When a star weighs a little too close to a black hole, we know – broadly – what is happening. The intense tidal forces tore the star apart in what is called a tidal disruption event, releasing one last burst of light before the star’s rumble passes the event horizon. …
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Rio Tinto CEO Jean-Sébastien Jacques attended an annual general meeting in Perth, Australia on May 9, 2019. Jacques will lose about $ 3.5 million in bonuses due to the destruction in May of Australian inland holy sites, the mining company said on August 24, 2020. Will Russell / Associated Press …
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Gold prices rose higher on Monday, partly supported by a slide in government bond yields and the US dollar, which were the attraction of the precious commodity. But the yellow metal may also have attracted extra interest after a public submission that offered a glimpse of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway …
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COVID-19 is still raging, traders are starting to bet on “hornworms around the election,” and the US and China could not even agree on planning a scheduled meeting over the weekend. None of this is, of course, significant to the stock market. Goldman Sachs became the latest company to increase …
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