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Author: admin (Kendrick Williams)
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ECONOMIC UPDATE—MARKET OVERVIEW
After the U.S. equity markets rebounded from Donald Trump’s April 2 Liberation Day tariff slump, we forecast a pause and then more downward pressure on the market front.
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UKRAINE: ANOTHER DEAL WITH THE DEVIL
According to the statement from the U.S. Treasury on Wednesday afternoon, the newly created U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund recognizes the "significant financial and material support."
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CHINA’S PRESIDENT URGES PUSH ON AI AND TOUTS “THE GLOBAL SOUTH”
During a 29 April visit to the city of Shanghai, Chinese president Xi Jinping called for continuing work to establish the country as a leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and emphasized China’s place as a leader of what he called the “Global South.”
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AN AI IMAGINES ‘HUMAN ASPIRATIONS’ IN THE AGE OF AI ASCENDANCE, PART TWO
The following is part two of a conversation with xAI’s Grok3 generative AI chatbot begun with “AN AI IMAGINES ‘HUMAN ASPIRATIONS’ IN THE AGE OF AI ASCENDANCE, PART ONE” (29 Apr 2025).
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SPOTLIGHT: BIGS GETTING BIGGER
When Donald Trump won the race to the White House back in November, there were high expectations that the equity markets would spike, the value of the dollar would rise and it would be high times for the Merger and Acquisition Gang.
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SPOTLIGHT: LUXURY INDUSTRY’S PROSPECTS GO FROM BAD TO WORSE
Just when Donald Trump’s new tariffs are undercutting luxury industry revenues, a weak dollar and record gold prices are making things even worse.
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SPECIAL REPORT: TRUMP’S TARIFFS, THE UPS AND DOWNS, FOR BETTER AND FOR WORSE
Last week, Donald Trump raised the prospect that his slate of custom-tailored tariffs on more than 100 countries could be reimposed sooner than the early July deadline he set when he suspended the tariffs a day after announcing them.
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IRAN RELEASES INITIAL REPORT ON CAUSE OF DEADLY EXPLOSION AT SHAHID RAJAEE PORT
The massive explosion at Iran’s Shahid Rajaee Port that killed at least 70 and injured more than 1,000 people was caused by negligence and a dangerous combination of a fire breaking out near hazardous materials.