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Gold just spiked higher after weak economic data, DC shooting

Gold futures spiked higher suddenly Wednesday morning after reports raised concerns about the state of the economy. A shooting near the nation’s capital involving members of Congress also added to fears, sending investors into the safe haven trade. U.S. gold futures for August delivery traded about 0.9 percent higher near …

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Millionaires own a record 45% of the world’s wealth — and their share is growing

AP Charter Communications CEO Thomas Rutledge; CBS CEO Leslie Moonves; Walt Disney CEO Robert Iger; Discovery Communications CEO David Zaslav. On bottom row, from left: Comcast CEO Brian Roberts; Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes; IBM CEO Virginia Rometty; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals CEO Leonard Schleifer The world’s millionaires, who represent the top …

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US Consumer Price Index fall 0.1% in May vs 0.2% increase expected

Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images A cashier completes a purchase at a Walmart store in Burbank, California. Consumer prices declined in May, reflecting a big drop in energy prices and smaller declines in a number of other areas. It was the second monthly decline in the past …

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Children lost, baby thrown to safety in London blaze: Witnesses

Adrian Dennis | AFP | Getty Images Pedestrians look up towards Grenfell Tower, a residential block of flats in west London on June 14, 2017, as firefighters continue to control a fire that engulfed the building in the early hours of the morning. Shaken survivors of a blaze that ravaged …

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Bill Cosby Trial Day 8: What to Expect

They were selected far from the site of the Cosby trial, the Montgomery County Courthouse in Norristown, Pa., because of concerns about the effect of pretrial publicity. Pennsylvania judicial officials refused to detail the terms of their sequestration — whether, for example, they can have a laptop computer with them. …

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Tax cuts and deregulation success will make or break US economy, says EY chairman

Olivier Douliery-Pool | Getty Images Preisdent Donald Trump speaks during a meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House June 12, 2017 in Washington, DC. Addressing the tax regime is most critical, according to the EY chairman. “Lowering the corporate tax rate, moving to a more competitive international system, …

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Katy Perry Woke Up. She Wants to Tell You All About It.

But she said she had an awakening on election night tied to misogyny in her past. And she is undertaking a strenuous effort to prove she isn’t the same frothy Katy Perry as before, making over her look, her music and her vocabulary. For 96 hours, timed to the album’s …

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Trevor Noah Thinks President Trump Could Fire Robert Mueller

Photo Trevor Noah doesn’t know whether he can rule anything out when it comes to President Trump’s decision-making. Credit Comedy Central Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch comedy. What do you think of it? What else …

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What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘The Eagle Huntress’ and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

Photo Aisholpan in “The Eagle Huntress.” Credit Sony Pictures Classics A Mongolian teenager tries to break barriers in her nomadic tribe in Otto Bell’s soaring documentary, “The Eagle Huntress.” And Season 1 of “The Handmaid’s Tale” reaches a dark conclusion. What’s on TV THE EAGLE HUNTRESS (2016) 9 p.m. on …

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‘Six Degrees of Separation’ Broadway Revival to Close Early

Photo From left, Michael Countryman, Lisa Emery, Corey Hawkins, John Benjamin Hickey and Allison Janney in “Six Degrees of Separation,” which will close on June 18. Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times The revival of “Six Degrees of Separation” on Broadway, which won neither of the Tony Awards it was …

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