Saturday, February 8, 2025

 Nguyễn Đặng Đan (sinh ngày 9 tháng 7 năm 1984) thường được biết đến với nghệ danh Đan Nguyên, là một ca sĩ người Mỹ gốc Việt thành công với dòng nhạc vàng trước năm 1975.[1] Anh từng cộng tác với Trung tâm Asia từ năm 2007 đến năm 2016 và Trung tâm Thúy Nga từ năm 2016 đến nay.

NGUYỄN = 7

ĐẶNG = 4153 = 13 = 4

ĐAN = 415 = 10 = 1

Friday, February 7, 2025

 

The world’s second-largest gold storage suddenly has very long lines to withdraw bars

The Bank of England building in London, pictured in December 2024.
LondonCNN — 

President Donald Trump’s tariff threats have created such strong demand for UK-held gold, traders are facing potentially weeks-long queues for a chance to withdraw it.

All existing slots at the Bank of England to withdraw gold bars are booked up as market players race to ship the metal to the United States to take advantage of a surge in gold prices there, an official has said. Gold has become more valuable in the US than in other parts of the world as traders worry supply will plunge if Trump’s across-the-board tariffs, both announced and planned, make imports of the metal costlier.

“The US gold market has been trading at a premium to the London market,” Dave Ramsden, deputy governor for markets and banking at the central bank, told reporters Thursday. The owners of the gold bars in its underground vaults have been “looking to take advantage of that price differential,” he added.

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As a result, the Bank of England, which has the second-largest stock of gold in the world, has seen strong demand for gold withdrawals, he noted.

“All of those bodies who ship the gold, they’ve all got the … slots they need over the next few weeks. If you were coming in new to us, you might have to wait a bit longer because all the existing slots are booked up,” Ramsden said.

The Bank of England, which is second only to the New York Federal Reserve as a top global custodian of the precious metal, looks after more than 400,000 gold bars worth billions of pounds.

That haul has come under some pressure recently. Meanwhile, gold inventories on the US COMEX exchange — a major market for trading gold, silver and other metals — have almost doubled since the end of October, Commerzbank said in a note Friday.

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“The fact that gold is significantly more expensive on the COMEX than (in) other trading centers is likely related to the feared US import tariffs, which could possibly also affect gold,” wrote Carsten Fritsch, a commodity analyst at the German bank. “The deliveries on the COMEX are therefore likely to be primarily driven by concerns about possible supply disruptions.”

The Bank of England’s stock of gold has dipped by about 2% since the end of last year, Ramsden said.

Gold bars stored at the Bank of England, pictured in 2013.

Gold prices have risen in recent weeks thanks to the asset’s safe-haven status, with investors spooked by Trump’s tariff plans. Russia’s drawn-out war in Ukraine and heightened geopolitical tensions in the Middle East are also underpinning demand for the metal, according to UBS.

In addition to being a tangible, scarce asset, gold is different from other traded assets in other ways.

“Gold is a physical asset, so there are real logistical constraints and security constraints,” Ramsden said. “Getting into the (central) bank for me this morning was a bit trickier because there was a lorry in the bullion yard… And the stuff is also quite heavy.”

 Lê Quang Quý Trang Đài, also known by the stage name Lynda Trang Đài, born October 9, 1968 in Đà Nẵng or Hương Thủy, Thừa Thiên[a][1], is a Vietnamese American singer.[2][3] She moved to Hong Kong and San Diego with family in 1978 before raised in Orange County, California. She has appeared in many of the Paris By Night shows of Thuy Nga Productions,[4] for example Paris By Night 36, 59, 66, 93, 94 and 100. She is noted as one of the first more provocative Vietnamese-American performers.[5] Her racy costumes and stage antics have earned her the title "the Vietnamese Madonna,"[6] "well established but very controversial" (1999)[7] "notoriously bold veteran" (2005).[8] and so on.[9]

Her stage name was derived from Lynda Carter. She married her labelmate, Tommy Ngô, in 1997 and adapted his family name. She is also the owner of a Bánh mì restaurant Lynda Sandwich, it was opened in the last day of 2010 on Beach Boulevard, Westminster, California

Lê = 35 = 8

Quang =16153 = 16 = 7

Quý = 161 = 8

Trang = 42153 = 15 = 6

Đài = 411 = 6

Cộng lại: 87866 = 35

Linda = 31541 = 14 = 5

Thursday, February 6, 2025

 CNN

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Kanye West is sharing some news about his health.

In a conversation on “The Download” podcast with Justin Laboy, West, who changed his name to Ye, said he was previously misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder.

“I went to this doctor … My wife took me to do that because she said, ‘Something about your personality doesn’t feel like it’s bipolar, I’ve seen bipolar before.’ And I’ve come to find that it’s really a case of autism that I have,” West said.

West said the diagnosis has helped him better understand himself.

“Autism takes you to a ‘Rain Man’ thing,” West said. “‘When people tell you to not do it, you just get on that one point. And that’s my problem.”

“When fans tell me to do my album a certain way, I’ll do it the opposite way,” he added.

West referenced his song “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” and people close to him.

“It’s so difficult for them, because this is like a grown man – you can’t take control of his bank account, you can’t control what I’m saying on Twitter,” West said.

West had previously recounted being diagnosed with bipolar disorder and described his experience with an involuntary psychiatric hold. In a 2019 conversation with David Letterman, he said he was choosing to speak about his diagnosis and how he managed it to end the “strong stigma” around mental health.

“People are allowed to say anything about it and discriminate in any way,” West said at the time.

“Autism spectrum disorder is a neurological and developmental disorder that affects how people interact with others, communicate, learn, and behave,” according to the National Institute of Mental Health. Autism is not considered a mental health disorder and be diagnosed at any age.

“I haven’t taken the medication since I found out that bipolar wasn’t the right diagnosis,” West said. “It’s finding stuff that doesn’t block the creativity, obviously that’s what I bring to the world. It’s worth the ramp-up, as long as y’all get the creativity.”

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