July 16, 2025
Gold Investing

Why UAE’s young investors are choosing gold

Once reserved for trousseaus and temple offerings, gold is getting a slick, modern makeover in the hands of young Indian expats in the UAE. No longer just their grandmother’s prized possession, the yellow metal is now the crown jewel of millennial and Gen Z portfolios — strategic, shrewd, and unapologetically glittery. “Gold holds considerable cultural

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Tangible Assets

Barrick Gold Seeks Buyers for Its Last Mine in Canada

Lawson Winder, metals and mining analyst at Bank of America, discusses the reported deal made between Barrick Gold and the Mali government over a gold mine disp Barrick Gold Corp. is looking to sell its last mine in Canada in a push to capitalize on record gold prices and a renewed interest in North American

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Gold Investing

Gold’s record-breaking winning streak continues, as Trump targets Fed

Open this photo in gallery: A smelter operates an induction furnace during the production of gold-bearing dore bars in a processing plant at Varvarinskoye gold deposit in the Kostanay region, Kazakhstan, on April 16.Pavel Mikheyev/Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump’s next target – the independence of the Federal Reserve – is giving gold investors another reason

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Financial Assets

If the stock market plunge has delayed your retirement, you have a bigger problem

If you’ve postponed your retirement in the wake of the recent stock market plunge, you should be asking yourself why. If it’s because your savings have declined and you’re afraid you won’t have enough, or if it’s because you’re spooked by volatile markets, then you need to take another look at your retirement plan. Here’s

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Fixed Assets

Farm Equipment News IQ: April 2025 Quiz 2

How well do you know your farm equipment news? Test your knowledge of recent ag industry updates below! The following questions are drawn from news posted to Farm-Equipment.com in the month of April 2025. Farm Equipment News IQ is brought to you with the support of Brillion Farm Equipment. No matter how large or small your

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Gold Investing

Gold is an uncertain certainty amid Trump tariff turmoil

As U.S. President Donald Trump ratcheted up his tariff war on the world, gold kept climbing in lockstep to reach a succession of record highs. The precious metal reached a fresh peak of $3,245.28 an ounce on April 11 and has climbed 28% since hitting a low of $2,536.71 on November 14, shortly after Trump’s

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Intangible Assets

GM drowning in unsold BrightDrop vans as mounting EV inventory sparks mass layoffs

General Motors’ all-electric CAMI Assembly plant in Ontario is halting production of BrightDrop delivery vans, Unifor said Friday. Unifor is Canada’s largest private sector union, representing 320,000 workers. The company will initiate temporary layoffs starting April 14 and production will stall for three weeks, Mike Van Boekel, plant chair for Unifor Local 88, which represents

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Intangible Assets

Roots reports fourth-quarter loss as retailer takes large non-cash impairment charge

Roots Corp. ROOT-T reported a loss of $21.7-million in its fourth quarter as it took a large non-cash impairment charge. The retailer says the loss amounted to 54 cents per share for the quarter ended Feb. 1 as it recorded a $50-million impairment charge on intangible assets. The result compared with a profit of $14.6-million

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Operating Assets

What the UAW’s 2024 financial filing says about Fain’s “union reform”

Shawn Fain, President of the United Auto Workers, walks on stage and speaks prior to President Joe Biden speaking to a United Auto Workers’ political convention, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, in Washington. [AP Photo/Alex Brandon] The United Auto Workers and several other major unions filed their 2024 financial reports with the US Department of Labor

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Financial Assets

Provinces to issue flurry of new bonds amid trade war with U.S.

BNN Bloomberg is Canada’s definitive source for business news dedicated exclusively to helping Canadians invest and build their businesses. The trade war is set to plunge Canadian provinces into deeper deficits, revitalizing a sleepy corner of the credit market.  Provinces are expecting wider deficits and higher funding needs, which means selling more bonds. The seven

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