Gold loses luster

Good morning. All that glitters may not be gold when it comes to bullion tariffs. Tesla disbands the team it said last month it was doubling down on. And for some weekend fun, teach your children how to play poker. Listen to the day's top stories.

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The bullion market is getting banged up. Gold futures surged after the US confirmed it put levies on imports of one-kilo and 100-ounce gold bars. Border patrol clarified that the bars aren't exempt as the industry initially thought, people familiar said, leaving traders and analysts scrambling to understand the situation and whether tariffs are already in force.

Oil steadied at least after its longest losing run since May as traders await Donald Trump's next move in efforts to end the war in Ukraine. The president may sit down with Vladimir Putin soon, but still said he's "very disappointed" with the Russian leader's behavior.

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Tesla is disbanding its Dojo supercomputer team and its leader will depart the company, according to people familiar, upending the effort to develop in-house chips for driverless technology. Former execs that left previously have already started a new venture. So much for Elon Musk's comments last month that he was doubling down on Dojo.

Speaking of tech companies in turmoil…Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said he's got the full backing of his board, responding for the first time to Trump's call for his resignation alleging he has conflicts of interest.

Closer to home, Trump moved to increase the presence of federal police around Washington, DC, a day after suggesting he could act to take control of running the capital city. Further afield, the US doubled the reward for the arrest of Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro to a whopping $50 million, and denounced him as one of the world's largest drug traffickers.

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