Gold prices hit their highest level in more than three months on Tuesday
as continued conflict in the Middle East and ongoing political uncertainty fuelled the latest rally in the precious metal.
Gold is viewed as a safe haven by investors and its price tends to rise at times of uncertainty.
The metal has risen by about 15% so far during August,
reaching $4,651 (£3,410) an ounce during Asian trading hours on Tuesday,
before falling back slightly.
This put …
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David and Larry Ellison Sued by Paramount Investor Over Alleged Trump Side Deal
The lawsuit claims that the Ellisons illegally promised to overhaul CNN as the administration looks to reshape media.
The complaint follows a coalition of state attorneys general,
the Writers Guild of America
and Paramount subscribers filing lawsuits against the studio.
A fourth lawsuit has been filed looking to block Paramount‘s bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery
-- this t…
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Paramount investors sue David and Larry Ellison, claiming the two struck an illegal deal with Trump for approval of the WBD merger by promising to overhaul CNN (Winston Cho/The Hollywood Reporter)
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Had a bit of an unpleasant surprise on Saturday. Luckily the disk is still in warranty, and UPS picked it up this morning. Let's see how well Toshiba's RMA process performs.
No smart warnings or other signs, though, it just fell off the bus, started making weird noises and never came back. And it's the newest of the 4 disks in my NAS, too. Really glad I bought this model from two different vendors now to avoid clustering risks.
The Justice Department appears to have hired a convicted election hacker to monitor elections.
Democracy Docket reported that David Michael Levin appears to have joined the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division.
A Florida attorney, Levin in 2016 was charged with three felonies for hacking a Florida state elections website as well as a county elections website.
The hacking had no impact on the vote counting or outcome,
but Levin pleaded guilty to the crimes.
Levin argued he…
Lawyers for the Los Angeles Police officer charged with multiple felonies for secretly recording his colleagues’ racist, sexist and homophobic comments
issued a scathing response to Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman,
-- accusing the D.A. of making
“a desperate effort to save face”
and attempting to discredit their client ahead of his arraignment Monday.
Officer Daniel Flores has said he heard co-workers refer to Black people as “monkeys” who like gra…