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Gold scales one-week high as crude prices ease

Gold rose for a second straight session ‌to a one-week high as oil prices fell on Friday and investors shrugged off the Federal Reserve's first rate hike in three years and hawkish commentary.

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Trump: Putin To Release Diesel Into Global Market"Balance of Power" focuses on the intersection of politics and global business. On today's show, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) says President Trump’s deal with Russia to release diesel supplies is a “desperate political move” designed to help Republicans ahead of the midterms and argues he cares more about his party’s political outcome than…

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