president in 2020 in an apparent challenge to Trump and his presumptive Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. “e must now realize the promise of […]

More desk-bound geologists could be a good thing

More desk-bound geologists could be a good thing   Taylor said health protocols in the field make it more cumbersome to carry out field work. Instead, juniors are spending more time with the data sets they already have on hand. "You know, one of the things I've seen year after year in the industry–and even […]

Gold settles with a gain for the session and shorter week

Gold settles with a gain for the session and shorter week Gold futures climbed on Thursday, also posting a gain for the holiday-shortened week, as concerns over the increase in COVID-19 cases in part of the world provided safe-haven support for the metal. Some of that support lacked in the U.S., where data showed better-than-expected […]

UK regulators take aim at Apple’s search engine deal with Google

UK regulators take aim at Apple's search engine deal with Google The payments by Alphabet Inc’s Google to Apple Inc to be the default search engine on Apple’s Safari web browser create “a significant barrier to entry and expansion” for Google’s rivals in the search engine market, the UK markets regulator said in a report […]

The reasons behind all the Chinese MampA

The reasons behind all the Chinese M&A Rapidly depleting resources and permission to build businesses at scale are some of the reasons Chinese miners are making so many acquisitions, said Scott Trebilcock, CEO of KORE Mining. Tebilcock joined Kitco's Michael McCrae and Mining Journals' Paul Harris on Friday for a discussion of major mining news […]