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‘Punitive’: Venezuela slams US tariffs on countries supplying oil to Cuba

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Eduardo Gil Pinto Venezuela on Friday criticised new US measures targeting Cuba, calling them “punitive” and warning of serious humanitarian consequences for the island nation.The reaction came a day after US President Donald Trump signed an order threatening tariffs on countries that supply oil to Cuba. Venezuela’s foreign ministry said the…

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Five years after the short squeeze, GameStop’s CEO is betting on a ‘genius or totally foolish’ $100 billion-plus acquisition

GameStop was once the go-to destination for video games. Then it was the archetypal “meme stock” in 2021, when a band of Reddit-reading retail investors thwarted hedge funds’ shorts on the company stock, sending the company’s stock skyrocketing. There was even a movie about it. But its eccentric, some would say visionary, is back with…

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