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Gold hits new high of $2,250 an ounce
April 1 (UPI) — The price of gold on Monday hit a new high of $2,250 per ounce. Financial experts are pointing to inflation and a pause in interest rate increases by the Federal Reserve as reasons why the the price of gold has risen. But opinions are mixed as to whether it will keep going up or…
Finland seizes ship sailing from Russia after suspected undersea cable sabotage
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India bans rice shipments to curb price rises
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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – June 6, 2025
Greetings from Tyler, Donald Trump and Elon Musk have been at each other’s throats for about two days. If you’d have told us last week that we’d be in the middle of a terrible fight this week, I wonder who’d have believed it. Suddenly there are all kinds of questions. Personally, I think they ought to bury the…


