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Trump-Backed Housing Bill Set to Pass Senate. What It Means for Blackstone, Home Building.

A bill designed to improving housing affordability is putting private equity and housing investors on the spot.

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Moody’s Revises NYC’s Outlook to ‘Negative’ from Stable. Here’s Why.

New York City Comptroller Mark Levine called the revised outlook “a sobering wake-up call about the fiscal challenges ahead for us.”

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Chubb Named Lead Insurer of Oil Tankers in Strait of Hormuz. The Stock Falls.

The vital energy waterway remains effectively closed because of fears of Iranian attacks.

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Oracle Says It’s Safe From the AI Threat. It’s Time to Rethink Software.

Oracle executives repeatedly said the company is insulated from the AI threat. It might be time for investors to listen.

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Airlines Grapple With Rising Jet Fuel Costs, Long Security Lines. The Stocks Are Falling.

Spot jet fuel prices in some markets have risen by about 60 cents a gallon since the end of February, to as high as $4.19 a gallon in Los Angeles and $3.92 a gallon in New York Harbor, according to OPIS.

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Diesel Is Sending an Economic Warning. These Refiners Could Benefit.

Diesel and jet fuel prices have risen sharply as disruptions tied to the escalating Iran conflict ripple through global fuel markets.

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Stocks, Fed Rates, Oil, Inflation. Market Fallout From Iran Is Just Beginning.

Gasoline prices could reach $5 a gallon, fresh inflation, labor data expected, Oracle prepares to report earnings, and more news to start your day.

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Inflation and Labor Data, Oracle, Hewlett Packard, Adobe, and More to Watch This Week

This week’s economic data will shine a light on consumer prices, jobs and turnover, and small business optimism. Dollar General, Casey’s, are among a relative handful of companies that will report earnings.

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A Winning Blue-Chip Fund Flips the Script on the AI Trade

The Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF is trouncing the S&P 500 this year, reflecting investors’ renewed interest in “hard hat” sectors after years of obsession with Silicon Valley.

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UniFirst, Elastic NV, and More Stocks See Activist Action

Activists also report to the SEC on Zura Bio and Five9.

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Salesforce Stock Might Not Be an AI Loser After All

AI agents like Claude Cowork have terrified software investors, but Salesforce’s early response looks encouraging.

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Nike Reports $300 Million Pretax Charge Related to Job Cuts

Nike says it may take unspecified ‘additional actions’ with additional charges in future quarters.

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Markets Have Weathered the Iran War. Why Another Week Could Break Them.

States sue to block Trump’s latest 10% import tariffs, BlackRock sparks fresh fears about private credit, Berkshire’s new CEO restarted company share buybacks, and more news to start your day.

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Judge Issues New Order on Tariff Refunds. It’s a ‘Bit of a Bomb.’

The Court of International Trade directed Customs & Border Protection to pay refunds for tariffs imposed under emergency powers.

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Why Broadcom Stock Has Done What Nvidia Couldn’t After Earnings

Broadcom reported fiscal first-quarter adjusted earnings of $2.05 a share, which beat analyst estimates of $2.03 a share.

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Markets Look to Trump for Reassurance on Oil Prices. Don’t Count on It.

Trump still using trade threats as a tool, Blackstone’s fund redemptions revive private credit fears, CrowdStrike earnings beat estimates, and more news to start your day.

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Trump’s Trade Threats Continue. This Time He Targets Spain.

Trump raised the possibility during an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

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A Real Estate Firm Promoted by X Was Alleged to Be a Ponzi Scheme. Now It’s Filed For Bankruptcy.

Some RAD investors had told Barron’s that they lost their life savings investing in the real-estate firm.

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Quantum Computing Stock Falls on Earnings Report. It Reported Just $198K in Revenue.

The firm, which trades under the ticker QUBT, posted its results for the fourth quarter.

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Stock Markets Can Shake Off Iran Conflict, Just Not All of Them. And 5 Other Things to Know Today

Apple announces new iPhone and iPad Air, Anthropic’s Pentagon tussle raises its App Store profile, more news to start your day.

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Chinese EV Sales Slow Dramatically. What That Means for Tesla Stock.

Combined, NIO, Li, and XPeng delivered 62,474 cars, down 10.6% from a year ago. It was the worst monthly combined performance since January 2023.

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Paramount’s ‘Scream 7’ Adds to Media Company’s Weekend of Wins

It was another dose of good news for Paramount Skydance, which on Friday announced a deal to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery after a bidding war with Netflix.

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Jobs, CrowdStrike, Target, Broadcom, Costco, and More to Watch This Week

Friday’s jobs data will be the first on-time employment report since early September. And this week brings earnings reports from Autozone, Best Buy, Marvell, and more.

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Rocket Lab Earnings Beat Expectations. Why the Stock Dropped.

The company reported a loss of nine cents a share from sales of almost $180 million for the fourth quarter.

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Block Is the Latest AI Scaremonger. Why Markets Must Stick to the Fundamentals.

Nvidia suffers worst day in almost a year, China gets relief from Trump’s tariffs, Netflix calls it quits on Warner Bros. bidding war, and more news to start your day.

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