Oil and stocks whipsaw on hopes of an end to Iran war

Crude oil prices pulled back sharply after brushing $120 per barrel earlier on Monday.  After staying around $100 dollars for most of the day, both Brent and WTI benchmarks reversed course on comments from Donald Trump suggesting that the end was near…

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Big Tech influence: Let’s do our jobs, voters

Re: “Big Tech killed bill to regulate state data centers, senator says” (March 4, A1): Lobbyists do their best to influence legislation, but we shouldn’t forget that legislators, and the citizens who elect them, ultimately do the voting. It’s up to leg…

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HPE reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $9.3B, vs. $9.37B est., Cloud and AI revenue down 2.7% YoY to $6.3B but reports an AI server backlog of $5B (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
HPE reports Q1 revenue up 18% YoY to $9.3B, vs. $9.37B est., Cloud and AI revenue down 2.7% YoY to $6.3B but reports an AI server backlog of $5B  —  Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. gave an outlook for revenue in …

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