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Alexis, we begin with the latest from the Middle East. After threatening new attacks on Iran, President Trump now says he's close to a deal to end the war.
We just made a great settlement of the war with Iran. And we're going to be subject to finalization of documents. We should get done over the next few days.
President Trump made that announcement in an Oval Office event. But just this morning, Iran's semi-official news agency mayor says the U.S. and Iran are negotiating a potential agreement. We get details from Bloomberg Middle East correspondent Abir Abu Omar in Dubai.
It's still unclear to us if that MOU that Iran or the Iranian media is reporting about is one that matches what President Trump had suggested. And look, some of the most important provisions there include what Iran says, a permanent and immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including in Lebanon. And Lebanon is a sticking point for Iran, full lifting of the naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz region. Within 30 days, a commitment by the U.S. to withdraw its forces, reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, suspension of sanctions on oil sales, and a lifting of the blocked $24 billion of frozen assets by the United States. Those are Iranian frozen assets. And an affirmation of Iran's commitment not to develop nuclear weapons.
Bloomberg's Abir Abu Omar reports Iran says final negotiations won't begin until half of its frozen assets are released, oil sanctions are suspended, and the naval blockade is lifted.
And Nathan, we now move to the biggest initial public offering of all time. SpaceX has raised $75 billion in the IPO, pricing more than 555 million shares at $135 apiece. At the IPO price, Elon Musk's rocket, satellite, and AI company has a market value of about $1.8 trillion. Alexis Ohanian is the founder of Reddit.
This feels like a milestone moment. This was an investment thesis that was unthinkable a decade ago for most investors. And I think now people are coming to grips with the fact that space technology is really here. What would have been science fiction to us maybe 10 years ago is now science fact.
Reddit founder Alex Ohanian there. The company will debut on NASDAQ under the symbol SPCX.
And Alexis, the IPO has drawn demand for more than four times available shares. Elon Musk's fan base in the retail trading community has placed more than $100 billion in orders for the stock.
What recent developments are there in the Iran deal negotiations?
Musk will control 84% of the voting power after the IPO. Neil Minow is vice chairman at Value Edge Advisors.
Elon Musk has appointed himself CEO for life. He has all the voting control. He has basically built a moat with alligators around himself. And that's not good for shareholders.
That's ValueEdge Advisors Vice Chair Nell Minow. Now, SpaceX's governance policies ensure Musk is effectively able to choose board members, and that would mean only he could remove himself as CEO.
And Nathan, Musk's personal wealth will soar to new heights after this SpaceX IPO. Balazs Penz is Deputy Managing Editor for Bloomberg.
There is a really, really real chance that he will be the first trillionaire in the world in the not-too-distant future, depending on how the stock does on the market. One of the positives of this IPO was the sort of intertwined, interconnected nature of Elon Musk's empire, where you think about X, Tesla, SpaceX, Boring Company. All these companies have cross-ownerships. They do business with each other.
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