Gold slides in biggest weekly drop since 2021 as Fed signals no rush to cut rates

Nov. 15, 2024 6:10 PM ETSPDR® Gold Shares ETF (GLD), GDXIAU, SLV, SIL, SGOL, SIVR, GDXJ, PHYS, PSLV, NUGT, RING, OUNZ, SILJ, BAR, GLDM, AAAU, XAGUSD:CUR, XAUUSD:CURBy: Carl Surran, SA News Editor monsitj/iStock via Getty Images Gold futures ended lower Friday for the sixth straight session in the metal’s sharpest weekly selloff in more than … Read more

Christmas tree shortage projected from severe Northeast drought: ‘We can’t grow anything’

Chris Moran of Vandervalk Farm in Mendon, Mass., shares how this year he lost 500 young Christmas trees on the farm due to the unusually dry conditions in the Northeast. (Credit: WBZ-TV) It’ll be a December to remember after a severe drought across the Northeast is killing off young Christmas trees. The drought has led … Read more

Trump’s victory will change America. But Europe can have a different future

The week when the transition team of President-elect Donald Trump named a TV journalist as defence secretary and revealed that the world’s richest man would be heading up a new department of governmental efficiency felt like a harbinger of regime change. Joe Biden was hailed in 2020 by relieved liberals as a course correction after … Read more

Gerard Piqué might have found the perfect sport for Gen Z’s falling attention span

Gerard Piqué, the highly decorated former Spain, Barcelona, and Manchester United footballer, has many reasons to love the sport. The three-time Champions League winner and World Cup champion made millions playing at the peak of the game with some of the greatest players of all time, including Lionel Messi.  But, much like the Gen Z … Read more

The stock market’s Trump honeymoon is turning sour

Brandon Bell/Getty Images; iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI More than half of the stock market’s post-Trump-election rally has been erased. The turning point came Thursday, when Fed Chair Powell said the central bank will take its time cutting rates. That, plus a streak of strong economic data, has investors questioning whether a December cut is necessary. And … Read more

Netflix under fire as fight fans tuning in for Jake Paul-Mike Tyson bout face myriad of issues

Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Netflix was the broadcast host for the entire Jake Paul-Mike Tyson fight card on Friday night but as more viewers started to tune into the streaming site the more difficult it got to watch for some. Sports fans across social media levied complaints about they couldn’t watch the fight … Read more

Taiwan’s APEC representative invites Biden to visit island By Reuters

By Eduardo Baptista LIMA (Reuters) -Taiwan’s representative at an Asia-Pacific summit met U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday and invited him to visit Taiwan in the near future, with the two men having a “lively” exchange of views, the island’s delegation to the summit said. The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum is one of the few … Read more