Blackstone (BX) is said to drop pursuit of EUR 2.5bln Stroeer deal, Bloomberg reports

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US President Trump says Chinese President Xi did not tell him Russian President Putin might regret Ukraine

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US Treasury Secretary Bessent says Asian allies need to better police Iran’s shadow fleet to prevent transfers of Iranian oil to non-sanctioned tankers, Reuters reports

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Blackstone (BX) is said to drop pursuit of EUR 2.5bln Stroeer deal, Bloomberg reports

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US President Trump says may have to give Iran another hit but not sure yet; says Iran is begging to make a deal; "you'll know very soon if we have to make another big hit"; On timeline for Iran, says 2-3 days, maybe till early next week

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US Treasury sanctions Iranian foreign currency exchange house; targets entities in Iran’s shadow banking system

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