Wall Street was set for a higher open on Monday, buoyed by optimism over potential trade breakthroughs and the start of a highly anticipated earnings week for technology giants that could define the market’s next direction.
Howard Lutnick also clarified that the U.S. imposed a 10% tariff on the islands of McDonald and Heard in the Indian Ocean, which are uninhabited except by penguins, to prevent other countries from exploiting them as a loophole.
President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Howard Lutnick, a billionaire and CEO of the investment firm Cantor Fitzgerald, as the next U.S. Secretary of Commerce, News.az reports citing Al Jazeera.
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