Gold prices eased on Thursday as dollar ticked higher, with investors awaiting more cues on the timing of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s first interest rate cut this year, while palladium prices dropped to a fresh five-year low as demand concerns persist.

More than half of UAE employees (52%) say they would prefer working with an AI colleague over a human one, indicating that staff could respond well to a significant increase in the use of AI in the workplace.

The report from the Labor Department on Thursday also showed unemployment rolls shrinking a bit in late January after swelling to a two-month high earlier

Investments in the project could eventually exceed $22 billion and include participation from Egypt’s government and private sector

More than 8,000 people attended, including ministers and leading decision-makers, CEOs and senior officials from the public and private sectors

With traders now resigned to fewer rate cuts this year, they are also focusing on readings showing that US growth remained on track and jobs were still being created, all as inflation came down