CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: #MrMarket Natural gas, oil and wheat stabilize in a mild start to European heating season.Occitane.

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Forbes: Gold Investors Go On Strike — Lowest Purchases In Almost 2 Decades

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Investors have gone cold on gold.

They are shunning purchases of the yellow metal like it’s gone out of fashion, new research shows. Read more here.

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: #EU France, Timely stockpiling of natural gas for Winter '23.

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Forbes: Britain Reinstates Fracking Ban Despite Buying U.S. Fracked Natural Gas

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Britain’s new Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, reinstated the country’s ban on hydraulic fracturing (a.k.a. fracking) on Wednesday. That means no UK fracking for oil and gas.

It’s not surprising, given that most British people likely don’t know they are already consuming literal boatloads of fracked natural gas from the U.S.

Yet here we are with Britain thinking it's doing the environmentally suitable thing by not fracking and at the same time benefiting from the fruits of this energy extraction technique. Read more here.

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Forbes: Lesson In Leadership: 3 UK Prime Ministers So Far This Year

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Budding entrepreneurs and corporate executives would do well to learn something from what just happened. Read more here.

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Forbes: Relief From Brazil Is In Sight For Orange Juice Lovers

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Orange juice prices seemed to have reached nosebleed levels. 

But if you can hold on a little while, there may be some relief in sight, experts say. Read more here.

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Forbes: China’s Share Of Global Economy Set To Stall - New Research

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Chinese premier Xi Jinping might have cemented his power in China, but dreams of dominating the global economy could soon come to a screeching halt. Read more here.

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