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Gold rises as N Korea prepares for missile test

Bloomberg Investor angst over Kim Jong Un is helping gold get its groove back. Bullion rose, trimming a weekly loss, after Russia’s state news service quoted Russian legislator Anton Morozov as saying North Korean officials are planning a new test soon of a missile capable of reaching the US West Coast. Geopolitical tensions are reviving haven demand for the precious ...

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Amazon looms over drugstores as analysts see market entry

­­­­­­­­­­­Bloomberg Amazon.com Inc. is almost certain to enter the business of selling prescription drugs by 2019, said two analysts at Leerink Partners, posing a direct threat to the US’s biggest brick-and-mortar drugstore chains. “It’s a matter of when, not if,” Leerink Partners analyst David Larsen said in a report to clients. “We expect an announcement within the next 1-2 years.” ...

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House Russia probe calls Facebook,  Twitter for hearing

Bloomberg The House Intelligence Committee is asking officials from Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google to testify publicly as part of its Russia probe on November 1, the same day as a planned Senate Intelligence hearing, according to two people familiar with the decision. That would set up a marathon day for the social media companies, which are ...

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