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1. U.S. forces sink 16 Iranian minelayers as reports say Tehran is mining the Strait of Hormuz

2. Iran sends millions of oil barrels to China through Strait of Hormuz even as war chokes the waterway

3. Trump says U.S. will build first refinery in 50 years with investment from India's Reliance Industries

4. Tillis maintains blockade on Fed pick Kevin Warsh over Powell probe

5. Oil retreats even after Energy Secretary wrongly claims Navy escorted tanker through Strait of Hormuz

6. Oracle stock jumps 9% on earnings beat and increased guidance as cloud revenue climbs 44%

7. AI chipmaker Cerebras namedropped by Oracle, alongside Nvidia and AMD

8. Asia-Pacific markets trade higher as investors weigh developments in the Middle East

9. Lego keeps beating the toy industry. Its secret weapon is not what you'd expect

10. CNBC's The China Connection newsletter: Beijing can't afford another crackdown on its tech companies

11. Microsoft backs Anthropic in Pentagon blacklist battle, urges temporary restraining order

12. Kevin Warsh faces an economic 'perfect storm' as he waits to take over as Fed chair

13. Gas prices threaten Republican lawmaker's plans to win on affordability

14. Here are 3 reasons why CrowdStrike is the kind of stock to buy during the Iran war

15. Amazon wins court order to block Perplexity's AI shopping agent

16. Ford launches new AI to grow multibillion-dollar Pro commercial business

17. Russia told Trump it has not shared intelligence with Iran during war, Witkoff says

18. 'Forever war': Democrats rebut Trump's assertion that Iran war nearing end

19. IEA countries to meet later Tuesday on release of oil reserves, but no decision made yet

20. Meta gets into social networks for AI agents with acquisition of viral Moltbook platform