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Tennis-American great King gets Hollywood star treatment
April 9 (Reuters) - American tennis great Billie Jean King has been honoured with her own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.King, a 39-times Grand Slam singles and doubles champion who has become an advocate for social equality, is the first woman to be given a star in the new sports entertainment ...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
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BREAKINGVIEWS-Texas market bulls run into ferocious bear case
By Jeffrey GoldfarbNEW YORK, April 9 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Everything keeps getting bigger in Texas. In a sign of anticipated corporate growth, the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are galloping to Dallas to prevent a new local stock market from wrangling their customers. The city has ambition...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
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Strategic partnerships, such as with Indonesia, important in context of US, EU trade tensions, France says
JAKARTA, April 9 (Reuters) - French trade minister Laurent Saint-Martin said on Wednesday that the current context of trade tariffs between the European Union and the United States makes strategic partnerships such as the one France has with Indonesia important.Speaking to reporters in Jakarta, Sain...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
Cryptocurrencies
XRP To Flip Ethereum: Standard Chartered Predicts Meteoric Surge By 2028
Standard Chartered Research has unveiled a bold forecast that places XRP above Ethereum in market cap within the next five years, underscoring what it describes as a multi-year price rally for the token. The projections, shared by Geoffrey Kendrick, Standard Chartered’s global head of digital assets...NewsBTC
Wed, Apr 9
Stocks
Here Are the 6 Social Security Changes President Trump Has Made So Far in 2025
It's pretty difficult to turn on the TV or even scroll through your social media feed these days without seeing some mention of President Donald Trump. Whether you voted for him or not, you probably want to stay informed about the changes he's been making, especially if they will affect your finance...The Motley Fool
Wed, Apr 9
Stocks
Is Nvidia's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Business Recession-Resistant?
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) held its GPU Technology Conference (GTC) 2025 last month in San Jose, California. The artificial intelligence (AI) chip leader's annual happening is widely considered the world's leading AI event.I watched CEO Jensen Huang's two-hour keynote address in real time, caught a coupl...The Motley Fool
Wed, Apr 9
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RPT-BREAKINGVIEWS-Chipmaking giants face triple tariff hit
By Robyn Mak HONG KONG, April 9 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Chipmakers will feel the heat of Donald Trump's tariff rampage. The exemption of semiconductors from the U.S. president's announced levies may not last. What's more, the blow to demand for phones and other consumer electronics ...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
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RPT-BREAKINGVIEWS-Apple has some apps to manage tariff trouble
By Robert CyranNEW YORK, April 8 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Apple AAPL.O will lose big in a trade war. The $2.7 trillion technology giant designs iPhones in California, assembles most in China, and sells them around the world. President Donald Trump’s decision to slap cumulative tariffs, including th...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
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RPT-BREAKINGVIEWS-Trumpian stubbornness puts the onus back on CEOs
By Stephen Gandel NEW YORK, April 8 (Reuters Breakingviews) - There’s nothing like trillions in losses to embolden America’s C-suite. CEOs and Wall Street heavy hitters have begun warning about President Donald Trump's “Liberation Day” tariff scheme, which sent the S&P 500 Index .SPX plum...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
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Verizon says Google AI for customer service agents has led to sales jump
By Kenrick Cai SAN FRANCISCO, April 9 - Verizon VZ.N said an AI assistant for the company's customer service representatives built using Google GOOGL.O models had cut down on call times and freed them up to sell products to customers, leading to a surge in sales.An AI assistant on their scree...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
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Anxious Iranians hope nuclear talks may ease risk of US attack
Iran stocks, rial rise ahead of planned weekend talks in OmanMany Iranians pessimistic after decades of tensions, sanctionsTrump has threatened military action if no deal to curb Iran's escalating nuclear programmeBy Parisa Hafezi DUBAI, April 9 (Reuters) - Weary from long years of biting san...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
Stocks
H.C. Wainwright starts vTv Therapeutics with 'buy' as diabetes drug study set to resume
** Drug developer vTv Therapeutics' shares VTVT.O rise 3.2% to $16.3 premarket** Brokerage H.C. Wainwright starts coverage with "buy" rating, sets PT at $36 ** The new price target is more than double the stock's last close** Brokerage says a late-stage study of "underappreciate...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
Commodities
Indonesians rush to gold as rupiah and stocks plunge amid US tariff worries
Indonesia among countries hit by US tariffsGold sales tripled in some storesRupiah hit all time lows, Jakarta stocks have slumpedBy Gayatri Suroyo JAKARTA, April 9 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Indonesians are flocking to buy gold bars, betting that the precious metal's value could shield them from...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
Forex
China trade escalation unfortunate, loss for them, US Treasury secretary says
WASHINGTON, April 9 (Reuters) - China's move to impose 84% retaliatory tariffs against the United States is unfortunate and a losing proposition for Beijing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Wednesday."I think it's unfortunate that the Chinese actually don't want to come...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
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Lockton Re names Dickerson retrospective reinsurance and legacy solutions head
By Michael JonesApril 9 - (The Insurer) - Lockton Re has appointed James Dickerson as head of retrospective reinsurance and legacy solutions in its capital advisory practice, the reinsurance intermediary announced on Wednesday.Dickerson will be based in Lockton Re's London office.He joins from G...Reuters
Wed, Apr 9
