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Iranian Presidency |Anadolu Agency | Getty Images President of Iran Hassan Rouhani addresses during the cabinet meeting in Tehran, Iran on December 31, 2017. President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday Iran had plans to respond to any move by U.S. President Donald Trump on the 2015 nuclear agreement and the …

Gold just ended its third straight week in the red, as investors rediscovered their love for a different safe-haven asset: the U.S. dollar. The DXY dollar index ended Friday at $92.61 on Friday, its highest level of the year. The index has climbed by more than 1 percent in the …

Lacy O’Toole | CNBC Warren Buffet walks the floor at the 2018 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder’s Meeting in Omaha, NE on May 5th, 2018. Warren Buffett predicts the U.S. and China will avoid a serious trade conflict. “I don’t think either country will dig themselves into something that precipitates and …

Bennett Raglin | WireImage | Getty Images Warren Buffett attends ‘Becoming Warren Buffett’ World premiere at The Museum of Modern Art on January 19, 2017 in New York City. Berkshire Hathaway reported a 48.7 percent first quarter gain in operating earnings, to $5.3 billion, as its insurance underwriting business swung …

Brendan McDermid | Reuters Waymo unveils a self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivan in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. on January 8, 2017. Police in a Phoenix suburb are investigating a collision involving a self-driving vehicle owned by Waymo. Chandler Police say the incident happened Friday afternoon when a Honda sedan swerved to avoid …

Shawn Thew-Pool | Getty Images President Donald Trump delivers remarks on tax cuts to the National Association of Manufacturers at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel. President Donald Trump will meet on Saturday with U.S. officials that went to China to negotiate with Beijing over trade. Trump tweeted late on Friday that …

They were used heavily in the years leading up to the financial crisis. Investors bet big on bundled mortgage bonds that eventually imploded, bringing down multiple major financial institutions and causing the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. At their peak, total OTC derivative value hit just shy of …

Dhiraj Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images An employee, left, shows simulation system to an attendee at the Rockwell Collins booth during the Aero India air show at Air Force Station Yelahanka in Bengaluru, India. A $23 billion bid from United Technologies Corp (UTC) to buy aircraft electronic equipment maker …

Pete Marovich | Bloomberg via Getty Images Donald Trump, president and chief executive officer of Trump Organization Inc. and 2016 Republican presidential candidate, speaks during a Tea Party Patriots rally against the Iran nuclear deal on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015. The Iran nuclear …

U.S. Geological Survey via AP A plume of ash rises from the Puu Oo vent on Hawaii’s Kilaueaa Volcano after a magnitude 5.0 earthquake, Thursday, May 3, 2018 in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Residents in the Puna community of Leilani Estates, home to about 1,700 people, were ordered to evacuate …