Gold prices are smashing record highs but it’s still a risky bet — ‘You’re not sending gold to buy your Domino’s pizza,’ finance expert warns

Gold prices are smashing record highs but it’s still a risky bet — ‘You’re not sending gold to buy your Domino’s pizza,’ finance expert warns

It turns out tariffs are good news for goldbugs. As trade policy uncertainty and recession fears rattle markets, surging demand for safe-haven assets helped briefly drive the precious metal’s spot price above the milestone $3,000 mark for the first time on Friday, though it declined later in the day.    A historic buying spree of bullion…

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Why it might get worse for US stocks

Why it might get worse for US stocks

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world One of the many notable things about the beating under way in US stock markets is that US government bonds are not really picking up the slack. This is not a good sign….

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Exclusive: CVS is first U.S. company to be named a ‘menopause-friendly’ workplace. Other companies should take note

Exclusive: CVS is first U.S. company to be named a ‘menopause-friendly’ workplace. Other companies should take note

CVS Health has been named a “menopause-friendly” place to work for its over 300,000 employees.  The Menopause Friendly Accreditation from MiDOViA, a program that launched in the U.K. to improve workplaces for women in midlife, announced today that CVS Health is the first U.S.-based company on the list and will join a cohort of over…

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Match Group CEO admits dating apps feel too much like ‘a numbers game’ so he’s asking employees for ‘unvarnished feedback’ on how to improve Hinge and Tinder

Match Group CEO admits dating apps feel too much like ‘a numbers game’ so he’s asking employees for ‘unvarnished feedback’ on how to improve Hinge and Tinder

Finding love on dating apps has felt so bleak one user told Fortune that Tinder, Hinge, and Bumble feel like a “wasteland.”  “I think the user pool on a lot of these apps has declined,” Max Gomez, a Gen Z communications professional, previously told Fortune. “Gen Z is just simply not using these [apps] as…

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Head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria Abu Khadija has been killed, Iraqi prime minister says

Head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria Abu Khadija has been killed, Iraqi prime minister says

BAGHDAD – The head of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed in Iraq in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, the Iraqi prime minister announced Friday. “The Iraqis continue their impressive victories over the forces of darkness and terrorism,” Prime Minister Minister…

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