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Stocks fell as valuation worries overshadowed data showing the economy is holding up. The figures didn't have much of an impact on Federal Reserve bets, but short-dated yields climbed. Bitcoin sank. Following a series of all-time highs, the S&P 500 dropped for a third straight session, the longest slide in a month. That's despite data showing US gross domestic product grew at the fastest pace in nearly two years. For more, we spoke to Brian Krawez, He's President and Chair of the Investment Committee at Scharf Investments. President Donald Trump advanced plans for American investors to buy TikTok's US operations from its Chinese owner ByteDance Ltd., with officials setting a potential value of $14 billion and outlining measures to ensure security of the new venture. In an executive order signed Thursday at the White House, Trump declared that the deal complies with a 2024 law requiring ByteDance to divest control or face a prohibition in the US of the popular video-sharing platform. Trump also reiterated that he had won approval from his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, for the deal. We got reaction from Bloomberg's Annabelle Droulers. And at the same time, President Donald Trump announced a fresh round of tariffs, including a 100% duty on branded or patented pharmaceuticals starting October 1, unless a company is building a manufacturing plant in America. Trump posted on social media that there would be no levies on pharmaceutical imports if companies have broken ground on a US manufacturing plant, or if such a plant is under construction. We heard from Deborah Elms, Heinrich Foundation Head of Trade Policy. She spoke to Bloomberg's Shery Ahn and Avril Hong on the Asia Trade. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.