08:57 AM EDT, 03/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- First Quantum Minerals Ltd. ( FQVLF ) was cleared to begin shipping out stockpiled copper in Panama, the latest sign authorities may be willing to negotiate a restart of the company's giant shuttered mine, Bloomberg News is reporting Friday. It noted Panama's President Jose Raul Mulino said Thursday he has authorized the export...

08:59 AM EDT, 03/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Danish pension fund AkademikerPension said Friday it has excluded Tesla (TSLA) from its investment portfolio due to the company's stance against labor rights, board independence issues and Elon Musk's forays into geopolitics. Musk has publicly supported controversial political figures, spread misinformation and criticized governments. This has created major risks to returns, as many...

09:00 AM EDT, 03/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Bannix Acquisition ( BNIX ) said Friday its board is extending the deadline to complete a business combination by one month to April 14. The blank-check company's stockholders on March 7 voted to allow it to extend the deadline date up to three times until June 14. This is the 25th extension, the...

09:01 AM EDT, 03/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Almost exactly a year ago, electric vehicle (EV) sales in Canada were on pace to hit 14% of new vehicle sales in 2024, said Bank of Montreal (BMO). Despite talk of a perceived slowdown, EV sales outperformed, reaching 14.6% of the new vehicle market, noted the bank. When hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) are...