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[ad_1] Sydney Harbour and the skyline of the central business district (CBD) in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesAustralia’s economy grew less than expected in the first quarter this year, as growth stalled amid the simmering global trade tensions.The country’s economy grew 1.3% year-on-year in the first quarter, lower than the estimated 1.5% growth among economists polled by Reuters. That was unchanged from the 1.3% year-on-year growth in the prior quarter.The GDP figure comes as the Reserve Bank of Australia slashed rates to its lowest level in two years at its last meeting in…

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[ad_1] Anna Barclay | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform moved a step closer to having a bitcoin exchange-traded fund available to everyday investors. NYSE Arca, the all-electronic arm of the New York Stock Exchange that handles most ETF trading, filed on Tuesday to list a bitcoin fund linked to the president’s media company, the latest sign of Trump’s expanding push into the crypto world. Known as a 19b-4 form, the filing is required before regulators can decide whether to allow the fund to launch and trade on a U.S. exchange.Called the Truth Social Bitcoin ETF, the fund is…

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[ad_1] Reviewing Tuesday’s market session, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said President Donald Trump’s actions draw short sellers and prompt investors to make misguided moves.”When you examine the market’s mistakes, they share a common theme: the president’s distorting pretty much everything, especially with his tariffs and his jingoistic approach to the rest of the world, and it’s continually confounding traders and investors alike,” he said. “People would just rather be short, they expect the market to come down every day.”The indexes saw gains on Tuesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.51%, the S&P 500 rose 0.58% and the Nasdaq Composite…

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[ad_1] Tesla CEO Elon Musk listens as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on May 30, 2025 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty ImagesSen. Elizabeth Warren’s office issued a report Tuesday chronicling Elon Musk’s “130 days” in President Donald Trump’s administration, accusing the billionaire of using his government perch to enrich himself and his businesses.”Musk and individuals acting on his behalf have been involved in dozens of questionable actions that raise questions about corruption, ethics and conflicts of interest,” says the report by the Massachusetts Democrat’s office.The 14-page report outlines…

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[ad_1] Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang speaks as he visits Lawrence Berkeley National Lab to announce a U.S. supercomputer to be powered by Nvidia’s forthcoming Vera Rubin chips, in Berkeley, California, U.S., May 29, 2025. Manuel Orbegozo | ReutersNvidia passed Microsoft in market cap on Tuesday, once again becoming the most valuable publicly traded company in the world.Shares of the artificial intelligence chipmaker rose about 3% on Tuesday to $141.40, and the stock has surged nearly 24% in the past month as Nvidia’s growth has persisted even through export control and tariff concerns.The company now has a $3.45 trillion market cap.…

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[ad_1] A key catalyst for Wells Fargo stock is finally here. The Federal Reserve Board announced Tuesday that it is finally lifting the $1.95 trillion asset cap imposed on Club name Wells Fargo since February 2018, a punishment brought on by the bank’s past misdeeds, including its notorious cross-selling scandal in the 2010s. “The removal of the growth restriction reflects the substantial progress the bank has made in addressing its deficiencies and that the bank has fulfilled the conditions required for removal of the growth restriction,” the Fed said in a press release. The asset cap had prevented one of…

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