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Gold, other safe haven trades surge after Flynn report

Getty Images Michael Flynn (L), former national security advisor to President Donald Trump, arrives for his plea hearing at the Prettyman Federal Courthouse December 1, 2017 in Washington, DC. Safe haven assets jumped Friday after ABC News reported former national security advisor Michael Flynn would testify he was directed by …

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German police evacuate Christmas market due to suspicious package

Julian Stahle | AFP | Getty Images German policemen stand guard on a steet on December 1, 2017 after a suspicious object prompted the evacuation of a Christmas market in Potsdam. Police have evacuated a Christmas market and the surrounding area in the German city of Potsdam, near Berlin, to …

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Fed should raise interest rates in near future, Kaplan says

Derick E. Hingle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Robert Kaplan, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The Federal Reserve ought to raise rates in December because the labor market is tightening and inflation is expected to rise toward the Fed’s 2-percent target, Dallas Fed …

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