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CoreWeave’s retail appeal may be tempered by IPO timing, financial pressures

By Niket Nishant and Manya Saini (Reuters) – Concerns sparked by CoreWeave’s debt pile and other financial challenges may weigh on retail investor enthusiasm as it prepares to go public after what analysts said was a poorly timed IPO. The Nvidia-backed AI infrastructure company, which focuses on data centers and cloud services, is listing at …

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US Feb PCE prices index shows inflation picture still a conundrum

(Reuters) – The Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) price index increased 0.3% in February after advancing by an unrevised 0.3% in January, the U.S. Commerce Department said on Friday. Economists had forecast the PCE price index gaining 0.3%. In the 12 months through February, prices increased 2.5%, matching January’s rise. Stripping out the volatile food and …

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China will resolutely respond to US reciprocal tariffs, state media says

BEIJING (Reuters) -China will take resolute countermeasures if the United States harm the country’s interests with its upcoming reciprocal tariffs, a social media account affiliated with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV said on Friday. If the U.S. wants to discuss cooperation with China, mutual respect is a prerequisite, the account Yuyuan Tantian said in a post …

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Exclusive-US pauses financial contributions to WTO, trade sources say

By Emma Farge GENEVA (Reuters) -The United States has paused contributions to the World Trade Organization, three trade sources told Reuters, as U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration ramps up efforts to cut government spending. The Trump administration is retreating from global institutions it sees as at odds with his “America First” economic policies. It plans …

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Rio Tinto in talks with Congo to develop lithium deposit, Bloomberg News reports

(Reuters) -Rio Tinto has held talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo about developing one of the world’s biggest hard rock lithium deposits, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The discussions, which are in the preliminary stages, focus on Rio Tinto getting involved in transforming the Roche Dure resource into …

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Google to pay $100 million to settle advertisers’ class action

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Google has agreed to pay $100 million in cash to settle a long-running lawsuit claiming it overcharged advertisers by failing to provide promised discounts and charged for clicks on ads outside the geographic areas the advertisers targeted. A preliminary settlement of the 14-year-old class action, which began in March 2011, …

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Global equity funds saw strong weekly inflows on early optimism, but trade jitters resurface

(Reuters) – Global equity funds attracted large inflows in the week through March 26 when equity markets initially rebounded on optimism that President Donald Trump’s administration would apply tariffs more selectively rather than impose broad trade restrictions. Investors purchased global equity funds of a net $35.43 billion during the week following about $29.49 billion worth …

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Morning Bid: Trade worries entrenched

What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-At-Large, Financial Industry and Financial Markets It’s Friday, so today I’ll provide a quick overview of what’s happening in global markets and then offer you some weekend reading suggestions away from the headlines. I’d love to hear from you, so please reach out to …

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Geopolitical angst prompts over 60% of companies to hedge FX for longer, survey shows

By Amanda Cooper GDANSK (Reuters) -Two out of three companies around the world are planning to change their currency hedges by adding to them, or keeping them for longer in response to growing geopolitical tensions, a survey on Friday from software provider MillTechFX showed. Companies and investors alike use combinations of derivatives to protect themselves …

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