A weaker buck can make gold more attractive to buyers using other currencies, and lower bond yields can also help boost the comparative appeal of gold against government debt.

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More than 90% of teens recently polled agreed it’s “important” to have an economics education, but 47% could not define the term “supply and demand,” according to a November poll from the Charles Koch Foundation and Junior Achievement

Here, people are checking out videos on coupons, compound interest, home budgets and debt — which might reflect the fact they’re not getting the information elsewhere.

We still think a phase-one deal is coming, although it is likely to go down to the final deadline of Dec. 15.

but a similar test of its “armor glass” went awry when two windows badly cracked after a steel ball was thrown at them.

“It’s freaking time to do something about climate change.” That’s the motivating pledge from Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson,

Overall, the report found that costs are falling faster in low-income countries than middle-income counterparts, but in many cases prices remain prohibitive.

Kenya was also cited for making internet access available for millions of its citizens by eliminating a tax on handsets.

stomers can rent or buy films through the AMC Theatres AMC, +1.19% mobile app, Roku ROKU, +0.14% and smart TVs with more services and devices to be added in the future.

The analyst is expecting 5% growth in the fourth quarter, buoyed by releases including “Joker,” “Gemini M

The problem, of course, is that some years, Medicare Part B premium increases do, in fact, wipe out seniors' raises entirely.

A 1.6% COLA is better than nothing

On the mainland, China’s state-run propaganda machine has cast the protests as a riotous anti-China separatist movement orchestrated by the United States and other countries eager to tear the motherland apart.

said he thought most Hong Kongers would blame the government for any hardship, not the protesters. The bigger threat, he said, is losing the freedoms and reliably independent courts that coaxed so many international companies to set up shop here in the first place.

Now the pizza delivery company is forecasting 7% to 10% global retail sales growth over the next two-to-three years with U.S. same-store sales growth of 2% to 5% and international same-store sales growth of 1% to 4%.

“[W]e believe that the evolving market conditions and the resulting uncertainty have reduced the relevance of a three-year to five-year outlook,” said Richard Allison, Domino’s chief

The onslaught of content could be as overwhelming for consumers as the cutthroat competition is among the combatants.

Amazon Prime Video, which starts at $12.99 a month, has been Netflix’s main rival until nearly every major content provider made the plunge into streaming.

While the average growth rate for all occupations will be an estimated 5.2% through 2028, health care support occupations are expected to grow at 18.2% and health care practitioner jobs could expand almost 12%.

“Expectations can be infected and, as a result, could turn sour. All the talk about an impending recession can create a false reality, but it doesn’t make it right.

Back in 2012, Superstorm Sandy caused $65 billion worth of damage in the U.S. alone. Hurricane Katrina caused a whopping $150 billion. And in those two cases, recovery time took years, or has yet to be fully recovered at all.

It didn’t hit Florida directly and it still generated $10 billion in negative economic impact.”

And with tariffs that touch Mexican, Canadian, European and other imports, the cost for the typical American household so far is estimated at $250.

Many families may also not purchase some products frequently enough to uniformly feel the impact of the tariffs.

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