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Gold Up, Boosted by Ongoing COVID-19 Worries By Investing.com

Gold Up, Boosted by Ongoing COVID-19 Worries By Investing.com

© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – Gold was up on Tuesday morning in Asia as concerns over the recent COVID-19 outbreaks involving the Delta variant in several countries also gave the safe-haven yellow metal…

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Why conservatorships like the one controlling Britney Spears can lead to abuse

Why conservatorships like the one controlling Britney Spears can lead to abuse

“I’m here to get rid of my dad and charge him with conservatorship abuse,” Britney Spears told a California court on July 14, 2021. She said that he was ruining her life, and in previous…

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The world might run out of a crucial ingredient of touch screens. But don’t worry, we’ve invented an alternative

The world might run out of a crucial ingredient of touch screens. But don’t worry, we’ve invented an alternative

Have you ever imagined your smart phone or tablet without a touch screen? This could soon be the case if we run out of indium, one of the rarest minerals on Earth. Indium is used…

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HKMA chief plays down threat to currency peg

HKMA chief plays down threat to currency peg

Major initial public offerings on the stock market will prompt capital inflows and protect the Hong Kong dollar peg, Eddie Yue, chief executive of Hong Kong’s de facto central bank, said last week. The aggregate…

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Biden clean energy plan key to restoring industry job losses, says U.S. official By Reuters

Biden clean energy plan key to restoring industry job losses, says U.S. official By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden walks past solar panels while touring the Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative in Plymouth, New Hampshire, U.S., June 4, 2019.…

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Why livestreamers should sell their products with a poker face – not a smile

Why livestreamers should sell their products with a poker face – not a smile

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea Smiling or exhibiting other positive emotional displays while selling a product over live video – known as livestreaming – makes people…

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Kids aren’t just littler adults – here’s why they need their own clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine

Kids aren’t just littler adults – here’s why they need their own clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine

Now that two-thirds of all adults in the United States have received at least one dose of a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine as of mid-July 2021, life seems to be returning to some semblance of pre-pandemic times.…

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Oil drops as OPEC+ agreement raises prospect of more supply By Reuters

Oil drops as OPEC+ agreement raises prospect of more supply By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A sticker reads crude oil on the side of a storage tank in the Permian Basin in Mentone, Loving County, Texas, U.S. November 22, 2019. REUTERS/Angus Mordant/File Photo By Aaron Sheldrick…

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We studied the world’s top airlines and hospitality firms – many are still poor at reporting risks around climate and pandemics

We studied the world’s top airlines and hospitality firms – many are still poor at reporting risks around climate and pandemics

Many UK companies will have to make statements about the risks of climate change to their businesses under new proposals being put forward by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). So-called “premium-listed” companies that follow the…

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Somali governor says mobile money platforms play key role

Somali governor says mobile money platforms play key role

Somalia’s mobile money platforms have played an important role in distributing humanitarian aid, the country’s central bank said on October 17. Central Bank of Somalia governor Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi said the platforms have the potential to…

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