This profile is the essential source for top-level industry data and informationrelating to the Exploration and Production

This profile is the essential source for top-level industry data and informationrelating to the Exploration and Production industry in Brunei. EDTMetal Last Change Pct chg YTD pct chg TurnoverSpot Gold 883.10 0.85 +0.10 0.34Spot Silver 12.00 0.01 +0.08 6.01Spot Platinum 1162.00 9.50 +0.82 24.68Spot Palladium 222.50 0.50 +0.23 20.60TOCOM Gold 2801.00 -15.00 -0.53 8.86 8524TOCOM Platinum 3688.00 -2.00 -0.05 39.06 9363TOCOM Silver 379.00 -3.00 -0.79 18.70 114TOCOM Palladium 716.00 -3.00 -0.42 30.18 207Euro/Dollar 1.2927Dollar/Yen 98.31TOCOM prices in yen per gram, except TOCOM silver which ispriced in yen per 10 grams. Spot prices in $ per ounce.(Additional reporting by Chikako Mogi)(Editing by Clarence Fernandez) Hot Stocks Japan.  The Pistons just finished their 6th straight Eastern Conference finals and for the 3rd straight year they find themselves on the outside looking in. They are the dynasty that isn’t; the team with the great run that was just short of greatness. Now everyone wonders if this is the end of the journey. The Pistons Eastern Conference dominance is impressive. For 6 years they have put themselves on the cusp of the NBA finals.

They have taken advantage of an inferior conference and given themselves the opportunity every team looks for: the chance at a championship They just couldn’t capitalize on their chances They are now 2-4 in these series Why? The tale of these Pistons is all about coaching. The Pistons reached their first conference finals under head coach Rick Carlisle, who appeared to be an up and coming coach that would lead the Pistons for the next 10 years. The Pistons ran into the K-Mart-Jefferson-Kidd trio in its prime. The Nets were defending eastern conference champions and had a chip on their shoulder. Carlisle and the Pistons weren’t ready to take the next step and it showed The Nets swept them.

Pistons General Manager Joe Dumars saw that Carlisle couldn’t get the Pistons to the next level and fired him. In came Larry Brown. He was coming off a successful stint in Philadelphia, leading a team of Allen Iverson and a bunch of role players to the NBA finals. Now he was given a team with emerging stars in Chauncey Billups, Richard Hamilton, and Ben Wallace. His coaching style of grinding his players’ day in and day out had worn out hundreds of players in their careers but Dumars felt he was the guy to push the Pistons to the peak of greatness Then Dumars went out and traded for Rasheed Wallace. The Pistons now had a vocal leader and a jolt of energy heading toward the playoffs. The Pistons made the Eastern Conference finals and would play against Rick Carlisle and his Indiana Pacers.