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. >>> the uk watch dog vodafone addresses concerns by network investment and customer protections asl. they will make the final decision by december 7th. vodafone believes cma has a final path to clearance for the deal. >>> let's turn to the commodity space. gold prices are steady as traders look to the outcome of the presidential election stateside and on thursday with the meeting of the federal reserve. i'm pleased to say the partner at s & p angel is here to discuss the outlook for gold. john, good to have you on the show. what a year it has been for gold. stellar performances hitting fresh highs regularly as well. what do you think the u.s. election is going to mean for gold? >> i think gold has been playing catch up on inflation and it was held back by interest rates for quite some time. now, the u.s. federal reserve is cutting rates. central banks around the world are looking for a weaker u.s. dollar and stocking up on gold. they also have been encouraged by putin and president xi who like to break the dominance of the u.s. dollar in global trade. yes, that is -- they are havin

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. >>> in the telecom world, vodafone will seek guidance in germany.ritish telco group posted better than expected group of first half revenue of 15.1 billion euro. >>> soft bank returned to net profit in the second quarter driven by higher share prices of companies part of the vision fund. the group started investing in tech stocks this year following a more defensive strategy last year. soft bank also kept the full-year dividend unchanged. speaking after the results, the cfo said the vision fund performed well of the year. >> translator: when we see the big downs, we try the conservative methods. i based on history, we were able to make a good result. so we like to maintain a conservative view. >>> infineon says it expects a slight decline in revenue next year after posting an 8% sales drop to just under 15 billion euro for the fiscal year 2024. this as the ceo said there's hardly any growth momentum in our end markets except from a.i. infineon left its dividend unchanged at 35 cents per share as well. shares tracking higher by more than 3%. the cfo