LONDON/BEIJING (Reuters) - China still has plenty of appetite for official gold purchases despite pausing in May and June, as its bullion holdings remain low as a share of reserves and geopolitical tensions persist, according to a policy insider, industry experts and data. Beijing's gold buying, which helped the spot price rally in April and May, is no longer perceived...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he supports TikTok even as a potential ban looms if Chinese-parent company ByteDance fails to divest the short video app's U.S. assets. I'm for TikTok because you need competition. If you don't have TikTok, you have Facebook and Instagram, Trump told Bloomberg BusinessWeek in an interview posted Tuesday. Trump previously called...

(Reuters) -HSBC Holdings Ltd said on Wednesday it has appointed Georges Elhedery as its group chief executive, with effect from Sept. 2. Elhedery, who joined HSBC ( HSBC ) in 2005, is the current chief financial officer and will replace outgoing head Noel Quinn in September. Quinn, who lead the global lender for five years, will remain CEO until his...

Cryptocurrencies linked to legendary trader “Roaring Kitty surged higher Tuesday on high short interest in meme stock, GameStop Corp. ( GME ) . What Happened: GameStop ( GME ) , the Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)-based meme coin that pays tribute to the historic 2021 short squeeze, jumped 10% in the last 24 hours.  Additionally, Kitty AI (CRYPTO: KITTY) shot up 25%,...