Asia-Pacific markets rise in Easter trade on hopes for Hormuz reopening

Asia-Pacific markets traded higher Friday, after Iran and Oman were reportedly drafting a protocol to “monitor transit” through the Strait of Hormuz, raising hopes that the crucial waterway could partially reopen. Tanker traffic through the key oil-shipping route “should be supervised and coordinated” with the two countries, said Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister of legal…

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Tiger Woods called Trump after DUI crash: video

Booking photo of Tiger Woods. Courtesy: Martin County Sheriff’s Department Golf legend Tiger Woods told a police officer he spoke to President Donald Trump on the phone shortly after his DUI rollover crash in Florida, a bodycam video obtained by TMZ and published Thursday shows. “Thank you so much. All right. You got it. Bye,”…

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Key economic reports, earnings from Levi’s, Delta

CNBC’s Jim Cramer outlined Thursday what investors should watch in the week ahead, including Middle East developments, major earnings releases and key economic prints.   The “Mad Money” host’s weekly game plan follows a volatile session on Wall Street. Stocks ripped higher Thursday on media reports that Iran is working with Oman to draft a protocol…

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Investors are rethinking US assets

A year ago, on April 2, 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump appeared in the White House Rose Garden with an announcement that would become one of the defining policies of his second term. The president unveiled a vast list of country-specific tariffs in what he dubbed his “liberation day” trade policies — a move that…

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Trump fires Attorney General Pam Bondi, considers Lee Zeldin

President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday. Bondi’s dismissal comes after reports that Trump was increasingly unhappy about her handling of Department of Justice files about the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and the DOJ’s failure to successfully prosecute several of the president’s political enemies. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche will serve…

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