Tesla shareholders are bracing for the carmaker’s worst earnings performance in seven years, oil markets have remained steady as Middle East tensions rise, and China’s first-quarter GDP shows the effects of President Xi Jinping’s bet on manufacturing.

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Tesla shareholders braced for worst results in 7 years

Why oil prices remain steady even as Middle East tensions escalate

Covid vaccine makers to clash in London over mRNA patent dispute

China warns west of ‘survival of the fittest’ as manufacturing boosts economy

Parisians struggle to cash in on Olympic Games rentals

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