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Speaking to the journal, Emirati and Qatari officials described Iran as the belligerent party, citing its attacks on infrastructure and civilian targets. while another senior Gulf official said the only acceptable outcome of the war would be an Iran so enfeebled it could never imperil its neighbors again.
Iranian leaders in recent days, meanwhile, have said they would only accept a ceasefire if the country received reparations and ironclad guarantees against future attacks. Amazon is planning to slash the number of packages that it sends through the U.S. Postal Service by at least two-thirds as early as this fall.
That's after Postmaster General David Steiner solicited bids from Amazon and others for its last-mile delivery service for the first time. But with Amazon's existing contract ending in October and the results of the bidding not released until the second quarter, we report that Amazon grew concerned it would have little time to adjust its operations if its bid wasn't accepted.
The USPS delivered more than a billion Amazon packages last year. And NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang says the company is once again manufacturing H200 processors for sale in China, citing strengthening demand signals in the world's second-largest market.
The restart follows a complex regulatory tango with the Trump administration and marks a potential turnaround for NVIDIA in China, where it reported no revenue from H200 sales. Asian stocks have ended the day up. European stocks are also higher in midday trading. And U.S. stock futures are pointing to a higher open ahead of the Fed's latest interest rate decision due at 2 p.m. Eastern.
And we've got a lot more coverage of the day's news on the WSJ's What's News podcast. You can add it to your playlist on your smart speaker or listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
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