Gold is generally a benefactor of this flight to riskier assets as many investors see it as a store of value.

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As it has for the past half-century, Cuba requires a foreign benefactor to keep its economy afloat.

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While North Korea is desperate to maintain the support of its only major benefactor, it is also determined to gain general acceptance as a nuclear power.

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At 89, Murdock says he will retain a solar farm and a home on the island, as he retires as Lana'i's benefactor of sorts - passing the baton to the Oracle billionaire.

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