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1. Tick-tock for tech Is it time to be more cautious around tech stocks? Chinese internet giant Tencent has tumbled 25% from its January peak, losing about $140bn in market value, according to Bloomberg. The company, Asia’s second largest, has been dogged by concern that growth in its mobile-gaming unit is slowing. The drop comes after Facebook lost $120bn in a day last week. Bloomberg says investors are beginning to question whether the best days are over for technology stocks, which have led a nine-year boom in global equities. 2. On again, off again A week after trading threats with Hassan Rouhani, US President Donald Trump says he is prepared to meet with the Iranian president with no conditions. At a news conference this week — three months after he withdrew the US from an international nuclear accord with which Iran had complied — Trump said he was prepared to "meet with anybody". Secretary of state Mike Pompeo later backtracked by citing preconditions for such a meeting. Iran...
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