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President Donald Trump's forthcoming tariffs will take effect right after they are unveiled on Wednesday, the White House said. "My understanding is that the tariff announcement will come tomorrow. They will be effective immediately," press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Tuesday. "The president has been teasing this for quite some time," Leavitt said, noting that Trump has repeatedly hyped up April 2 as America's "liberation day."

AQR Capital Management's multistrategy hedge fund beat the market with a 9% rally in the first quarter as Wall Street grappled with extreme volatility amid President Donald Trump's uncertain tariff policy. The Apex strategy from Cliff Asness' firm, which combines stocks, macro and arbitrage trades and has $3 billion in assets under management, gained 3.4% in March, boosting its first-quarter performance, according to a person familiar with AQR's returns who asked to be anonymous as the information is private. AQR's Delphi Long-Short Equity Strategy gained 9.7% in the first quarter, while its alternative trend-following offering Helix returned 3%, the person said.

Brian Armstrong, Coinbase CEO, discusses why crypto is "the most bipartisan issue" in Congress. Watch more of the interview: cnb.cx/43B3gJF

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Fast-moving changes at the Social Security Administration by the Trump administration's so-called Department of Government Efficiency have prompted concerns that it may be more difficult for beneficiaries to access the agency's services. Some experts are raising concerns that efforts to update the agency's systems could impact the continuity of benefits. "Now I'm concerned that benefits could get disrupted," said Jason Fichtner, a former deputy commissioner at the Social Security Administration who was appointed by President George W. Bush.

CoreWeave shares rallied more than 12% on Tuesday and looked to bounce back from a lackluster second trading day on the public markets. Shares of the artificial intelligence cloud company, which rents out access to Nvidia's graphics processing units to other technology companies, dropped more than 10% on Monday and fell below the initial public offering price of $40. The stock opened at $39 on Friday and closed flat at $40. CoreWeave opened on the public markets Friday in the biggest venture-backed tech IPO for a U.S. company since 2021. It served as a key test for a public offering market that came to a near standstill about three years ago in the face of high inflation and rising interest rates that shunned technology investors

It's scary enough for individuals to take a chance on themselves and start their own business, but the spouses of military servicemembers are often grappling with a unique set of hurdles on the journey toward entrepreneurship. Certified financial planner Adrienne Ross can speak to that personally. She and her now-retired Marine Corps husband were constantly on the move during his military career, and that made the complicated process of earning her bachelor's degree a yearslong process. "We would move, and it would be like going through the process all over again," recalled Ross, a partner at Clear Insight Wealth Management in Spokane, Wash. "I went to multiple colleges to complete a degree, and we were never in one place long enough."

Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered Department of Justice prosecutors to seek the death penalty in the case against Luigi Mangione in connection with the December slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Full details: cnb.cx/4hTKiBD

Walton Goggins, award-winning "White Lotus" actor, promises that the show's season finale "won't disappoint." Watch more of the interview: cnb.cx/4i1XLY7

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