Aluminum Investing News reports aluminum has been chosen fo Apple’s MacBook Pro laptop with its recent unveiling of its line of laptops. Apple executives remain very optimistic about the potential of the MacBook Pro to revolutionize laptop design. Today’s (Oct. 15/08) stock quotes for Apple (Nasdaq.GS:AAPL) remain down, with a 2.63 per cent decrease from yesterday: Apple [...]
Lead Investing News reports lead prices are stable on the London Metal Exchange (LME) though the Dow Jones fell 700 points. Investors raced to unload stocks as widespread fears about the current financial crisis continued. Lead is currently priced at 0.7406 (low) to 0.7497 (high), with no changes over yesterday’s spot prices. For complete story, click [...]
Palladium Investing News reports the recent credit crunch will slow down the use of palladium in industrial production. Traditionally, investors feel safe buying precious metals when faced with uncertain stock market conditions, but the latest crisis in world markets have caused a ripple of sell-offs as nervous investors fear monetary losses : even “safe” commodities [...]
Zinc Investing News reports zinc and lead metal commodities are being sold off as the financial bail-out plan was approved by US Senate legislation. As of October 6/08, spot prices for zinc and lead have plunged 4.53 and 6.10 percent, respectively. This commodity sell-off is affecting zinc and lead companies as well, with lower stock [...]
Thursday, October 30, 2008