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Maersk eyes 4% market growth in 2025, uncertainty over tariffs and Red Sea

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -Maersk on Thursday said it expects to grow its business to track an expected 4% growth in global container shipping this year, even as profits are set to decline and U.S. President Donald Trump's tariff threats create uncertainty. Geopolitical developments including Trump's threats to impose tariffs on the top U.S. trading partners and access to the Red Sea shipping route will impact Maersk's revenues. The shipping giant, viewed as a barometer of world trade, had seen no changes in cargo flows due to the threats of tariffs so far, said CEO Vincent Clerc.

Oil, gas traders to seek tariff waivers from Beijing for US imports, sources say

Oil and gas traders are likely to seek waivers from Beijing over tariffs that the Chinese government plans to impose on U.S. crude and liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports from February 10, trade sources said on Thursday. Shortly after tariffs on China imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump took effect on Tuesday, China's Finance Ministry said it would impose levies of 15% on imports of U.S. coal and LNG and 10% for crude oil as well as on farm equipment and some autos, starting on February 10. Four tankers, carrying 6 million barrels of U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) and Alaskan North Slope (ANS) crude, and two LNG vessels are currently en route to China, data from analytics firms Kpler and LSEG showed.

The Case for Accepting MicroStrategy’s (MSTR) Billion Dollar Bitcoin Gamble

The insatiable Bitcoin-buyer MicroStrategy (MSTR) has seen an impressive rise of over 600% in the past year—a performance roughly 4.5 times greater than Bitcoin’s (BTC) own gains over the same period. However, the rally has faced some headwinds since the end of last year, as MicroStrategy’s stock has struggled to reach new all-time highs—not necessarily due to cryptocurrency price swings but likely because of skepticism over massive equity dilution. As I’m cautiously bullish on MicroStrategy, gi