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Safer America Requires 'Defanged' Iran, Says Sen. Ted Budd

Republican Senator from North Carolina Ted Budd said Congress will want more information about the administration's objectives in Iran but the president has to have flexibility and options to try to 'defang' the regime in Tehran. Budd, who serves on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that the administration has expressed the 'broad strokes' of its goals for the Iran war to both the American people and lawmakers. Senator Budd also discussed ongoing negotiations on DHS funding, saying that Democrats have walked away from two different bills to fund DHS and pay TSA workers.

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Citi's Layton on Global Markets: "Looks Very Scary"

Max Layton, global head of commodities research at Citi, joins Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Markets." Oil rose on Thursday after President Trump threatened Iran with intensified military action, with the two sides seemingly far from a ceasefire in a conflict that has upended global energy market.

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Construct Capital Raises $300 Million to Back Foundational Industries

Investor interest in backing startups in foundational industries has been growing. Rachel Holt, co-founder and managing partner of Construct Capital, discusses why the firm has been focused on this area since 2020. She joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."

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Chip Selloff Deepens After Google Memory Touts Breakthrough

Bloomberg's Mandeep Singh joins Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Markets." Memory chip stocks extended their losses on Thursday after Alphabet Inc.'s Google publicized research on a new algorithm that could allow more efficient use of the storage needed for artificial intelligence development.

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What’s behind the panic-buying of gold?

In times of uncertainty, we often look for something solid to hold onto. Lately, it seems the world’s investors have decided that “something solid” is, quite literally, gold. 

The metal’s soaring price is more than just a market trend; it's a global barometer of anxiety. 

When faith in currencies, governments, and traditional financial systems begins to waver, we see a familiar flight to the perceived safety of this timeless asset.

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Surprise! Lithium gets a recharge

Well, pull out the party hats and dust off the stock tickers. 

Lithium, the commodity that investors and analysts had all but left for dead in the great market purge of 2023-2024, is back.

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Billionaire bears take a swipe at Tesla

The stock market has long treated Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) less as a traditional automaker and more as a futuristic technology cult, with its valuation soaring on the gravitational pull of its CEO, Elon Musk. 

This persistent "Musk Premium" has burned countless short-sellers. 

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Can Bitcoin bring down the global financial system?

Bitcoin has vaporised more than US$800 billion in its latest crash and sucked US$1 trillion out of the broader crypto market.

With nearly US$2 trillion in market value and rising allocations from Wall Street firms, ETFs, pension funds, and insurers, Bitcoin is increasingly woven into traditional finance.

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