Daily FNArena News

While drilling activity is decling sharply, weaker economic data suggest lower demand for natural gas in the coming year.

Weekly musings by your editor. The Chinese year of the Ox will bring investors hope and disappointment, dangers and opportunities.

From a historical perspective, January is usually a positive month for global equity markets.

A final wrap up for the year by your editor.

Peplin is due to release results of trials for its sunspots compound early in the news year and the likely positive news flow is enough for ABN Amro Morgans to upgrade the stock to Buy.

Spot uranium fell in price during the week past as sellers felt they needed to offer some discount.

Most forecasters are anticipating it won’t be until the middle of 2009 before the global economy begins to recover.

Fears that a fading Chinese economy would cause further harm to an already suffering base metals market are now panning out.

Merrill Lynch’s survey among global fund managers has generated some interesting insights.

Christmas is happening next week, but there’s still a fair bit on the US, UK and Japan calendars.