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RBC commits C$150 million to diversity efforts Royal Bank of Canada (RY.TO) is committing C$150 million ($111 million) to racial diversity initiatives and aims to increase the proportion of non-white executives to 30% from 20%, Canada’s biggest lender said on Monday. The bank pledged C$100 million over five years in small business loans to Black entrepreneurs and said it would invest C$50 million until 2025 to create opportunities for 25,000 Black, Indigenous and people of color. RBC is also committing…

Rapper Kanye West announces U.S. presidential bid on Twitter American rapper Kanye West, a vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, announced on Saturday that he would run for president in 2020 in an apparent challenge to Trump and his presumptive Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. “e must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future. I am running for president of the United States,” West wrote in a Twitter…

Gold and Silver prices today slashes in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kerala, Visakhapatnam, Gold prices in India have fell in the Indian markets on Sunday following the international trends. Gold and silver prices today, 5 July 2020: Gold prices in India have fell in the Indian markets on Sunday following the international trends. On MCX, August gold futures were decreased by Rs. 100 to Rs. 49,750 per 10 gram while the Silver futures on MCX were flat at Rs. 48,500 per kg…

More desk-bound geologists could be a good thing   Taylor said health protocols in the field make it more cumbersome to carry out field work. Instead, juniors are spending more time with the data sets they already have on hand. "You know, one of the things I've seen year after year in the industry–and even I'm guilty of it sometimes–is that you have a data set that you've collected and you've been too busy. You're drilling and you're exploring, and…

Gold settles with a gain for the session and shorter week Gold futures climbed on Thursday, also posting a gain for the holiday-shortened week, as concerns over the increase in COVID-19 cases in part of the world provided safe-haven support for the metal. Some of that support lacked in the U.S., where data showed better-than-expected jobs growth in June. "The employment numbers are spectacular but an 11% unemployment rate is still elevated," said Jeff Wright, executive vice president of GoldMining…

UK regulators take aim at Apple's search engine deal with Google The payments by Alphabet Inc’s Google to Apple Inc to be the default search engine on Apple’s Safari web browser create “a significant barrier to entry and expansion” for Google’s rivals in the search engine market, the UK markets regulator said in a report released on Wednesday. Apple received the “substantial majority” of the 1.2 billion pounds ($1.5 billion) that Google paid to be the default search engine on…

Gold price today – Yellow metal rangebound; next target seen around Rs 49,000/10 gm Experts are of the view that the trend in global and silver is likely to remain on the upside amid rising fears of COVID-19 related cases, and global recession. India Gold August Futures trade in a range on July 1 after hitting record high in the previous session tracking positive trend in the international spot prices as a spike in COVID-19 infections in the United States…

'Most violent' bull market is here: Gold looking at $5K, silver at $50 in just 3 years — Chancery Asset Management The gold and silver bull market is in its early stages, and it is already looking to be one of the most volatile bull runs, according to Chancery Asset Management founder Thomas Puppendahl. The COVID-19 outbreak was just “one snowflake that let the avalanche come down,” Puppendahl told Kitco News on the sidelines of the Mines and Money Online…

After 'momentary correction' gold price is ready to attack $1,800 and higher – analysts Gold is looking at another volatile week with an attempt at breaching the $1,800 an ounce level, according to analysts. The yellow metal is wrapping up a very exciting trading week after seeing prices hit 7.5-year highs and climbing to $1,796.10 on Wednesday. After some consolidation, prices are back above $1,770 with August Comex futures last trading at $1,780.10, up 0.54% on the day. The risk-off…

The reasons behind all the Chinese M&A Rapidly depleting resources and permission to build businesses at scale are some of the reasons Chinese miners are making so many acquisitions, said Scott Trebilcock, CEO of KORE Mining. Tebilcock joined Kitco's Michael McCrae and Mining Journals' Paul Harris on Friday for a discussion of major mining news of the week. In a research piece from last week Haywood noted that there have been four acquisitions backed by Chinese entities this year, and…