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Feb 02, 2026 · 3 min read

Gold and silver extend sell-off after historic plunge — yellow metal drops 5%

Gold and silver extended sell-off on Monday, deepening losses from last Friday's rout.

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Feb 02, 2026 · 3 min read

Gold extends losses after Friday rout; Asia stocks trade mixed as investors assess China manufacturing data

Asia-Pacific markets saw a mixed trading session as investors look toward China's factory activity for January.

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Feb 02, 2026 · 2 min read

China's factory activity grows at fastest pace since October, private survey shows, beating official reading

The RatingDog China General Manufacturing PMI, rose to 50.3 in January from 50.1 the previous month, in line with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll.

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Feb 01, 2026 · 11 min read

Cramer handicaps the collision of 2 more Big Tech earnings and the jobs report

Alphabet on Wednesday evening and Amazon on Thursday evening should define the week — at least, until Friday's employment data.

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Feb 01, 2026 · 1 min read

FirstFT: Xi Jinping calls for China’s renminbi to become global reserve currency

Also in today’s newsletter: India reveals its budget, and the latest release of Epstein files

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Feb 01, 2026 · 4 min read

United Arab Emirates' 'Spy Sheikh' bought secret stake in Trump crypto company: WSJ

“This is corruption, plain and simple," said Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee.

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Feb 01, 2026 · 3 min read

Epstein files: Ro Khanna says DOJ's latest release is 'not good enough'

The congressional Democrat said that Friday's Epstein disclosure was "significant," but it is only about half of the files that have been collected.

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Feb 01, 2026 · 1 min read

Japan’s Sanae Takaichi makes final push ahead of election day

Plus, Thailand goes to the polls, ECB and BoE set interest rates, and Winter Olympics begin in Milan

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Feb 01, 2026 · 3 min read

'Melania' earns a surprising $7 million, best non-music documentary debut in a decade

Amazon reportedly paid an estimated $40 million to acquire 'Melania' and spent an additional $35 million on marketing.

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Feb 01, 2026 · 3 min read

Speaker Johnson: 'Confident' government shutdown will end by Tuesday

The government shut down on Saturday after Senate Democrats demanded changes to a spending package following the killings of U.S. citizens in Minnesota.

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Feb 01, 2026 · 7 min read

How this 32-year-old New Yorker turned her love of dogs into a dream career: 'I feel like the luckiest person in the world'

On the eve of her 30th birthday, Isabel Klee was at a career crossroads. Sharing stories of her foster dogs online helped her build her dream job.

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Feb 01, 2026 · 10 min read

As American retail store anchors fade, private clubs are taking over more commercial real estate

Affluent consumers are key to retail centers as the K-shaped economy hits lower-end shoppers hard, and that's leading the private club concept to more cities.

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