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1. Offbeat Wall Street research firm says it sent an analyst to Strait of Hormuz. Here's what they learned

2. Trump says Iran ceasefire proposal 'significant' but 'not good enough' as Hormuz Strait deadline nears

3. Oil prices extend gains as Trump reaffirms Tuesday deadline for bombarding Iran's power plants, bridges

4. Samsung shares rise after profit seen jumping 8-fold on AI chip boom

5. Trump administration finalizes better-than-feared Medicare Advantage payment rate in boost to health insurers

6. Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed as investors assess Trump's hardened rhetoric on Iran war

7. Epstein files: Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick set for May 6 interview by House Oversight

8. Zohran Mamdani and the business exodus? New York's office real estate market is up under new mayor

9. CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: Why AI isn't replacing jobs in China (yet)

10. India turns to Iran for oil and gas after 7-year hiatus, signaling limits to U.S. tilt

11. Broadcom agrees to expanded chip deals with Google, Anthropic

12. Jim Cramer says potential stock market bottom is tied to interest rates, not war headlines

13. Robinhood, BNY to build Trump accounts app

14. JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon in annual letter cites risks in geopolitics, AI and private markets

15. S&P 500 aims to extend win streak — plus, a CFO switch at one of our key names

16. OpenAI asks California, Delaware to investigate Musk's 'anti-competitive behavior' ahead of April trial

17. Trump's Iran ultimatum and signals of a possible deal keep investors on tenterhooks

18. FDA declines to issue specific guidance on health programs' foreign drug imports

19. 'Silent killers': How AI start-ups are trying to solve one of the retail industry's biggest problems

20. AI may replace your financial advisor, MIT professor says — but there's one big hurdle