From space transformations to housekeeping at night, inns change to Singapore’s F1 evening race with “all fingers on deck” staffing, reviews CNBC’s Monica Pitrelli.
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CNBC Daily Open: He who controls the rare earth metals, controls tech’s future
Matt Green, mining/crushing supervisor at MP Materials, displays crushed ore before it is sent to the mill at the MP Materials rare earth mine in Mountain Pass, California, U.S. January 30, 2020. Picture taken January 30, 2020. Steve Marcus | Reuters In the 1984 science fiction film Dune, Baron Vladimir Harkonnen uttered the famous quote […]
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Asia-Pacific markets set to open lower, tracking Wall Street losses
Sunset scene of light trails traffic speeds through an intersection in Gangnam center business district of Seoul at Seoul city, South Korea Mongkol Chuewong | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to open lower Friday, tracking Wall Street declines as investors assess the state of the economy. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index was […]
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Gold is hitting new highs — here’s one way to hedge a potential price pull-back
Gold’s status as a portfolio diversifier has come into sharper focus this week as the precious metal broke through the landmark $4,000 level. The commodity — long established as a safe-haven asset in times of turmoil — has rallied this year as investors navigate the dollar’s depreciation, geopolitical fissures and lower interest rate expectations, with […]
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