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Gold prices touch highs above $2,000 an ounce on Friday for the first time since early August, as the Israel-Hamas war raised worries about the potential spread of violence in the Middle East, leading investors to seek safety in the precious metal.

The Cboe Volatility Index, or VIX, trades Friday at its highest since March. Investors want to know if that's extreme enough to be a buy signal for stocks.

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So how can retirees brace for steep dental bills?

Some techniques can be better than writing a personal check.

House Republicans vote Friday in a secret ballot against keeping Jim Jordan as their speaker nominee after he came up short in a third vote on the House floor.

General Motors Co. offered a 25% compounded raise to auto workers.

Fuel prices, with the cost of gasoline and diesel at the pump both down from a month ago, don't appear to be fazed by the escalating risks to oil in the Middle East from the Israel-Hamas war, but they are.

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Rising Treasury yields helped provoke a frenzy of trading in a popular bond exchange-traded fund as dip buyers battled with bears on the cusp of a threshold for markets.

An onslaught of supply from Treasury should create "fertile ground" for a continued selloff in Treasurys in coming weeks, according to BMO Capital Markets.