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Gold near 10-1/2 month low, heads for 6th weekly drop
Gold is highly sensitive to interest rate and currency fluctuations and today it dropped to a 10-month low following Yellen's remarks. If Trump's program stalls and investors foresee less inflation and growth, the 10-year yield - and mortgage rates - could end up declining.
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Cuba proposes to use rum to pay back Czech debt
The debt dates back to when both Cuba and then-Czechoslovakia were firmly within the Soviet geopolitical orbit. Cuba also has a lot of pharmaceutical drugs on hand, and there was some talk of using medication as a form of settlement as well.
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You can get McDonald's delivered to your door in January
CBS Miami reports McDonald's will begin testing delivery service at almost 200 location throughout the state through the UBEReats website or mobile app. However, per USA Today , McDonald's is one of the only fast food chains to become involved thus far, which puts it ahead of its competitors. UberEATS now serves 50 cities worldwide.
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Terminally ill boy dies in Santa's arms
It was a nurse I know who works at the hospital". He was at the hospital in about 15 minutes and met the boy's mother and other family members. After meeting the terminally-ill 5-year-old's parents outside of the Intensive Care Unit, Schmitt-Matzen agreed to give the boy a toy his mother had bought for him.
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Google Spins Off Self-Driving Car Project
The announcement of Waymo certainly says that the self-driving technology will now be properly developed to its final extent in the proper way. For the uninitiated, Alphabet Inc. This suggests that at this stage, there is still the need for a steering wheel in the vehicles, but no need to use it. When asked about that prospect, Krafcik said that: "We'll see".
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21st Century Fox to take over European broadcaster Sky
The people who are shareholders of Sky will receive 10.75 pounds in cash for each share that they have, taking into account the value of the company being at 18.5 billion pounds. Wireless carrier AT&T has proposed buying HBO, CNN, TBS and film studio owner Time Warner in the US for $85.4 billion. The company pledged to keep Sky's headquarters in London and complete a £1 billion investment in the campus.