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            <title><![CDATA[India’s Top Jeweler Expects Brief Slowdown If Gold Buying Curbed]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 04:29:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Modi’s Frugality Warning Flags Twin Shock for India]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Indian fuel retailers are losing $3.2 billion per month.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Menaka Doshi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 12:15:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Modi Asks Indians to Stop Buying Gold, Hitting Jewelry Stocks]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 04:22:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gold Rises as Buying Interest Counters Concern Over Hormuz Clash]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yihui Xie]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2026 22:44:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Standstill in India Gold Imports Drags On, Threatens Supply]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Preeti Soni]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 07:48:08 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gold Drops With Focus on US Hormuz Plan and Iran Peace Talks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yihui Xie]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2026 22:48:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Billionaire Adani’s Copper Plant Is Said to Be Beset By Problems]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Julian Luk]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Central Banks ‘Scoop Up a Load’ of Gold in Bumpy First Quarter]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gold Falls as Traders Weigh Restart of US-Iran Peace Talks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Robin Paxton]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 22:16:05 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gold Falls Most in Two Weeks as US-Iran Talks Hang in Balance]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yihui Xie]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:14:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[India Clarifies Gold and Silver Import Confusion Before Festival]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Preeti Soni]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:22:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gold Pares Gains as Traders Assess Progress on Iran War Truce]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yihui Xie]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:22:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gold Declines as Traders Assess Renewed Push for US-Iran Talks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yihui Xie]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 22:28:06 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gold Eases as US Plan to Blockade Hormuz Raises Inflation Risks]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-12/gold-falls-as-us-prepares-to-blockade-hormuz-after-failed-talks</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yihui Xie]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 22:14:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gold May See Long-Term Rebound Despite War Setbacks, Banks Say]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Preeti Soni]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:17:18 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Gold has fallen nearly 10% since the Middle East war began in February.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gold Wavers as Traders Weigh Truce Path Ahead of US-Iran Talks]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-09/gold-steadies-as-traders-weigh-prospects-for-iran-war-ceasefire</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yihui Xie]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:31:50 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A gold ingot displayed at the InterBattery exhibition in Seoul, South Korea, on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. The annual show is scheduled to continue through March 13.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gold Advances as Traders Weigh Fragile Ceasefire in Iran War]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yihui Xie]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:17:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Unburnished gold bars at the Polish mint, also known as Mennica Polska SA, in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. Poland’s central bank, the world’s biggest reported buyer of gold, is boosting purchases by another 150 tons as it braces for more of the geopolitical instability that has driven prices to record highs.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gold Advances as Traders Weigh Pakistan Comments, Trump Deadline]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Yihui Xie]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 22:22:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A one-kilogram, right, and 500-gram gold bar displayed at an ABC Bullion store in Sydney, Australia, on Friday, Jan. 23, 2026. Gold closed in on $5,000 an ounce, with geopolitical risks and renewed threats to the Federal Reserve’s independence supporting a record-breaking rally.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Market Guru Raamdeo Agrawal Sees India Shares as “Fairly Valued”]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[This month looks set to be the Nifty 50’s worst in six years.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Menaka Doshi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:35:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Raamdeo Agrawal, joint managing director of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd., poses for photograph in Mumbai, India, on Tuesday, June 6, 2017. While Asia’s third-largest economy expanded 7.1 percent in the year ended March, making it an investor favorite, India can enjoy a decade of double-digit growth if Prime Minister Narendra Modi accelerates reforms, Agrawal said.  Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Empty Diamond Trading Hub Mirrors Pain for $80 Billion Industry]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Tariffs, wars and the rise of lab-grown stones are upending the market and pushing down prices.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Preeti Soni]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:01:02 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A diamond facility in Surat, India, the world&apos;s premier diamond polishing hub.</media:description>
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