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The Jan. 26-Feb. 1 reporting period drew to a close on a bleak note, with U.S. President Barrack Obama forecasting a record US$1.56 trillion budget deficit for fiscal 2010 — or 10.6% of the economy b…

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Metal stocks (in tonnes) held in London Metal Exchange warehouses at opening, February 2, 2010 (change from Jan. 26 in brackets):

Antimony: Mid-mkt US$5750.00/t.

Date Feb. 1 Jan. 29 Jan. 28 Jan. 27 Jan. 26 BASE METALS (London Metal Exchange — Midday official cash/3-month prices, US$ per tonne) Al Alloy 1885/1910 1930/1960 1950/1975 1940/1965 2000/20…

*as of Dec. 31/09

52-week Date Feb. 1 Jan. 29 Jan. 28 Jan. 27 Jan. 26 High Low S&P/TSX-Ven Comp 1509.94 1492.15 1501.80 1509.38 1534.11 1628.72 809.03 TSX Composite 11317.55 11094.31 11274.20 11344.11 11361.19…

Short positions outstanding at Dec. 31/09 (with changes from Dec. 15/09).

Short positions outstanding at Dec. 31/09 (with changes from Dec. 15/09).

Note:Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold will pay $0.60* div with the first payment of $0.15* paid on Feb. 1, 2010.Cameco is increasing its annual div to 28 cents per sahre from 26 cents. Alcoa pays qr…

as of 9 a.m. ET. Feb. 1, 2009 (%) Bank of Canada 0.50 Target overnight rate 0.25 Canadian Prime 2.25 U.S. Discount Primary 0.50 U.S. Fed Funds market rate 0-0.25 U.S. Prime 3.2…

CANADIAN/U. S. EXCHANGE (Bank of Canada noon rate) Date Feb. 1 Jan. 29 Jan. 28 Jan. 27 Jan. 26 US$ in C$ 1.0653 1.0650 1.0643 1.0657 1.0606 C$ in US$ 0.9429 0.9384 0.9396 0.9390 0….