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Hello, this is Hui Jie writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily Open.
Iran has returned to the headlines after U.S. President Donald Trump issued a fresh warning to Tehran — this time with a picture straight out of a James Bond film — while the Federal Reserve delivered its most divided decision in decades.
Elsewhere, tech companies take the earnings spotlight, with Microsoft and Alphabet announcing massive capital spending, while Samsung Electronics reported record-breaking results.
“Speak softly and carry a big stick,” former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt famously said.
