Turkish Gold Trade Booms to Iran, Via Dubai
Source: Reuters, Humeyra Pamuk  (10/23/12)
"Official Turkish trade data suggests nearly $2B worth of gold was sent to Dubai on behalf of Iranian buyers in August. The shipments help Tehran manage its finances in the face of Western financial sanctions." More >

Qsymia Uptake Slow, Steady, but Will It Win Obesity Race?
Source: Catherine Shaffer, BioWorld  (10/23/12)
"Dark horse Contrave has gained some ground through faster patient accrual and negotiations by its maker, Orexigen Therapeutics Inc., with the FDA for faster resubmission of its new drug application." More >

AstraZeneca, Ironwood Partner on IBS Drug in China
Source: Associated Press  (10/23/12)
"The agreement calls for AstraZeneca to give an upfront payment of $25M to Ironwood. The companies will split net profits and losses in China on the drug." More >

Exercise Makes You Smarter
Source: Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News  (10/23/12)
"It seems the increase in blood flow to the brain that accompanies exercise can directly boost brain function." More >

What is China Really Doing in the Gold Markets?
Source: Lawrence Williams, Mineweb  (10/22/12)
"China is believed to be the world's largest gold producer, but do the announced statistics include gold production from small mines outside the general reporting framework and/or the byproduct gold from the country's huge smelting and refining sector?" More >

Mining Stocks Now Provide Bargain Trade Opportunities: Florian Siegfried
Source: Zig Lambo of The Gold Report  (10/22/12)
Many precious metals mining stocks are now trading at bargain prices but the old "buy and hold" strategy no longer applies in this fluid market environment, says Florian Siegfried, CEO of Precious Capital AG. In this exclusive interview with The Gold Report, Siegfried says investors need to do their homework and pick their entry and exit points carefully as he names some undervalued opportunities he expects to provide above-average returns in the next market run-up. More >

Gold Trades Marginally Higher, Holds Below $1,730/oz
Source: MarketWatch, Myra Saefong and Barbara Kollmeyer  (10/22/12)
"Gold futures edged higher on Monday, recovering a fraction of the heavy losses at the end of last week as traders awaited this week's Federal Reserve meeting." More >

Futures Cleanout Leaves Gold in Better Position to Climb Higher
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (10/22/12)
"Investor uncertainty over the ability of QE3 to support prices and/or the longevity of Fed's open-ended commitment to easing has been acutely manifest in futures market positioning." More >

Bolivia Faces Struggle to Revitalize Image Among Mining Community
Source: Mining Weekly, Simon Rees  (10/22/12)
"Bolivia needs to attract foreign investment and know-how to continue developing vibrant, modern mining." More >

A Big Trade Is Setting Up in These Small Stocks
Source: Daily Wealth Trader, Amber Lee Mason and Brian Hunt  (10/22/12)
"The mining stock correction has arrived. Smart traders will use this correction to put on more mining stock trades." More >

How The World Uses Rare Earth Metals: Infographic
Source: VoucherCloud  (10/22/12)
"Rare earth elements are crucial to maintaining our current economy, and crucial to developing a sustainable future." More >

Unlock the Eagle Ford with These Three Words
Source: Matt Insley, The Daily Reckoning  (10/22/12)
"The Eagle Ford is in between the optimization phase and the harvest phase, ready to pay out for investors." More >

Aspirin May Slow Decline in Mental Capacity Among Elderly Patients, Swedish Study Suggests
Source: ScienceDaily  (10/22/12)
"In addition to preventing heart disease, acetylsalicylic acid has been shown to be effective against cancer according to several scientific studies. It is common practice in many countries to treat women at risk for heart disease with a small dose of acetylsalicylic acid." More >

Adult Stem Cells: Cashing in on the New Fountain of Youth
Source: Michael Robinson, Money Morning  (10/22/12)
"I believe we are not far from the day when we could all live to 100. . .and, more to the point, enjoy it." More >

Why REE Mining Will Never, Ever Be the Same
Source: Nick Hodge, Energy & Capital  (10/20/12)
"Just as new technology enabled explorers to liberate petroleum locked within the oil sands, so too will it unlock critical metals for centuries to come." More >

Examining the Case for (and Against) Gold
Source: Clif Droke  (10/20/12)
"Analysts and investors are divided as to what was the impetus behind the late-summer rally for gold." More >

Goldman Sachs' Ian Preston Surveys the Gold ETF vs Equity Battleground
Source: Sally Lowder of The Gold Report   (10/19/12)
Gold equities are in competition with gold ETFs for shareholder dollars. In this exclusive Gold Report interview, Goldman Sachs Managing Director Ian Preston discusses the steps gold companies must take to pull investors back from the ETF space and shares Goldman Sachs' outlook for the gold price over the next year or so. More >

Dip in Gold Prices Nothing to Fear; Long-Term Outlook Bullish
Source: Deborah Baratz, Money Morning  (10/19/12)
"Central banks all over the world appear willing to keep pumping more money into their economies, which will exert plenty of upward pressure on gold prices in the months ahead." More >

Correction in Gold and Silver Stocks Nearing End
Source: Jordan Roy-Byrne, The Daily Gold  (10/19/12)
"We are 19 days into the gold correction and we see some stealth signs of strength and signs of the correction nearing its end." More >

Inflation, Deflation, Gold and Central Banking
Source: Seeking Alpha, Paul Nathan  (10/19/12)
"Now that the Fed has decided to increase the money supply for the foreseeable future, investors are placing their bets on the policy's success or failure." More >

Coming Soon: $2,000/oz Gold, $40/oz Silver?
Source: Forbes, Tom Aspray  (10/19/12)
"The technical outlook suggests that we should see an end to the correction in the next few weeks. So it's important to have a buying strategy in place." More >

Gold's Fall Blamed on Speculative Sellers
Source: Ben Traynor, BullionVault  (10/19/12)
"Heading into the weekend, the gold price in dollars looks set for its second successive weekly fall, the first time this has happened since May." More >

Platinum Price May Outperform Gold and Silver as SA Strike Intensifies
Source: Jeb Handwerger, Gold Stock Trades  (10/19/12)
"Once major hedge funds and large banks enter the arena. . .watch out for an explosive move. Now is the time to look for platinum projects in mining-friendly jurisdictions." More >

Stock Bull Topping
Source: Adam Hamilton, Zeal Intelligence  (10/19/12)
"Few things, if any, are more important for stock investors to understand than the bull-bear cycles." More >

Q3 Biotech Venture Investing Makes a Boisterous Leap
Source: FierceBiotech, John Carroll  (10/19/12)
"Using the figures provided by Thomson Reuters, the quarterly report concluded that total life sciences venture deals topped $1.7B in 181 deals in the third quarter—a bit more than a quarter of all investments tracked during the period." More >