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1 U.S. trade deficit swells to

record: The U.S. trade deficit widened to a record in March, reflecting a surge in imports as companies relied on foreign producers to meet solid domestic demand. The gap in goods and services trade grew 22.3% to $109.8 billion, Commerce Department data showed Wednesday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a $107.1 billion deficit. The figures aren’t adjusted for inflation.

Steak prices will keep rising: 2

Beef will be getting even more expensive at U.S. grocery stores in the months ahead, according to one of the country’s biggest meatpackers. National Beef Co., controlled by the Brazilian giant Marfrig Global Foods, sees relatively stable margins in the next two quarters, according to Tim Klein, who heads Marfrig’s U.S. operations.

Head of Haitian gang extradited: 3

The leader of a notorious Haitian gang behind many of the brazen mass kidnappings that have terrorized the nation, including that of 17 American and Canadian missionaries associated with an Ohio-based charity last year, has been extradited to the United States. The Haitian National Police said in a statement that Germine Joly, also known as“yonyon,”was flown to the United States on Tuesday.

George Gould, banker who

4 served Reagan, dies: George Gould, the former chairman of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette who helped New York City solve its financial crisis in the 1970s and served as U.S. Treasury undersecretary in President Ronald Reagan’s administration during the 1980s, has died. He was 94.

Musk suggests Twitter could 5 charge commercial and

government accounts: Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO who plans to acquire Twitter, suggested Wednesday that it was possible the social network would charge certain users’ fees in the future. “Twitter will always be free for casual users, but maybe a slight cost for commercial/government users,”he wrote in a tweet.