The Glam

Gold slides as rally loses steam

Investors say prices have become unmoored from fundamental demand

From Gearóid (Ged) Carroll, London E3, UK

From Alexander Schlatter, New York, NY, US

From Robert Clarke, Fredericksburg, VA, US

From Andrew Moore, Sudbury, Suffolk, UK

From Denis Niezgoda, Chief Commercial Officer, Locus Robotics, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

From Kent M Swig, Israel Bonds National Board of Directors Member

From Jane Swan, Delabole, Cornwall, UK

Remodelling of top performing arts facility is latest attempt by US president to put his stamp on Washington

US B-2 bombers dropped 30,000lb bombs on two of Iran’s nuclear facilities in June last year, not three, as wrongly stated in an article on January 30

American banker Michael Roberts will head up the lender’s new corporate and institutional division

A modern penthouse quietly perched atop a historic bank offers spectacular views of Gendarmenmarkt

Department of Justice documents detail relationship between head of Wall Street law firm and child sex offender

New files reveal extensive talks between disgraced financier and key decision makers at US private capital firm

Then business secretary advised sex offender on how Jamie Dimon should lobby chancellor in 2009

Also in today’s newsletter: India reveals its budget, and the latest release of Epstein files

Careers/soft skills

Transaction is latest evidence of extent of friendship that former Prince Andrew’s ex-wife forged with the sex offender

Investors backed by Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed al-Nahyan put half a billion dollars into World Liberty Financial

Research chief tries to quell alarm as government reshapes science funding in effort to boost growth

Plus, Thailand goes to the polls, ECB and BoE set interest rates, and Winter Olympics begin in Milan

Ministers and officials meet on Monday to discuss ‘reset’ of relations, including closer security and trade ties

An online experiment has Elon Musk believing that we are reaching the ‘singularity’. Is that really true?