How to Trade Rising Silver Prices

BP to Create New Safety Division in Wake of Spill New York Times By JULIA WERDIGIER LONDON — BP will set up a new global safety division and make other changes to the way it operates as it seeks to absorb some lessons from the explosion of a oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this year, the soon-to-be chief ... See all stories on this topic »

BEFORE THE BELL:US Stock Futures Steady;Gold Rises, Dollar Drops Wall Street Journal By Simon Kennedy US stock-market futures held in a tight range on Wednesday, while gold hit another all-time high as pressure continued to mount on the dollar. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 5 points to 10783. ... See all stories on this topic »

Economic woes have forced income down, poverty rate up Houston Chronicle By JEANNIE KEVER Stop us if you've heard this before: Household income is down. Poverty levels are up. People who still have jobs are working fewer hours. Census data released Tuesday confirmed what most Americans already knew. ... See all stories on this topic »

Family Dollar profit tops Wall Street view Reuters BANGALORE (Reuters) - Family Dollar Stores Inc (FDO.N) posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit as cash-strapped consumers continued to seek low prices on everyday items like food. The retailer, which prices most items at under $10, ... See all stories on this topic »

GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar hits lowest since Jan, bracing for QE Reuters By Mike Dolan LONDON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - The US dollar extended its steep decline on Wednesday, clocking losses of more than five percent for the month, as investors prepared for the Federal Reserve to print more money to lift the weakening US economy ... See all stories on this topic »

Europe protests: Your views BBC News Thousands of people from across the EU are expected to march in Brussels to protest against sweeping austerity measures by many national governments. The European Trade Union Confederation says its protest could be one of the biggest in Belgium's ... See all stories on this topic »

Irish Banks Hooked on ECB Cure as Lenihan's Financing Fails: Euro Credit Bloomberg By Dara Doyle and Joe Brennan - Wed Sep 29 10:59:07 GMT 2010 Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan persuaded lawmakers two years ago to back a guarantee of the country's financial system to give banks time to wean themselves off European Central Bank ... See all stories on this topic »

How to Trade Rising Silver Prices TheStreet.com By Alix Steel 09/29/10 - 07:07 AM EDT DENVER (TheStreet ) -- Many analysts believe silver, the poor man's gold, can offer more upside than gold making silver stocks an even better investment. Silver prices year to date are up 25% as compared with gold ... See all stories on this topic »