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Key PointsNuclear energy startups are gaining steam with private investment firms of the ultra-rich. Billionaire Barry Sternlicht’s family office invested in Zeno Power, a nuclear battery firm, in May.These deals are set to grow with family offices wanting to capitalize on the AI’s power demands and President Trump’s recent executive order to boost nuclear energy in the U.S.A version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox. Starwood Capital’s Barry Sternlicht made his multibillion-dollar fortune in…

What is the true cost of tariffs? It’s debatable — not only because of political biases, but also because it’s far from straightforward to calculate just how much of the levies consumers end up paying.Even so, it’s possible to estimate how much the price of common items could increase under President Donald Trump’s various tariff proposals. For products like clothing imported from China and Vietnam, U.S. shoppers could have to pay a lot more.To illustrate, retail consultancy group AlixPartners created pricing models exclusively for CNBC, looking at the price of a men’s sweater and men’s shoes made in both China and…