• NBC Sports Chicago

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  • Reuters

    Gold shines as geopolitical tensions offset easing US rate-cut bets

    Gold prices climbed on Thursday, as risks of a widening Middle East conflict raised bullion's safe-haven appeal, overshadowing pressures from higher-for-longer U.S. interest rates. Spot gold was up 0.6% at $2,374.97 per ounce, as of 0429 GMT, after hitting an all-time high of $2,431.29 last Friday. "Given the fact that we do have a lot of uncertainty on the geopolitical front, which is supporting this upward trend that is still prevalent in gold," said Kelvin Wong, a senior market analyst for Asia Pacific at OANDA.

  • The Telegraph

    Sir Ian Stoutzker, philanthropist who brought live classical music to a wider audience – obituary

    Sir Ian Stoutzker, who has died aged 95, was one of Britain’s leading musical philanthropists as a patron of orchestras, conservatoires and young musicians, and as co-founder, with the violinist Yehudi Menuhin, of the charity Live Music Now.