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Opening a gold IRA? Avoid these 5 costly mistakes

Gold investing has significantly increased in popularity in recent years — and for good reason. Not only does gold allow you to diversify your investment portfolio with a safer investment asset, but it offers a lot of other unique benefits to investors, too. And, when it comes to gold investing, you have lots of options to choose from. For example, …

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TikTok ban would hit many users where it hurts — their pocketbook

Delyanne Barros has a lot riding on whether TikTok survives in the U.S. The 41-year-old personal finance and money coach, who built a financial consulting company from the ground up, said a ban of the popular social media appcould wipe out as much as 30% of her business overnight. Barros, who goes by @delyannethemoneycoach on TikTok, isn’t sure if she’d …

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U.K. high court rules Australian computer scientist is not bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto

Who is Satoshi Nakamoto? A ruling from Britain’s high court Thursday has at least narrowed down who Satoshi is not. For eight years, Australian computer scientist Craig Wright has claimed that he was the man behind “Satoshi Nakamoto,” the pseudonym that masked the identity of the creator of bitcoin. His claim was vehemently rejected by the Crypto Open Patent Alliance, …

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Judge denies one of two motions to dismiss Trump documents case hours after hearing

Fort Pierce, Florida — A federal judge in Florida on Thursday denied one of former President Donald Trump’s motions to dismiss the case on his handling of classified documents, hours after he and his lawyers were in court to present their arguments. JudgeAileen Cannondenied the motion which argued that the Espionage Act statute under which Trump was charged was unconstitutionally …

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TikTok could draw a range of bidders, but deal would face major hurdles

If TikTok winds up on the auction block — and that’s a big if — former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is interested. Mnuchin, who served under former President Donald Trump, told CNBC’sSquawk Box on Thursday that he plans to put assemble an investment group to buy TikTok. “This should be owned by U.S. businesses. There’s no way that the Chinese …

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First male top-tier professional soccer player to come out as gay proposes to partner on home pitch

Australian soccer player Josh Cavallo — the first top-tier male professional player in the sport to come out as gay — proposed to his partner on the field at his team’s home stadium. Cavallo, a midfielder for Adelaide United, announced Wednesday on social media that he was engaged to his fiancé, Leighton Morrell, and thanked his A-League club for its …

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calls for new election in Israel amid increasing criticism of Netanyahu

Washington — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish elected official in the U.S., on Thursday for the first time called for the Israeli government to hold an election, calling it the “only way” to determine Israel’s path forward after its war with Hamas. “I believe a new election is the only way to allow for a healthy and …

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SpaceX launches Super Heavy-Starship rocket on third test flight

SpaceX’s huge Super Heavy-Starship rocket, the most powerful ever built, blasted off on its third test flight Thursday morning, successfully boosting the unpiloted upper stage into space. While both stages broke apart during separate descents to ocean splashdowns, company officials hailed the flight as a major step forward. Spectacular live video from a camera mounted on one of the Starship’s …

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Tornadoes kill at least 3 in Ohio as storms leave trail of destruction in Indiana, Kentucky, Arkansas

A tornado killed at least three people in western Ohio on Thursday night, authorities said, part of a storm system that also unleashed apparent twisters in parts of Indiana,Kentuckyand Arkansasthat injured dozens and left tens of thousands of homes and businesses without power. Indian Lake, Ohio, hit by tornado The Indian Lake area in Ohio’s Logan County, northwest of Columbus, …

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Olivia Munn says a breast cancer risk assessment tool helped lead to her diagnosis. Experts explain what to know.

Actor Olivia Munn revealed Wednesday she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year, and she credited a risk assessment score that many women may not know about for helping to catch it. Munn, 43, said she’d had both a normal mammogram and a negative test for cancer genes she took in February 2023. Then her doctor calculated her breast cancer …

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