When Maria Bartiromo started getting e-mails from someone calling himself Joey Ramone in 1998, she did what most people would do -- she ignored them, assuming she had attracted the unwanted attention of a weirdo. Ramone, the legendary figure of New York punk, had after all recorded the likes of Cretin Hop, Teenage Lobotomy and Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue and here he apparently was asking for investment advice.
United States mining company Phelps Dodge sealed a -billion deal last week that will create the world's largest nickel producer and the leading publicly quoted supplier of copper. The agreement is part of a frantic scramble for mining companies as the price of commodities is driven higher by the red-hot Chinese economy and its demand for raw materials.