WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) - Canadian farmer Jon Vaags quit buying beef cattle in November after the election of U.S. President Donald Trump made tariffs on Canadian exports seem like a serious risk.  Now there are more than 1,000 empty spaces on his feedlot, where cattle are fattened on grain before being slaughtered for beef.  We stopped buying feeder cattle altogether,...

06:29 AM EST, 02/28/2025 (MT Newswires) -- AES ( AES ) reported Q4 adjusted earnings Friday of $0.54 per diluted share, down from $0.73 a year earlier. Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $0.35. Revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 was $2.96 billion, compared with $2.97 billion a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $3.07 billion. For 2025, the...

06:23 AM EST, 02/28/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Northwest Natural ( NWN ) reported Q4 adjusted net income Friday of $1.41 per diluted share, up from $1.21 a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expected $1.42. Operating revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 was $370.9 million, up from $355.7 million a year earlier. Three analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $395.1...

06:26 AM EST, 02/28/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Newcore Gold ( NCAUF ) , which recently secured $15 million in equity financing, on Friday said it increased its 2024-2025 drill program to 35,000 meters at the Enchi gold project in Ghana. The expanded drill program will allow Newcomer to accelerate completion of the drilling required for resource conversion ahead of commissioning...