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Bloomberg's Jeff Mason said that the bar for success in this weekend's peace talks between the US and Iran, is that both parties stay at the table and they don't 'fail,' potentially ending the tenuous two-week ceasefire. Mason said that Israel's strikes on Lebanon and oil flow through the Strait of Hormuz are the key hurdles as the two countries try to negotiate a longer term deal.

Magnolia Bakery CEO Nathan Louer discusses US franchise expansion, remaining an 'attainable luxury,' and why driving traffic is the key to the company's long term strategy. He talks with Katie Greifeld and Bailey Lipschultz on "The Close."

Carbone Fine Food Co-Founder Mario Carbone discusses global upheaval affecting food costs, 'cautious' customers, and why being experimental is part of their DNA. He talks with Katie Greifeld and Bailey Lipschultz on "The Close."

For decades, the global transition to renewable energy was a project of incrementalism — a slow-moving mosaic of carbon taxes, solar subsidies, and earnest international accords that often felt more aspirational than urgent. 

Policy wonks argued over the nuances of the Inflation Reduction Act, while climate activists lamented the glacial pace of the "energy pivot."

For the better part of a decade, the gilded youth of the financial world — the "crypto-native" generation — dismissed gold as a "boomer rock." 

To them, the heavy, yellow metal was an analog relic, a petrous souvenir of an era before the lightning-fast efficiency of the blockchain. 

For years, the global defence industry existed in a sort of polite exile. 

In the era of ESG mandates and the "peace dividend," shares in weapons manufacturers were often treated as the "tobacco stocks" of the new millennium — profitable, perhaps, but unseemly. 

U.S. hiring rebounded more sharply than anticipated in March as the return of striking healthcare workers and seasonal warming bolstered payrolls, providing a temporary reprieve for a labor market increasingly clouded by Middle East conflict and trade volatility.

The U.S. government has begun denying requests from companies seeking refunds for billions of dollars in illegal tariffs, despite a landmark Supreme Court ruling that struck down the levies last month.

Global energy markets are reeling as oil tracks toward its most significant weekly gain in four years, fuelled by escalating conflict in the Middle East.