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Squawk Box anchors discuss Apple’s stock surge in extended trading as dipping iPhone sales are offset by a demand in the tech giant’s services and the group issues an optimistic outlook. The SaP 500 hits another record, marking its best start to the year since 1987 and joining the Dow and the Nasdaq in its fourth positive consecutive month. President Trump urges the Federal Reserve to cut rates to further boost the US economy ahead of its policy meeting. Meanwhile in Venezuela, opposition leader Juan Guaido has once again urged the armed forces to rise up against a defiant President Maduro, sparking violent scenes in the capital Caracas. And we hear from the head of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, Yasir Al-Rumayyan in Los Angeles on his company’s stake in Uber ahead of the ride-hailing giant’s IPO.