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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.On today's podcast:(1)  Ukraine must be allowed to target missile crews inside Russia with European-supplied weapons, according to French President Emmanuel Macron.(2)  Germany and France have agreed to make rapid progress to deepen the European Union’s capital markets to boost investment in the bloc after years of discussions, French President Emmanuel Macron said.(3) Keir Starmer’s poll-leading opposition Labour Party is seeking to reassure the City of London it is not considering further taxes on Britain’s banks if it wins power at the UK general election on July 4.(4) The White House said an Israeli strike on an encampment in Rafah that left dozens dead was devastating but would not cause President Joe Biden to freeze additional arms shipments to the country.(5) With just hours left on the clock, advisers for BHP Group and Anglo American Plc were still struggling to find a breakthrough to salvage BHP’s ambitious $49 billion takeover plan. 
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 Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.On today's podcast:(1) The killing of an Egyptian soldier in a clash with Israeli troops at a Gaza border crossing on Monday further inflamed regional tensions after an Israeli airstrike killed an estimated 45 Palestinians at a camp for displaced people.(2) The Labour party has won the endorsement of 120 business executives who have said that a “new outlook” is needed so the UK can “break free” from a decade of economic stagnation in a letter to The Times.(3) Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will promise pensioners a tax cut if his Conservatives upset the odds and win the general election, the latest gambit to try to shore up the core vote as internal polling showed the Tories could lose more than 100 seats due to the resurgence of the right-wing Reform UK party.(4) Price increases at UK retailers fell in early May to their lowest level in more than two years, adding to signs of an improving economic outlook.(5) The US stock market is finally as fast as it was about a hundred years ago. That was the last time share trades in New York settled in a single day, as they will from Tuesday under new Securities and Exchange Commission rules.
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In this Holiday Edition of Bloomberg Daybreak:

We take a look at markets and inflation's impact on equities with Alicia Levine of BNY Mellon and Invesco's Brian Levitt

We check in on the strength of the global economy with Bloomberg's Michael McKee and Anna Wong. 

Plus, we get some travel tips for the summer with The Points Guy, Brian Kelly. 

Hosted by Nathan Hager
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Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Tom Busby takes a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week.


In the US – a preview of core PCE inflation and GDP data, and a look ahead to Dell and HP earnings.
In the UK - a look ahead to the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva.
In Asia – a preview of a two-day summit between Japan, South Korea and China in Seoul.
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.On today's podcast:(1) In the City of London, executives are looking forward to the imminent general election as a chance for clarity after a turbulent few years.(2) A two-speed global economy skewed by US strength is overshadowing this week’s Group of Seven meeting as officials confront the prospect of less synchronized monetary policies.(3) Segantii is shutting down and returning capital to investors after an insider trading charge in Hong Kong sparked concerns about a flood of redemptions, according to people familiar with the matter.(4) Elon Musk’s SpaceX has initiated discussions about selling existing shares at a price that could value the closely held company at roughly $200 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.(5) Alphabet and Meta Platforms have held discussions with major Hollywood studios about licensing content for use in the tech giants’ artificial intelligence video generation software, according to people familiar with the matter.(6) Citigroup, HSBC Holdings and Barclays are ordering more staffers to report to company offices five days a week as regulatory changes make it trickier for Wall Street to allow working from home. 
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.On today's podcast:(1) Standing in the rain and being drowned out by protesters playing the Labour Party’s 1997 victory anthem “Things Can Only Get Better” will not have been Rishi Sunak’s preferred backdrop for his announcement naming the date of the next UK election.(2) UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to stake the Conservative Party’s future on a rare summer election was so secret that even his chancellor of the exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, appeared surprised by the plan.(3) Nvidia the chipmaker at the center of an artificial intelligence boom, gained in late trading after a bullish sales forecast showed that AI computing spending remains strong.(4) Federal Reserve officials earlier this month coalesced around a desire to hold interest rates higher for longer and “many” questioned whether policy was restrictive enough to bring inflation down to their target.(5) BHP Group just won an extra week to convince Anglo American Plc on its $49 billion takeover plan. But the world’s biggest miner still must resolve the deal’s most intractable obstacle: What to do about South Africa? 
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