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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was ousted from his post after reports of two affairs, including one with a woman suspected of spying for China. Huang, one of the three engineers who founded the chipmaker in 1993, had been under intense pressure since Sunday, when he admitted to a romantic relationship with Alice Huang, a former executive at the Singapore-based data center firm Megaspeed International. The Nvidia turmoil rippled through the entire artificial intelligence sector on Thursday, dragging down shares of semiconductor companies.

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Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. Chief Executive Officer Strauss Zelnick left 20th Century Fox to join the video-game industry, becoming the pre-revenue CEO of Crystal Dynamics in 1993. Since an investor group led by Zelnick took control of Take-Two in March 2007, the shares have soared 12-fold. That’s thanks to successful game franchises like BioShock, Red Dead Redemption and Borderlands. The biggest of them all is set to launch on Nov. 19 when Take-Two’s Rockstar Games unit releases Grand Theft Auto VI, the latest iteration of the modern-day gangster title. Bloomberg News Media and Entertainment Team Lead Chris Palmeri discusses the games past and expected successes.

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A gauge for emerging-market stocks rose for a third day, led by Asian chipmakers, as strong CoreWeave sales and signs of demand for Anthropic’s planned IPO fueled optimism over AI spending. CoreWeave shares gain as much as 18%, in biggest jump since August, after the cloud-computing provider boosts its annual revenue forecast. Analysts said the results ease worries about the company’s financing, although concerns remain.

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Carol and Tim speak with Toby Rice, president and CEO of EQT about how US natural gas drillers are scaling up to meet rising energy demands from AI and how the outlook for the natural gas industry looks in the aftermath of midterm elections.

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Anthropic  is seeking a valuation of about $1.4 trillion in its initial public offering, a bid to make history as the first frontier artificial intelligence lab to go public. The Claude chatbot maker and its co-founders are looking to raise as much as $90.4 billion in the IPO and a private placement. The base offering would raise up to $64.4 billion, with shares marketed for $70 to $78 each, according to a filing on Tuesday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Anthropic is offering 801.4 million shares, while backers are selling 23.6 million shares.

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25 years ago — when China entered the World Trade Organization — it kicked off an era of growth that would rapidly transformation the nation into a global superpower. China’s emergence as a high-income economy raises questions about its future, including who will succeed President Xi Jinping and how the country will continue to develop and grow. Bloomberg Businessweek Magazine has been covering the transformation since the start. Businessweek Editor Brad Stone discusses the country’s evolution, and what might be coming next.

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Nvidia’s investigation into Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang’s affair with an alleged Chinese spy raises a series of once-unthinkable questions, including whether the man at the center of the AI boom is at risk of losing his job. Nvidia makes chips that are crucial to AI computing equipment and is one of the world’s most valuable businesses. Turmoil within the company risks reverberating through the broader industry.

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For months, investors have been worrying about a long list of risks to the gravy train of artificial intelligence spending. This week, they hit the panic button.

Fears of the worst-case scenario for the AI trade kicked in after the US midterm elections on Tuesday, in which Democrats secured majorities in the Senate and House of Representatives and won control of state houses and governor’s mansions across the country. Many of the winning candidates ran on anti-AI platforms, raising the possibility that the development of data centers could grind to a halt in many places. For more, we speak with Sarah Frier, Bloomberg News Big Tech Team Leader.

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A rebound in chipmakers propped up the stock market as dip buyers emerged despite economic data that reinforced speculation the Federal Reserve will boost rates in December. Technology stocks staged a sharp recovery, but whether that holds is another matter. Meantime, President Trump said he was tapping longtime aide Stephen Miller as his new chief of staff and that Susie Wiles will move to his political operation, shaking up his White House team days after a devastating midterm result.

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Michael Stivala, President & CEO at Suburban Propane, discusses growing demand from data centers looking for reliable alternative power sources. He explains why propane can support smaller data-center projects in the one-to-10-megawatt range and how distributed energy could help address growing pressure on the electric grid. Stivala speaks to hosts Carol Massar & Tim Stenovec.

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A post-election slide in chipmakers snowballed as investors bailed from technology shares on speculation that congressional Democrats will clamp down on the artificial-intelligence industry. What started as a rotation out of semiconductor stocks morphed into a broad rout, with all 11 sectors in the S&P 500 Index in the red. Traders caution against interpreting the broader market moves as a fundamental shift in investor preferences.
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Following Tuesday's dominant electoral showing, Democrats are likely to press regulators and companies about the prediction market industry, which has rocked the sports betting world and spurred a legal fight with states that could end up at the US Supreme Court. However, the industry itself had a strong showing of its own on Election Night, with its real-time betting odds providing an accurate read on the political landscape. For more, we speak with Nicole Kagan, Researcher at Kalshi.

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Riding a tide of voter angst, Democrats swept into power in Congress, with outrage over the cost of living and the war in Iran leading to a thundering rebuke of President Donald Trump and his party just two years after his dominant White House comeback. In a seismic political shift, Democrats’ strength suggested a breakdown of the coalition that delivered Trump a second term. The election results threaten to slow the pace of the AI infrastructure buildout, with policymakers potentially turning up the heat on increasingly unpopular data center projects.

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Many voters are giving President Donald Trump poor marks for his handling of the cost of living, and inflation is still high, which is the number that ultimately is more important to them. On affordability and the pricing behaviors of some businesses, Bloomberg’s Max Chafkin recently reported on the left-leaning nonprofit. Groundwork Collaborative, that’s focused on what it calls “surveillance pricing” -- the idea that retailers might charge customers different prices for items in stores and online based on all the data the companies have collected about them. Chafkin and Groundwork Collaborative CEO Lindsay Owens join to discuss.

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The midterm elections have already set a record as the most expensive in US history, exceeding even the 2024 presidential race. Total spending on campaign ads this year is projected to surpass $12 billion, while more than 57 million Americans cast their ballots early. Voters say they are frustrated by the high cost of living, fuel prices that spiked after the launch of the Iran war, and uncertainty over where their jobs and the world’s largest economy are headed in the age of AI.
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Robinhood is competing with other retail brokerages over access to Anthropic's mega-IPO and others as they come to market. CFO Shiv Verma says the company continues to see demand for IPO access, adding, "We're making sure the companies know retail is here." He also discusses the use of AI agents in trading accounts, saying customers continue asking for more agentic tools. Verma also says Robinhood is seeing an increase in non-sports related trades on its prediction market platform.

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Apple posted decelerating sales growth in its September quarter, with China revenue missing estimates, in its first earnings report since John Ternus took over as CEO. The growth marks a slowdown from a 16% increase in the June quarter. Elswhere, Anthropic disclosed a twelve-fold increase in quarterly revenue while also revealing it intends to spend over $895 billion in the coming years, and Marvell agreed to buy Lumentum in an historic $115 billion deal.

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Former CFTC Chair J. Christopher Giancarlo says the $6 billion Binance hack highlights ongoing US cybersecurity vulnerability. He also weighs in on prediction markets, saying new rules are needed for regulations at the federal level. He also says he thinks there's a "social benefit in prediction markets," with users looking to platforms for predictability.

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Wall Street got a reality check as a bruising selloff in technology shares fueled concern the artificial-intelligence frenzy that has powered the equity bull market might be overblown. Disappointing tech results spurred the worst drop for stocks since June, with the Nasdaq 100 briefly crossing the threshold of a technical correction. The index sank 3.5% Friday.

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Wall Street got a reality check as a bruising selloff in technology shares fueled concern the artificial-intelligence frenzy that has powered the equity bull market might be overblown. Disappointing tech results spurred the worst drop for stocks since June, with the Nasdaq 100 falling 3.5% and briefly crossing the threshold of a technical correction. Intel Corp. slid the most in over four decades as its outlook missed estimates. Amazon.com Inc. slipped 1.4% on greater capital spending. The S&P 500 dropped 1.8%, breaching its key 100-day moving average.

For a quick recap of a bruising trade for big tech and equities broadly, hosts Tim Stenovec and Jess Menton speak with Bloomberg Markets Live blog managing editor Kristine Aquino.

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Schwab president and CEO Rick Wurster said that AI integration is helping the company streamline operations and create 'new pathways to engage with clients' after the Schwab announced investment in AI startup Nevis. Wurster also commented on the AI investment landscape, saying that he is reassured that there isn't a bubble by AI related companies that are still fairly or undervalued.

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Amazon reported higher capital spending than expected, while its e-commerce revenue slowed ahead of a potentially lukewarm holiday sales season. Intel's revenue forecast missed estimates, hurt by sputtering demand for PC processors and supply-chain problems with its lucrative data center companies.

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Charles Schwab is expanding its push into artificial intelligence, bringing Anthropic’s Claude for Financial Advisors directly into Schwab Advisor Center. The company says it is the first RIA custodian to offer Anthropic’s advisor-specific AI to independent firms. Alison Dooher, Head of AI at Schwab Advisor Services, joins Bloomberg Businessweek Live from Schwab IMPACT Summit in Boston to discuss how AI is changing the financial advice landscape.

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Alphabet posted disappointing sales from most of its core businesses in the third quarter, escalating investors’ concerns about the hundreds of billions of dollars that the company is spending on artificial intelligence. The stock fell in late trading. Meanwhile, Microsoft delivered earnings that left Wall Street investors optimistic about its cloud division. 

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Video game maker veteran Bing Gordon helped launch the company that brought some of the most iconic games to the world. He and his daughter Chloe are out with a new book 'Everybody Wins: What Games Teach Us About Making Products People Love' which aims to break down the 8 core elements of 'gamification', and how companies like Amazon are borrowing the video game strategy to drive growth.

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The Federal Reserve kicked off a two-day meeting Tuesday after raising interest rates after its previous meeting in September. But as Bloomberg News Federal Reserve and Economy Reporter Enda Curran argues, the Fed is facing its most "confusing" economy yet. Consumer spending is strong, but sentiment is weak, and the economy is experiencing conflicting signals, including high bond yields and slow wage growth.

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Democrats are preparing to launch congressional investigations into the administration's handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein if they regain power after the midterm elections. Representative Robert Garcia said the Epstein investigation is going to be one of the top priorities, alongside probes into the Trump family's business dealings and allegations of corporate corruption. Any probe would ripple well beyond Washington, with Wall Street and corporate America already bracing for a wave of Democratic investigations, and major banks that had ties to Epstein's financial dealings could be called to testify.

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Anthropic filed for its IPO and expects to begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol ANT. The company's IPO will serve as a litmus test for investor demand for new equity tied to the AI trade, and its debut has become a focal point for hopes and fears over artificial intelligence. Anthropic's prospectus flagged various "risks to humanity" including attempts to "resist shutdown" and "conceal or manipulate information," and the company emphasized the potential for its AI to "behave in unintended, misaligned, or autonomous ways."
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Christina Stembel, founder and CEO of Farmgirl Flowers speaks with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec about how her company is managing fuel surcharges and pressure from AI. 

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Blackstone tactical opportunities group led a $2.3B private credit loan to CoreWeave in 2023, marking the first major deal of its kind and becoming a blueprint for chip-backed debt. This marked the first major deal of its kind and became a blueprint for chip-backed debt that, three years on, is on track to become a trillion-dollar market, eclipsing even the borrowings used to build the data centers housing the chips.
It’s a testament to how intertwined the global AI expansion and credit markets have become in such a short time

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Affirm Holdings Inc. is teaming up with Walmart Inc.’s Sam’s Club as the retailer’s exclusive buy-now, pay-later partner, just weeks before the key holiday shopping season kicks off.
Affirm will serve as Sam’s Club’s exclusive BNPL provider in a multi-year agreement, starting in that role on Sam’s Club’s website in the coming weeks and rolling out to stores in 2027.

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Elon Musk has publicly endorsed a combination of SpaceX and Tesla, his two most valuable companies, in what would be the biggest corporate transaction ever attempted. There's a push to announce a deal by the first half of 2027, so that it closes during the current administration, according to people familiar with the matter, with the combined market value of the companies being around $3.7 trillion. Musk's endorsement comes at a moment of extraordinary influence for him, having repaired his relationship with President Donald Trump and tapped into fervent investor enthusiasm, but this advantage is not guaranteed to last.

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US small-business optimism fell to a three-month low in September as economic expectations dimmed and a smaller share of firms indicated it was a good time to expand. Diedra Porché, National Head of Community and Business Development at JPMorganChase, discusses the investment it takes to boost a community and help strengthen small businesses.

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US small business optimism fell to a three-month low in September as economic expectations dimmed and a smaller share of firms indicated it was a good time to expand. The net share of owners who expect business conditions to improve declined 4 percentage points to a four-month low of 6%. Despite a falling economic sentiment, JPMorganChase says most small business owners view their own business outlook in a positive light, highlighting the resiliency of small businesses. Bloomberg Businessweek is live from the Chase Make Your Move Summit in Atlanta discussing the future of small businesses in America.

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Netflix reported earnings for the third quarter that exceeded Wall Street expectations, but forecast a fourth consecutive quarter of slowing sales growth. Meanwhile, SpaceX reported revenue for the third quarter that beat the average analyst estimate, sending the companies shares rising in the aftermarket. Elon Musk’s satellite, rocket and artificial intelligence conglomerate posted $4.4 billion in net income for the quarter ended in September, far better than analysts’ average projection of $1.88 billion.

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On this special edition of the Bloomberg Businessweek Daily podcast, we focus on business schools and how they're responding to the new challenges facing students and graduates as they enter a workforce shaped by economic uncertainty and the rapid growth of artificial intelligence.

 Hosts Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec, along with Bloomberg Businessweek senior editor Dimitra Kessenides, speak with Stefano Caselli, Dean of SDA Bocconi School of Management about how MBA programs are integrating new technologies and how traditional business knowledge still matters in a world increasingly reliant on artificial intelligence.

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Elon Musk has vowed to distribute a share of SpaceX to each child in the US, a multibillion-dollar pledge that adds to a string of sizable donations from the tech industry for the benefit of the American public. While Musk didn’t specify how he intends to make such a donation, he has agreed in principle to distribute the stock through the Trump Accounts initiative, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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A rebound in chipmakers buoyed the stock market Monday as dip buyers emerged on bets the artificial-intelligence investment boom will continue to support solid earnings. The advance in tech stocks lost steam last week as investors questioned the sustainability of AI spending, given the outlook for higher rates. This week’s earnings from Meta Platforms will provide a fresh proving ground for confidence in the AI trade, while SpaceX, Tesla, and Meta are also due to report. The industry is still set to account for nearly 70% of global earnings growth next year, according to Citigroup.

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Katie Zacharia will no longer serve as President Donald Trump’s press secretary after spending less than a week on the job, thrusting the White House’s communications operation back into a state of chaos. Trump has previously cited Republicans' messaging as a pain point in recent remarks. Elsewhere, the Texas Senate race has turned into one of the most expensive in history. Elon Musk gave $158 million to the GOP’s main super PAC backing Senate candidates in September, according to the latest filings from the Federal Election Commission. Meantime, AI has emerged as a volatile issue in the midterm elections that will decide control of both houses of Congress, while Americans still grapple with affordability as conflict in the Middle East continues to weigh on energy prices.

Henrietta Treyz, Director of Economic Policy as Veda Partners, examines the path to the November 3rd midterm election.

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Another burst of selling in technology companies rattled Wall Street on Friday, dragging down stocks as investors questioned the outlook for the artificial-intelligence trade. A rout in chipmakers extended into an eighth straight day on worries over whether the buildout of AI infrastructure has outrun the ability of firms to get a return on their investments. Meantime, Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh described AI as potentially the most consequential change to the US and global economy in his lifetime.

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Long before the Great Depression or the 2008 financial crisis, the world endured its first truly global financial crash. In his new book, 1873: The Rothschilds, the First Great Depression, and the Making of the Modern World, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Liaquat Ahamed traces how a booming global bond market, railroad speculation and massive flows of capital helped fuel extraordinary growth before the bubble burst. At the center of the story were the Rothschilds, the powerful banking dynasty that helped transform government borrowing and global finance.

Ahamed joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss why 1873 still matters, how railroad mania compares with today’s rush into AI infrastructure, and what the era can teach investors about bubbles, monetary-policy mistakes and financial resilience.

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Through PACs and funding tied to a16z's co-founders and partners, the Andreessen Horowitz team has poured at least $116 million into federal politics since Trump's reelection. Andreessen, who voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016 and said back then that Trump’s immigration regime “makes me sick to my stomach,” explained on a podcast that he was compelled by “absolutely horrifying” discussions he once had with Biden officials. In his retelling, they divulged a top-secret plan for the federal government to take control of the AI industry and outlaw all startups and open-source software.

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- Robert Schiffman, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Tech Credit Analyst
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Oil gained Wednesday as hostilities intensified from Russia to the Middle East, threatening supply flows that only recently recovered to near pre-war levels.

Brent traded above $106 after Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched missile and drone strikes across Saudi Arabia, including a hit that damaged Saudi Aramco’s headquarters. That added to an escalation in Iranian attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz that’s threatening a rebound in Gulf supply. We discuss the latest energy headlines with Rob Barnett, Senior Energy Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence.

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US consumer prices advanced in September at the fastest pace in five months and a gauge of underlying price pressures rose by more than expected, keeping the squeeze on household budgets ahead of November’s midterm elections. Elsewhere, Bank of America stock and fixed-income traders missed estimates, while Anthropic held a pre-IPO investor day.

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A circular funding model is accelerating the AI boom, but also amplifying imbalances — reviving memories of the global financial crisis. For more, we speak with Shawn Donnan, Senior Economics Writer for Bloomberg News. He speaks with Businessweek Daily hosts Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.

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A selloff in chipmakers deepened on concerns about the sustainability of the artificial-intelligence trade, weighing on stocks as Wall Street banks kicked off the earnings season. In a renewed bout of weakness, a closely watched gauge of semiconductor powerhouses extended its plunge from a June record, while concerns linked to artificial intelligence propagate across sectors. Meantime, New York Fed President John Williams said he still sees one more interest-rate hike as appropriate this year.

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Roughly $750 billion. That’s how much Meta Platforms Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Google owner Alphabet Inc. are expected to devote to capital expenditures this year alone.
That’s more than the entire gross domestic product of Ireland or Belgium. More than half of what all of the companies in the S&P 500 Index spent in total last year. Enough to cut a $5,500 check for every household in the US.
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Stocks fluctuated near all-time highs Monday as traders looked ahead to the start of the earnings season and inflation data that will be key in shaping the Federal Reserve outlook. With Corporate America navigating one of the strongest profit cycles in recent history, equities have also defied concerns about elevated energy costs and bond yields. President Trump’s deal with Moscow on its diesel exports and his praise for Vladimir Putin are just the latest in a string of Russia-related news that have sparked criticism from Republicans weeks ahead of a midterm election that increasingly favors Democrats.

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SpaceX investors are finally getting some reprieve after months of being whipsawed by volatility as the Elon Musk-led company’s stock breaks above the level it’s been stuck below since July. SpaceX is closing in on a crucial swath of spectrum needed to turn the rocket, satellite and AI company into a “major mobile carrier,” setting the stage for a clash with stalwarts like T-Mobile US Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and AT&T Inc. Once the company receives approval from the Federal Communications Commission, it will combine its satellite-to-cell services with a terrestrial network that can connect devices everywhere.

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Wall Street traders betting on another solid corporate earnings season sent stocks higher despite lingering concerns about still-elevated energy prices and bond yields. Brent crude fluctuated around $104, bringing little relief to investors worried about inflationary pressures that could make the Federal Reserve raise interest rates. Corporate America is now navigating one of the strongest profit cycles in recent history, with the S&P 500 posting seven consecutive quarters of double-digit earnings growth.

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Youth flag participation has soared in an almost impossibly short time, especially among girls. According to data from the National Federation of State High School Associations, more than 100,000 American high school girls played flag football at school during the 2025-26 academic year, which constitutes a 48% jump from the previous year and an increase of more than 550% from just five years ago. By the NFL’s numbers, approximately 800,000 girls from age 6 to 17 now compete in some capacity. We speak with Amanda Mull, Bloomberg Businessweek Senior Reporter.

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President Donald Trump said the US would not attack Iran ahead of November’s midterm elections, citing “productive discussions” with the Islamic Republic. Trump's comments came despite Iran ramping up attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran-backed militants in Yemen attacking energy facilities in Saudi Arabia. The US will keep a naval blockade of Iranian exports in place, and recently moved its B-1B bombers from a base in the United Kingdom due to possible Iran-linked threats. The remarks follow recent reporting in The Atlantic that Trump was mulling plans to strike Iran before the midterm contests and that the White House had asked the Pentagon to prepare options for strikes beforehand.

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Apple Inc.’s upcoming push into smart home devices will include a doorbell, thermostat and other accessories developed through an unusual partnership with LG Electronics Inc. The products will be part of an ecosystem of devices that work with Apple’s new smart home hub, as well as an upgraded HomePod mini and fresh TV set-top box, according to people with knowledge of the matter. We get reaction from Mark Gurman, Bloomberg News Managing Editor for Global Consumer Tech.

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A record-breaking run in stocks hit a wall as still-elevated oil prices stoked concerns that potential inflationary pressures could trigger Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes. Those worries sent the S&P 500 down from an all-time high. Brent crude fluctuated around $100 as traders weighed a pickup in Iranian attacks on vessels in the Strait of Hormuz against resilient Middle East flows. Ten-year Treasuries bounced from session lows after a solid $39 billion sale, but yields remained near the highest since 2002.

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Residents in West Texas describe noise, odors and health concerns from a gas flare operating near their homes as oil producers face scrutiny over pollution and their commitments to curb emissions. Oil giants including ExxonMobil, Occidental Petroleum and others have pledged to reduce or eliminate the flaring practice, but a new investigation by Bloomberg News and The Examination found persistent flames at sites tied to companies participating in the World Bank’s Zero Routine Flaring initiative. For more, we speak with Ben Elgin, Bloomberg News ESG Reporter & Will Evans, Senior Reporter for The Examination.

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Just a week ahead of the earnings season, the S&P 500 headed toward its first record close since August. Strong corporate earnings, enthusiasm around the artificial intelligence trade and a US economy that has so far avoided a significant slowdown have fueled a roughly 14% advance in the S&P 500 this year. The rally is getting additional support from lower oil prices, which have helped temper concerns about rising consumer costs.
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Paramount Skydance Corp. outlined the executive leadership team that will helm the new company resulting from its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. after its expected closing on Tuesday.
Under the name of Skydance, the new Hollywood behemoth will operate with co-chief executive officers, pairing a creative executive with a more business-oriented leader to manage several of its major divisions. David Ellison will continue to serve as CEO and chairman, overseeing the company’s long-term strategy and creative vision, while co-CEO Ynon Kreiz, who stepped down as CEO of Mattel Inc. last week, will focus on day-to-day management, the company said Monday. Andy Gordon will serve as president and Dennis Cinelli will stay on as CFO.

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US stocks extended gains on Monday as investors weighed resilient earnings expectations against mounting bond-market and political worries. The S&P 500 inched closer to a record high despite the benchmark Treasury yield spiking to the highest in more than two decades. The stock gauge has gained roughly 14% since the beginning of the year. 

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A FOIA request has uncovered another little-known feature of life at the top of the Justice Department: attorneys general have used alternate email addresses to conduct government business for over a decade. This time around, Bloomberg News Senior Investigative Reporter Jason Leopold obtained the alias used by former Attorney General Pam Bondi.

The discovery raises broader questions about government transparency and access to public records. Leopold explains how alternate email addresses can make FOIA searches more difficult when requesters don’t know which accounts officials used to conduct government business -- and how revealing those aliases can help journalists locate records that might otherwise be missed. He speaks with Bloomberg Businessweek Daily hosts Carol Massar and Alexis Christoforous.

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The US added fewer jobs than expected in September and wage growth slowed, signaling some caution among employers amid rising costs. Nonfarm payrolls increased 29,000 last month after a downward revision to the prior two months, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data out Friday. That missed all estimates in a Bloomberg survey of economists. The unemployment rate rose to 4.2%, partly reflecting a growing workforce.

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- Mike McKee, Bloomberg News & Kathy Bostjancic, Chief Economist at Nationwide
- Nathan Dean, Senior US Policy Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence 
- Michael Lohan, CEO of IDA Ireland
- Yannick Benjamin, Founder of Wine on Wheels 

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Bloomberg Screentime gathers the moguls, celebrities and entrepreneurs defining the next phase of pop culture. Amidst a wave of consolidation, industry experts discuss and debate the future of entertainment studios, live sports, podcasting, music, and the impact of AI on the creative industries. Hosts Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec speak to the industry leaders navigating the transformation from Hollywood.

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- Ed Ludlow, Host of 'Bloomberg Tech'
- Darren Walker, CEO at Anonymous Content 
- Mark Gurman, Bloomberg News Managing Editor for Global Consumer Tech
- Aleen Dreksler, Founder & CEO at Betches Media

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Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. boosted its networking revenue forecast and announced a $1.2 billion order from cloud company Vultr, giving fresh signals that it’s benefiting from the AI build-out.

The company, which expanded its networking business by acquiring Juniper Networks last year, now expects that segment to range from the high teens to the low 20s in percentage sales growth during fiscal 2027. The company also gave a longer-range sales outlook in the high teens, with an operating margin target of as much as the high 20s.

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US consumer spending rose in August at the fastest pace in over a year, helping to power the economy through persistent inflation. Inflation-adjusted personal spending climbed 0.6% in August from a month earlier, for the biggest monthly jump since March 2025. The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of underlying inflation, the personal consumption expenditures price index excluding food and energy, rose a less-than-expected 0.2%. The prior month was also revised lower.

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Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer John Ternus, just weeks into the role, is moving to overhaul the iPhone maker in an effort to accelerate product development, broaden its range of devices and create a leaner organization with a greater focus on engineering.

The plans, which Ternus has discussed internally with colleagues, offer the first signs of how Apple’s former hardware engineering chief intends to reshape the company following Tim Cook’s 15-year tenure as CEO. We take a closer look with Mark Gurman, Bloomberg News Managing Editor for Global Consumer Tech.

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OpenAI has unveiled an always-on artificial intelligent agent that’s designed to proactively tackle work on a user’s behalf, competing with firms like Meta Platforms Inc. in a growing field for AI-powered digital assistants. The product, called Dots, is capable of using a computer and pulling information from various connected applications to conduct research, draft documents and develop software, OpenAI said on Tuesday.

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Global anxiety over artificial intelligence risks has intensified following fresh disclosures about a far wider range of breaches by advanced AI models, setting the stage for a high-stakes meeting between Anthropic PBC Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei and President Donald Trump.
Amodei and Trump met on Sunday night, according to a White House official, bringing together two men at opposite ends of the AI safety debate. The meeting marked their first private sit-down after months of rocky relations between the Anthropic chief and the administration over safety-related issues involving the company’s AI tools.

We discuss their meeting and the day's top headlines with Seth Fiegerman, Bloomberg News AI Editor.

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The selloff in the US bond market deepened on Monday after President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, dampening hopes of a diplomatic breakthrough to end the war. The decline pushed most Treasury yields higher by nearly 10 basis points by noon in New York, with those on 10-year bonds climbing to a fresh 19-year high. Meantime, Iranian officials have privately expressed pessimism about reaching a deal to end hostilities with Washington and reopen the Strait of Hormuz before US midterm elections in November.

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In late January, the week before Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced a $1.6 billion government commitment to fund a US magnet maker, bankers at his former financial services company, now run by his sons, were busy earning fees raising $1.5 billion more for the company from private investors.

The parallel deals have been questioned by Democratic lawmakers alleging possible conflicts of interest involving Lutnick and his sons. But a more basic set of questions has dogged the project: Can USA Rare Earth Inc., the company getting these public and private funds, actually produce the critical minerals and magnets the government needs to break China’s chokehold on global supplies?

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President Donald Trump said he would meet again with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in November, following what he said was a successful summit in Washington that was seemingly light on concrete policy outcomes. Meanwhile, oil prices declined on tentative signs that talks between the US and Iran to reopen the world’s most important energy shipping route were progressing. 

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- Mekala Krishnan, Partner at the McKinsey Global Institute
- Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the UN
- Rudina Seseri, Founder & Managing Partner at Glasswing Ventures

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Oracle Corp. is moving to shield itself from racking up expenses on a massive data center being built in New Mexico, adding a fresh wrinkle to a project beset by opposition and regulatory setbacks.
The technology giant sent the project’s developer, a unit of Blue Owl Capital Inc., a notice citing force majeure, according to people familiar with the situation. Rather than trying to walk away as the site’s main tenant, Oracle is attempting to put off payments should the data center dubbed Project Jupiter get derailed and fail to come online in 2028 as planned, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private matters. Companies typically invoke force majeure to free themselves from contractual obligations when problems arise beyond their control. In this case, Oracle is seeking to assert its contractual position if the build-out is delayed.

For a closer look, we speak with Anurag Rana, Senior Tech Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence.

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Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping addressed their intense competition over artificial intelligence on Thursday during a summit aimed at keeping ties between the world’s largest economies on track. How the leaders are handling AI is one of the key questions looming over the state visit, with the US president arguing for unfettered development to keep his nation’s edge. China, meanwhile, has criticized American export controls on semiconductors and other inputs that it argues constrains its companies. By contrast, China’s top leader indicated some openness to setting boundaries.

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Jeffrey Cole and Harlan Lebo of USC Annenberg's Center for the Digital Future join to discuss their book Disrupters at the Gate and why transformative change often comes from unexpected outsiders. They explore how AI, digital technology, and shifting consumer behavior can upend even the world’s most dominant companies.

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President Donald Trump welcomes China's Xi Jinping to Washington today for a state visit that looks more focused on pageantry than policy, with low expectations for breakthroughs on long-standing feuds. The summit will bring together a robust gathering of US corporate leaders, but no comparable delegation from China, raising questions about the prospects of even any new business. One area Trump and Xi may find common ground is AI safety. While Silicon Valley debates the possibility of the technology wiping out humanity, Washington and Beijing have signaled no intention to slow down development. Meanwhile, energy risks and related inflationary impacts tied to conflict in the Middle East continue to weigh on global economies.

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Anthony Scaramucci, Founder & Managing Partner at Skybridge Capital & former White House Communications Director, discusses his new book All the Wrong Moves, which argues that major bipartisan policy decisions on China trade, the Iraq War and the 2008 financial crisis helped create the economic and political conditions behind Donald Trump’s rise to power.

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President Trump said US officials had a “very good” meeting with Iranian representatives, a rare direct encounter that offers a fresh opportunity to restart talks to end the nearly seven-month war. Trump didn’t provide details on who participated in the meeting, but referred to his special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who sat alongside the president.

The US administration has signaled a renewed effort to end the war in the Middle East, with Trump claiming the conflict will end just after the November US midterm elections, if not before. Earlier on Tuesday in his UN address, Trump threatened to “annihilate” Iran if its officials don’t strike a deal. Meantime, President Trump dismissed calls for an international agreement to put guardrails around the development of artificial intelligence, brushing off concerns about the dangers of frontier models going rogue.

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CNN, MS Now and Politico filed a lawsuit seeking to allow their journalists to enter the White House grounds days after President Donald Trump revoked their access, turning to the courts in their fight over constitutional protections for the press. The news outlets claim the ban is a “direct assault” on the First Amendment and “a blatant violation of our most fundamental constitutional principles,” according to the complaint filed Monday in federal court in Washington. 

For more, hosts Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec speak with Tim O’Brien, Senior Executive Editor for Bloomberg Opinion.

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Oil fell below $100, heading for its longest run of declines since June, as robust flows through the Strait of Hormuz and diplomacy around the US-Iran war tamed a recent rally. Satellite data showed that Saudi Arabia’s observed oil loadings from inside the Persian Gulf jumped over the weekend, with the highest number of ships seen at the nation’s main Persian Gulf port since June. Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump told Fox News he would “probably” be open to meeting his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York this week.

Trump will also hold a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, and may meet leaders of Persian Gulf nations. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, for its part, said it has prepared itself for a protracted war, state media reported.

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Billionaires are difficult to ignore these days — flying into space, funding election campaigns, promoting AI, warning about AI and generally making a racket on social media. One billionaire sits in the Oval Office, while others control the world’s large language models and internet algorithms, including the choice of just how addictive our devices should be.

A new book, The Everywhere Millionaire: Who Is Really Rich in America and How They Got There, tries to uncover much more about this somewhat hidden slice of America’s upper crust. Sifting through the available evidence, economists Owen Zidar and Eric Zwick argue we’re getting distracted by the loudest and richest billionaires and missing the much more numerous “Main Street millionaires” who are the real sources of wealth and power in America.

We speak with the book's authors Owen Zidar, Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University, and Eric Zwick, Associate Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago School of Business.

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Saudi Aramco told at least two oil refining customers in Europe that they will be allocated no crude next month under long-term agreements after the kingdom’s key pipeline to the Red Sea was attacked, people informed of the decision said. European customers normally receive Saudi Arabian crude on so-called term contracts, ensuring a steady flow of supply every month. Those deliveries will not take place next month, the people said, asking not to be identified because the information isn’t public.

The decision applies to all European buyers, they said.Saudi Aramco declined to comment. The absence of Saudi flows next month will heighten the need for European buyers to secure replacements.

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The University of Kansas's David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium is undergoing an $800 million renovation that includes luxury seats and amenities, showing how the new financial model in college sports resembles that of professional teams. Colleges are looking for new revenue sources, such as fancier facilities that can command higher ticket prices and host concerts and other events, to help pay for expenses like player compensation and coach salaries. Meantime, a bipartisan bill called the Protect College Sports Act aims to regulate the changing landscape of college sports by putting guardrails around name, image, and likeness deals and allowing schools to spend more on player retention, with the legislation likely to pass the Senate.

For more, guest hosts Alexis Christoforous and Lisa Mateo speak with Janet Lorin, Bloomberg News Higher Education Reporter.

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OpenAI shared several undisclosed incidents of its AI models misbehaving and unveiled a new framework for tracking and disclosing such occurrences going forward. Some of the previously unreported instances included OpenAI’s technologies concealing and fabricating information in order to return results, the company said in a blog post Wednesday. The ChatGPT maker has faced increased scrutiny since saying in July that some of its most advanced AI models had breached the systems of an external software company, Hugging Face. None of the newly disclosed misalignment incidents involved a hack or breach of a third party, OpenAI said in a separate statement.

In the report, OpenAI detailed various instances of its artificial intelligence models misbehaving in order to complete a task or succeed at an evaluation. Some examples included the models fabricating missing data, attempting to bypass network restrictions and AI agents sharing files with each other that they were supposed to keep private.

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Joe Magazine, Partner at Fortuna Investments & Miami Beach City Commissioner, examines how macroeconomic forces and government policy are influencing investment decisions in sectors including space, robotics, nuclear energy, critical metals and data centers. He also discusses the growth of Miami as a financial hub and how Fortuna seeks out opportunity in unconventional spaces.
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The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter percentage point and penciled in an additional hike later this year, steps aimed at containing inflation that will test Chairman Kevin Warsh’s relationship with President Donald Trump. Following the US central bank’s first rate increase since July 2023, Warsh restated his concerns over inflation, saying too many categories of products and services were showing annualized price gains above 3% on a 6- and 12-month basis.

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On this special edition of the show, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec speak with Doug and Heather Boneparth of Bone Fide Wealth. Authors of the book, 'Money Together', the married couple focus on helping couples better understand their finances and the relationship between relationships and wealth management. They speak with them live in Huntington Beach, California during Future Proof.

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Wall Street traders refrained from making riskier bets in the countdown to the Federal Reserve decision, with stocks falling as elevated oil prices drove bond yields to multi-year highs. Almost 350 firms in the S&P 500 dropped.

Benchmark 10-year yields hit the highest level in nearly two decades. Longer-dated Treasuries extended losses after a weak $13 billion sale of 20-year bonds. Brent crude settled above $108, fueling inflation worries. Bitcoin tumbled as the US Senate blocked a landmark crypto bill in an industry loss. 

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Guest hosts Alexis Christoforous and Jess Mention speak with Shanta Thake. She's Ehrenkranz Chief Artistic Officer at Lincoln Center and joins to discuss the institution's ongoing commitment to making world-class performance more accessible through special programs and more. She also discusses some highlights from the upcoming seasons at the Lincoln Center, including the fifth annual 'Festival of Firsts' in October which spotlights artists exploring new territory.

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AI developers including Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing with the Trump administration over their calls for an industrywide slowdown in artificial intelligence development, a proposal that’s already triggered a selloff across technology stocks and has brought into question the resilience of a global data center boom. 

Bloomberg Economics uses a state-of-the-art approach to estimate exposure to AI across major economies, and expertise from the US and UK to Mainland China, South Korea, Taiwan and beyond to assess the current impact and future outlook.

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Prediction Market platform Kalshi is launching the 'first-of-its-kind' perpetual futures, fully regulated by the CFTC. Kalshi Chief Risk Officer Udesh Jha discusses how the company is hoping to expand past gold & silver eventually, to seek approval for regulated perpetual futures tied to single stocks.

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Be it the influence of AI or the rise of unicorns, startups face an evolving growth landscape. This raises some crucial questions for founders: What does scale look like, how can it be achieved and where in the world is the best place to do it? Hear from a leading VC firm and an enterprising startup about the shifting growth expectations facing founders, and the business ecosystems that facilitate success.  

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Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh faces intense pressure to raise interest rates at next week’s policy meeting after a highly anticipated inflation report showed US consumer prices marched higher last month. It comes as US diesel prices rose above $6 a gallon for the first time ever, as the conflict in the Middle East expands with Houthi rebels attacking a key Saudi energy facility.

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