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Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Editorial: Friedman's fight for freedom [11/22/2006]
We note the passing last week of the great American economist, libertarian and public thinker Milton Friedman, who ... [Full Story]

UEX sees more high-grade uranium from Shea Creek [11/21/2006]
Vancouver - Further high-grade uranium values were encountered in drilling by UEX Corporation's (UEX-T, UEXCF-O) jo... [Full Story]

Western Goldfields buys fleet for California mine [11/21/2006]
Now that US$60.9 million in fleet equipment has been ordered for the Mesquite gold mine in Imperial County, Califor... [Full Story]

Short Position Report [11/21/2006]
TSX Short Positions TSX Short Positions [Full Story]

Freeport and Phelps set to become world's copper giant [11/20/2006]
If shareholders give the go-ahead, Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold's (FCX-N) proposed takeover of Phelps Dodge (PD-N... [Full Story]

Lake Shore boosts Timmins West resource [11/20/2006]
Vancouver - Lake Shore Gold (LSG-T, LSGGF-O) delivered a significant resource increase at its Timmins West project ... [Full Story]

Norilsk buys OMG's nickel business [11/20/2006]
Cleveland-based OM Group (OMG-N) has decided to sell its nickel business for US$408 million to Russia's Noril... [Full Story]