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Plus: Capital Brief/DemosAU poll finds Aussies want distance from Trump; Peace talk hopes send Wall St surging, oil tumbling; IMF slashes growth forecast, warns war could bring recession.

Plus: Goldman smashes records but bond desk kills the vibe; Dell and HP surge on Nvidia acquisition speculation; Chalmers’ backdated green energy CGT alarms foreign investors.

Plus: Albanese flies to Asia to keep fuel flowing; Charged questions over Firmus’ IPO green deal; Trump’s favourite European faces electoral wipeout.

Plus: US-Iran war rattles US economy with sharp inflation read; Australia and Singapore vow assistance on securing fuel flow; CoreWeave stock pops on Anthropic deal despite administration heat.

Plus: Trump considers pulling US troops from Europe in NATO showdown; Melania puts Epstein story back in spotlight with surprise public denial; Meta drops USD21b on CoreWeave to stay in AI race.

Plus: Global markets stage strongest session in months as oil plunges; Trump to raise US NATO withdrawal with alliance chief; Meta unveils first AI model since Zuckerberg’s AI bet.

Plus: Markets freeze, oil breaks records as Trump’s Iran deadline looms; Roberts-Smith faces bail hearing after murder charges; Ackman bids EUR56b for Universal Music.

Plus: Stocks edge higher but oil climbs amid looming Iran deadline; Washington luring ASX miners to Wall St; Firmus launches IPO roadshow in Asia: AFR.

Plus: Oil crisis set to double in April, IEA warns; Australia’s Sharon AI surges on USD1.3b GPU deal, Canva win; Musk’s SpaceX files confidential docs for historic IPO.

Plus: Peace signals drive Wall St rally, oil retreat; Qantas FF faces up to $270m revenue hit from RBA fee cap; Ronaldo, LeBron and Macquarie back Whoop’s USD575m raise ahead of IPO.

Plus: Canva co-founder’s post sparks staff fears of mass layoffs; Trump zigzags between Iran diplomacy and destruction threats; Hastie lights a fuse under Liberal gas orthodoxy.

Plus: Iran threatens to torch US troops; France foils suspected Iranian-linked bomb plot outside BofA Paris offices; DOJ subpoenas Paramount’s USD110b Warner deal: Reuters.

Plus: Marco Rubio says Iran war to last two to four weeks; Softbank secured USD40b loan for OpenAI follow-on investment; ARN is going after Kyle Sandilands in contract battle.

Plus: Trump ‘surprised’ by Australia on Iran; Brent crude nears biggest monthly rise since 1990 as Iran talks stall; OECD warns Australia of Iran war-fuelled inflation.

Plus: Oil slips and stocks climb on peace hopes; Australia blocks 7,000 Iranian visa holders from entering; Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei in Australia next week: reports.

Plus: Canva pays $30m for Melbourne startup Doohly; Ares, Apollo block billions in private credit investor redemption requests; NZ agtech Halter doubles valuation to USD2b in Thiel-backed raise.

Plus: Oil plunges and stocks surge on Trump’s Iran walkback; Australia and EU hours away from historic trade deal; Albanese’s dark warning on Australia’s economic future.

Plus: Iran war hits Australia’s fuel supply; Canva investors unfazed by AI-powered software sell-off, says co-founder; Australian tech hits $248b GDP contribution, second to mining.

Plus: Dow and Nasdaq near correction as stocks tumble; Goldman Sachs CEO predicts a surge in dealmaking, warns on private credit; xAI sends engineers to clients to steal business from OpenAI.

Plus: One Nation set to become official Opposition in new Capital Brief/Demos AU polling; Iran knocks out 17% of Qatar’s LNG capacity; Pentagon seeks USD200b top-up as Trump flip-flops on South Pars.

Plus: Powell vows to stay put until DOJ probe ‘well and truly over’; Chalmers warns war could cut Australian growth, push inflation past 5%; Oil prices spike as Israel hits Iran gas field.

Plus: Wall St rises for a second day as war rages on; Government’s NRF backs GPS alternative maker Advanced Navigation in $158m raise; Future Fund’s Combet flags geopolitics as biggest risk.

Plus: Oil retreats, Wall Street rallies as tankers trickle through Hormuz; Denholm calls for Australian R&D overhaul; Nvidia’s Huang sees USD1 trillion 2027 AI chip revenue.

Plus: RBA seen lifting rates Tuesday, markets bet on more; Koala snuggles up to investors with trimmed float; Atlassian staff reel as high performers find themselves among the axed.

Plus: DoJ vows to appeal Judge’s blocking of subpoenas against Powell; Oil continues to rise as Iran conflict drags on; Cuba confirms talks with Washington.

Plus: Australia orders officials out of Israel and UAE; Global stocks slide as oil holds near USD100, private credit stress deepens; Traders price out Fed cuts as Aussie banks tip back-to-back RBA hike.

Wall St falls shrugging off record oil release plan, tame inflation; JPMorgan marks down private credit loans, restricts lending as stress spreads; Australia’s Big Four banks tighten risk controls.

Plus: Surging oil prices threaten to become the new normal; Ackman in new IPO attempt; Leigh says government must referee Big Tech to give Aussie startups a fair go.

Plus: Trump says Iran soccer players taken care of by Albanese; Wall Street fights back after oil’s historic swing; Anthropic sues Pentagon claiming unconstitutional retaliation over AI limits.

Plus: Oil prices surge towards USD100 as Hormuz crisis deepens; OpenAI hardware boss quits over Pentagon AI deal; Trump blasts Starmer, says US does not need UK carriers.

Plus: US oil hits record high, Trump announces tanker reinsurance program; BlackRock shares tumble as it caps redemptions from private credit fund; US stocks close week down on oil supply, inflation fears.

Plus: Wall Street tumbles as Hormuz near-closure sends oil above USD80; US states take Trump back to court over his 10% global tariff; Trump ousts homeland security chief Kristi Noem in first second-term cabinet casualty.

Plus: US stocks climb, oil retreats after Trump’s Hormuz pledge; Trump likely to raise tariff rate to 15% this week, Bessent says; Marbruck: the VC fund nobody was supposed to find.

Plus: Trump threatens to cut all trade with Spain, attacks UK’s Starmer as “not Winston Churchill”; Global stocks slide and oil soars; Albanese defends $90b-plus Sydney-Newcastle high-speed rail cost.

Plus: Oil posts biggest surge in four years; Markets in worst global market shock since Covid; NATO will not join US-Israel strikes on Iran, backs the campaign, says Rutte.

Plus: US confirms three troops killed as death toll rises; Oil markets brace for spike as Strait of Hormuz tanker traffic halts; Russia, China condemn US-Israeli strikes as global reactions intensify.

Plus: AUSTRAC probes CBA home loan fraud over money laundering concerns; US, UK evacuate Middle East staff as Iran tensions rise; Trump orders agencies to stop using Anthropic amid AI spat.

Plus: Nvidia results fail to steady AI nerves; Hillary Clinton tells GOP-led House panel she has no info on Epstein; BlueScope fires public shot at bidders.

Plus: Cuba coastguard kills four on US-registered boat in shootout; Australia urges diplomat’s families to leave Israel and Lebanon; Nvidia faces earnings test, bull market momentum at stake.