Tariff-fueled inflation, meteor strike both rare

A top White House economic advisor on Tuesday likened the odds that President Donald Trump‘s tariffs will lead to higher prices to those of a meteorite striking earth. “Rare events happen. We get pandemics or, or meteors or whatever,” said Stephen Miran, chairman of Trump’s Council of Economic Advisers, on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” But “there’s…

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CoreWeave CEO calls Oracle a ‘formidable competitor’

In a Monday interview with CNBC’s Jim Cramer, CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator described what makes his company different from peer Oracle. “Oracle has its own set of products that they’re offering, and they are a formidable competitor,” Intrator said, explaining that CoreWeave competes with Oracle in the artificial intelligence infrastructure space. “From our position, we…

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BlackRock keeps its foot on the private-markets pedal with another acquisition

BlackRock’s new acquisition pushes the asset manager one step deeper into private markets. The news The asset management giant on Monday announced an agreement to buy ElmTree Funds, a real estate investment firm that manages roughly $7.3 billion in assets. ElmTree, which leases commercial properties to single-tenant renters, will be integrated into BlackRock’s new group…

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