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Trump officials eye a longer road to Ukraine peace as frustration mounts

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Trump officials eye a longer road to Ukraine peace as frustration mounts

Stock Focus Report April 1, 2025

By Erin Banco and Gram Slattery NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senior Trump administration officials have discussed in...

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Alibaba prepares for flagship AI model release as soon as April, Bloomberg News reports

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Alibaba prepares for flagship AI model release as soon as April, Bloomberg News reports

Stock Focus Report April 1, 2025

(Reuters) -China’s tech and e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is planning to release Qwen 3, an upgraded version...

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Trump to consider final TikTok proposal on Wednesday, CBS News reports

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Trump to consider final TikTok proposal on Wednesday, CBS News reports

Stock Focus Report April 1, 2025

(Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will consider on Wednesday a final proposal related to TikTok, CBS...

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OpenAI plans to release open-weight language model in coming months

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OpenAI plans to release open-weight language model in coming months

Stock Focus Report March 31, 2025

(Reuters) – OpenAI is planning to release its first open-weight language model with reasoning capabilities since GPT‑2...

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Big Tobacco targets Trump in hope – and fear – of change

Big Tobacco targets Trump in hope – and fear – of change

Stock Focus Report March 31, 2025

By Emma Rumney LONDON (Reuters) -Big tobacco companies like British American Tobacco are lobbying U.S. President Donald...

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Gold sails above $3,100 to uncharted territory as US tariffs approach

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Gold sails above $3,100 to uncharted territory as US tariffs approach

Stock Focus Report March 31, 2025

By Anjana Anil and Anushree Mukherjee (Reuters) – Gold prices soared to record levels above $3,100 per...

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Tariff-hit firms may need business turnaround financing, Japan’s bank lobby chair says

Tariff-hit firms may need business turnaround financing, Japan’s bank lobby chair says

Stock Focus Report March 31, 2025

By Anton Bridge and Miho Uranaka TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese banks may need to offer business turnaround...

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Musk’s X back up after brief outage hits US users, Downdetector shows

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Musk’s X back up after brief outage hits US users, Downdetector shows

Stock Focus Report March 28, 2025

(Reuters) – Social media platform X on Friday recovered after a short outage that impacted thousands of...

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Automakers warn new Trump tariffs will boost costs, cut vehicle sales

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Automakers warn new Trump tariffs will boost costs, cut vehicle sales

Stock Focus Report March 28, 2025

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group representing General Motors Toyota, Volkswagen and other major automakers warned new 25%...

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Exclusive-Blackstone evaluates taking a stake in US TikTok spinoff

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Exclusive-Blackstone evaluates taking a stake in US TikTok spinoff

Stock Focus Report March 28, 2025

By Dawn Chmielewski, Katie Paul and Kane Wu (Reuters) – Private equity firm Blackstone is evaluating taking...

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