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China’s central bank has been buying physical gold to add to its reserves for at least the past three years — and there’s growing speculation that the country may be purchasing even more of the metal ...

Cloud provider Lambda might be following rival CoreWeave to the public markets. Lambda, an AI infrastructure company offering on-demand GPUs, has hired banks for an upcoming IPO, according to ...

Proposed 5% public offering could reshape the U.S. mortgage market — but a host of risks loom along with potential gains The transaction, which could raise as much as $30 billion, would mark the most ...

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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said late Tuesday that President Trump “may be covering for some rich and powerful people,” as the lawmaker pushes for more transparency in the case of convicted sex ...

It’s been a whirlwind year for The Sims franchise. From long-awaited clarity about the future of The Sims 5 to a shadow-dropped board game, fans of the series have been kept guessing throughout 2025.

New aurora forecasts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show that the colorful northern lights may be visible from more than a dozen states overnight Sept. 2-3. That includes ...

Remember when desserts weren’t just treats but actual events that brought families together? Illinois has a rich history of sweet indulgences that defined generations of Midwestern childhoods. From ...

How did the building blocks of life come together to spawn the first organisms? It’s one of the most longstanding questions in biology — and scientists just got a major clue. In a new study published ...

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