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1. Iran war leaves U.S. gas prices at highest levels in nearly four years ahead of Memorial Day

2. Trump said he'd 'remember' companies that didn't apply for tariff refunds. Many of them are anyway

3. Oversight Chairman Comer launches congressional probe into insider trading on Kalshi, Polymarket

4. U.S., Iran signal peace progress — but remain at odds over enriched uranium, Strait of Hormuz tolls

5. What the AvalonBay, Equity Residential megamerger means for the apartment industry and rents

6. Stellantis CEO sees opportunity in growing partnerships, bringing China-branded vehicles to North America

7. Microsoft’s GitHub was positioned to win the AI coding race. Outages got in the way

8. NATO will spend hundreds of billions of dollars on defense, says Rutte, as Trump pledges 5,000 American troops to top spender Poland

9. Estée Lauder surges in premarket after Puig merger deal talks end

10. Oil-rich Alberta to hold a vote on whether to separate from Canada

11. Donald Trump Jr.-backed 'Steroid Olympics' are happening on Sunday. Here's what to expect

12. The Cuba situation is starting to resemble a pre-conflict playbook

13. U.S. pushes its AI in China and Asia after Trump-Xi meeting

14. Crypto bros, scalpers and Logan Paul: Inside the world of Pokémon where cards are sold for millions

15. Eli Lilly says next-generation weight loss drug clears crucial obesity trial

16. SpaceX scrubs test flight of massive Starship rocket, will retry Friday

17. How Walmart's gas price warning shapes our retail outlook — plus, Honeywell's quantum connection

18. Mega-IPOs could signal market top, say analysts as SpaceX and OpenAI prep record floats

19. IMAX has held ‘preliminary talks’ with potential buyers, source says

20. Anthropic, Microsoft in talks for AI chip deal after $5 billion investment