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- S&P 500 posts third straight losing day as traders eye Middle East tensions, Trump’s next steps: Live updatesStocks fell on Friday as investors contemplated the next move from the Federal Reserve and monitored the latest developments out of the Middle East.
- Europe and Iran holding talks as Trump sets two-week deadline for U.S. strikes decisionEuropean officials are hoping for a last-minute diplomatic breakthrough with Tehran to deter further escalations of the Middle East conflict.
- Tesla inks first deal to build China's largest grid-scale battery power plantThe U.S. company posted on the Chinese social media service Weibo that the project would be the largest of its kind in China when completed.
- Meta approached Perplexity before massive Scale AI dealMeta recently invested $14.3 billion into Scale AI and tried to buy another startup called Safe Superintelligence, as CNBC previously reported.
- Wall Street will continue to monitor the Iran-Israel conflict next week, with stocks at an impasseWhether stocks can continue to chart a path higher next week will depend in large part on developments on a raft of hurdles facing the market.
- Supreme Court rejects fast track of Trump tariff challenge by toy companiesLegal challenges to President Donald Trump’s April 2 tariffs have introduced uncertainty around a central piece of his trade agenda.