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Wall Street Breakfast Podcast: Google May Cut Ties With Scale AI​

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  • Google is reportedly ending its partnership with Scale AI after Meta's major investment, prompting other tech giants to reconsider their ties with the startup.
  • Victoria's Secret faces mounting activist pressure to overhaul its board and refocus on its core business to unlock shareholder value.
  • Southwest Airlines is upgrading its Boeing 737 fleet with Honeywell's cockpit alert software to enhance runway safety and operational efficiency.
  • Market sentiment remains positive despite geopolitical tensions, with key industry events and economic data releases on investors' radar this week.
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Trump ‘Revenge’ Tax Prompts AMP to Halt Long-Term US Investments​

(Bloomberg) -- One of Australia’s top asset managers has frozen new long-term investments in the US, citing mounting uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s policies.

AMP Ltd.’s main concern is a proposal to lift taxes on US income of non-US businesses as part of Trump’s sweeping domestic policy legislation, Head of Portfolio Management Stuart Eliot said in an interview. Roughly a third of the pension and wealth firm’s A$135 billion ($88 billion) of assets under management are US-domiciled, he said.

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Dow closes nearly 300 points lower Tuesday as Israel-Iran conflict intensifies: Live updates​

Stocks were lower on Tuesday as investors pored through the latest developments in the Middle East, with the Israel-Iran conflict raging on for a fifth day.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 299.29 points, or 0.70%, closed at 42,215.80. The S&P 500 shed 0.84% to end at 5,982.72, while the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.91% and settled at 19,521.09.

President Donald Trump threatened Iran’s leader in a series of Truth Social posts Tuesday and demanded “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!

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‘Tariff engineering’ is making a comeback as businesses employ creative ways to skirt higher duties​

  • Global manufacturers are rethinking their products design, tapping into a legal technique known as “tariff engineering” to lower tariff costs.
  • The practice involves changing the item’s materials, altering its dimensions or compositions.
  • Tariff engineering is legal, as long as the changes genuinely alter the product’s characteristics.
Would you be bothered if your coat was officially classified as a windbreaker or a raincoat, or your shoes as slippers? Businesses do care though, as classifications under a preferred category can help them pay lower tariff rates.

As U.S. President Donald Trump imposes duties on friends and foes alike, manufacturers are increasingly rethinking the classification of their products and resorting to “tariff engineering” to incur lower duties, several customs lawyers, supply chain and shipping experts told CNBC.

Tariff engineering — a practice that precedes Trump — involves changing an item’s materials, altering its dimensions or compositions so that the finished products can be justified to fit in a different “harmonized system code,” legal experts said.

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Weekly scrap report

Copper Slips But Stays Bullish 💰 | Catalytic Converters Surge & Steel Drops!​

📈 Check Scrap Prices: https://iScrapApp.com/ - Join us as we break down the latest in the scrap metal market, with copper once again stealing the spotlight—even as prices dip slightly. Despite geopolitical tensions between Iran and Israel and softening steel markets, copper’s long-term outlook remains bullish. Get the insights you need to stay ahead in the industry!
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Copper Slips But Stays Bullish 💰 | Catalytic Converters Surge & Steel
 
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