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  1. 6 hr ago

    Paramount Closes Warner Merger in Historic Hollywood Deal

    Watch Paul and Scarlet LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Bloomberg Intelligence hosted by Scarlet Fu & Stacey Vanek Smith- Hannah Miller, Bloomberg Media Reporter, discusses Paramount Skydance closing its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, combining two of the five largest Hollywood film studios and uniting major franchises such as Harry Potter and Mission Impossible. The new company, called Skydance, will be home to dozens of TV networks and two major subscription streaming services, Paramount+ and HBO Max, and will be led by David Ellison and Ynon Kreiz as co-chief executive officers.- Natalie Lung, Bloomberg Tech Reporter, discusses Uber Technologies buying ezCater for $2.3 billion in a cash deal to help the Uber Eats delivery platform reach a more corporate clientele. The purchase will boost Uber’s food delivery business, which makes up about nearly half of the company’s overall gross bookings. ezCater generated over $2.5 billion in gross bookings over the trailing 12 months and works with more than 140,000 restaurants nationwide.-- Ed Ludlow, Bloomberg Tech Host, discusses top tech stories. Nvidia is nearing a $6 trillion market capitalization as investors return to the artificial-intelligence chipmaker after a disappointing start to the year.Moonshot AI has closed the final round of private fundraising at a valuation of about $50 billion and is heading toward an initial public offering in Hong Kong in the first quarter of next year.DeepSeek is close to securing at least 80 billion yuan in its latest round of funding, ahead of a landmark initial public offering in early 2027.-- Will Wade, Bloomberg News Energy Reporter, discusses Google parent Alphabet  agreeing to buy nuclear power from Constellation Energy Corp. in a 20-year power-purchase agreement that will drive more than $4.3 billion in investments to upgrade systems at 11 Constellation reactors. The agreement will add 890 megawatts of new reactor capacity and the electricity will start arriving on the grid as soon as 2028. The deal is part of a trend of tech companies investing in nuclear energy to support their operations, with other companies such as Amazon.com Inc., Walmart Inc., and Microsoft Corp. also signing agreements with Constellation and other nuclear power producers.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  2. 1 day ago

    CH Robinson to Buy RXO for $5.8 Billion in Bet on AI Model

    Watch Paul and Scarlet LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Bloomberg Intelligence hosted by  Scarlet Fu, Stacey Vanek Smith, & Norah Mulinda-Lee Klaskow, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Transport, Logistics and Shipping Analyst, discusses CH Robinson Worldwide agreeing to buy trucking brokerage firm RXO in a deal centered around a bet that artificial intelligence can help the companies improve efficiency in a challenging freight market. CH Robinson aims to diversify its business and capitalize on RXO’s abilities in expedited and last-mile delivery through a cash-and-stock transaction valued at about $5.8 billion.-Sam Fazeli, Bloomberg Intelligence, Director of Research for Global Industries and Senior Pharmaceuticals Analyst, discusses AstraZeneca investing $2 billion in US biotech Summit Therapeutics Inc. to collaborate on a promising new cancer medicine that could be combined with the British drugmaker’s other treatments. The investment will speed up development of Summit’s experimental ivonescimab, a bispecific antibody drug that aims to better attack cancer cells and stop them growing, and targets two proteins called PD-1 and VEGF.-- Robert Schiffman, Senior Tech Credit Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses his latest credit research on Micron Technology. According to Bloomberg Intelligence: Micron's AI-driven cash surge could make its credit profile materially less cyclical than in prior memory upturns, as stronger pricing, strategic customer agreements and rapidly expanding margins improve earnings visibility. Fiscal 2026 revenue rose 256% to $133.2 billion and adjusted free cash flow reached $62.3 billion, while Bloomberg consensus points to roughly $271 billion of revenue and about $141 billion of free cash flow in fiscal 2027.-- Dylan Sloan, Bloomberg Wealth Reporter, discusses his story about how the world's tech billionaires gained a combined $845 billion through Sept. 30. That’s the most ever for the first nine months of a year, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Tech billionaires are now worth a combined $4.6 trillion, accounting for 36% of the index's wealth despite making up only about a fifth of its members. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  3. 4 days ago

    Tesla’s EV Sales Top Estimates With Car Business Stabilizing

    Watch Paul and Scarlet LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Bloomberg Intelligence hosted by Paul Sweeney and Scarlet Fu-Craig Trudell, Bloomberg Managing Editor of Global Business Coverage, discusses Tesla deliveries. Tesla Inc. reported better-than-expected sales for the third quarter, delivering 486,532 vehicles worldwide in the period. The results are a boon for Tesla following a period of declining auto sales and a lagging stock, with competition in the crucial China market and sluggish demand in the US pressuring the company.-Poonam Goyal, Senior U.S. E-Commerce and Retail Analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses Nike earnings. Nike Inc. is cutting jobs and overhauling the business as results deteriorate, with a restructuring plan expected to save $2.5 billion over the next five years. The company announced weaker-than-expected sales for the latest quarter and a disappointing outlook for this fiscal year, with a high-single-digit revenue decline expected.-Matthew Bloxham, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Media and Tech Analyst, discusses top tech stories. Anthropic PBC is seeking to go public as soon as the middle of November, with formal marketing for its IPO potentially starting the week of Nov. 9. The company still expects to make its debut no later than the end of the year, despite deliberations being ongoing and the timeline potentially shifting.-Lindsay Dutch, Bloomberg Intelligence Consumer Hardlines & Beauty Retail Senior Analyst, discusses Mattel takeover interest. Mattel Inc. has drawn takeover interest from Authentic Brands Group, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Authentic has been discussing an offer that could value Mattel at more than $20 a share, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the matter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  4. 5 days ago

    Micron Gives Bullish Forecast, Even as Pay Raises Crimp Margins

    Watch Paul and Scarlet LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Bloomberg Intelligence hosted by Paul Sweeney and Scarlet Fu- Jake Silverman, Bloomberg Intelligence Semiconductor Analyst, recaps Micron earnings. Micron Technology Inc. gave an upbeat forecast for the current quarter, fueled by the AI building frenzy, though the chipmaker warned that rising compensation would weigh on profit margins. Revenue will be about $61.5 billion in the fiscal first quarter, and excluding some items, profit will be about $38.15 a share. The company's gross margins will tighten slightly in the current period due in part to increased worker pay, with the adjusted gross margin expected to narrow to 86.3% in the current quarter.-Sarah Frier, Bloomberg Managing Editor for Technology Coverage, discusses Chipmaker Broadcom agreeing to lend Anthropic as much as $42 billion to lease its chips. The agreement would let Broadcom pick a financing partner and convert the debt instruments into Anthropic shares, according to Reuters. Anthropic has committed to spending more than half a trillion dollars on cloud, computing and infrastructure in the coming years, and its IPO could value the AI company at about $2 trillion.-Ryan Vlastelica, Bloomberg Equities Reporter, discusses Microsoft. Microsoft Corp.'s shares jumped 37.5% from July through September, their best quarterly showing since 1998, adding $1 trillion to the company's market capitalization. The company's earnings in late July showed the fastest cloud growth in four years from strong AI demand, easing concerns about whether Microsoft's heavy AI investments would lead to better growth.-Geetha Ranganathan, Bloomberg Intelligence Analyst on US Media, discusses Netflix. Ted Sarandos, co-chief executive officer at Netflix Inc., said the US streaming giant isn’t growing as quickly as he would like. Netflix is expanding beyond its core business of films and TV series, with about 5% of its content budget going toward live programming. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  5. 6 days ago

    Apple Is Ready to Make Long-Awaited Push Into Smart-Home Market

    Watch Paul and Scarlet LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Bloomberg Intelligence hosted by Paul Sweeney and Scarlet Fu-Matthew Bloxham, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Media and Tech Analyst, discusses Apple planning to make its push into the smart-home market on Oct. 13, with a smart-home hub code-named J490 at the center of the strategy. The company also plans to announce the first update to the HomePod mini since its 2020 debut and its first new TV set-top box since 2022, which will serve as a showcase for Apple's new Siri AI assistant.-Ed Ludlow, Bloomberg Tech Anchor, discusses his interview with OpenAI's CEO Sam Altman. Altman said the company wants to navigate a period of heightened artificial intelligence safety concerns without the pressure of being a newly public company. He said the company is "adjusting" to a "new level" of AI capability and the added safety requirements that coincide with it. OpenAI is holding discussions about a new funding round to raise at least $30 billion from investors at a valuation of around $1.4 trillion.-Stephen Flynn, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Credit Analyst, discusses the latest at Paramount-Skydance. Paramount Skydance Corp. is selling debt to fund its Warner Bros. Discovery buyout, but delays have increased the cost of borrowing due to growing fears about global inflation. The company will have more than $87 billion of investment-grade and high-yield debt after the buyout and needs to generate enough earnings and cost savings to pay down its obligations.-Gautam Mukunda, Lecturer at Yale School of Management and Bloomberg Opinion Contributor, discusses his column: “We Are In an Era of Warped Entrepreneurship.” A New York Times investigation found that DraftKings Inc. built a machine-learning model that scored customers by how much they would lose for each free bet or bonus they received. The model raised concerns that the company was targeting problem gamblers, with a data analyst saying "the best investment would be a problem gambler" due to financial logic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  6. 29 Sept

    Smart Ring Maker Oura Delays IPO

    Watch Paul and Scarlet LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Bloomberg Intelligence hosted by Paul Sweeney and Scarlet Fu-Anthony Hughes, Bloomberg US Equity Capital Markets Reporter, discusses Oura delaying a US initial public offering, citing uncertainty in the market for first-time share sales. The wearable technology startup and its backers were looking to raise as much as $2.2 billion in the IPO, which had drawn about four times as many orders as there were shares available. -Ed Ludlow, Bloomberg Tech Anchor, discusses OpenAI holding back a version of its Astra model while it establishes stronger safeguards for artificial intelligence development, due to heightened risks after recent rogue AI hacking incidents. The company's head of safety systems, Saachi Jain, said the in-development GPT-6.1 Astra model wasn't as good as the company wanted in terms of "staying within scope and authorization" and communicating with users.-Geetha Ranganathan, Bloomberg Intelligence Analyst on US Media, discusses the latest on Former Walt Disney CEO Bob Chapek. Chapek talked about his new book detailing his time at Disney. He also discussed former CEO Bob's Iger succession planning and Josh D'Amaro talking the helm. Chapek is currently building a new career in private equity after being fired as CEO of Walt Disney Co. four years ago.-Theo Baker, Author of "How to Rule the World: An Education in Power at Stanford University" & Janet Lorin, Bloomberg News Higher Education Reporter, discuss Theo’s new book. Seventeen-year-old Theo Baker showed up for freshman year at Stanford University as a tech-obsessed coder. It seemed like paradise. There were Rodin sculptures next to nuclear laboratories and inventors lounging with Olympians. But Baker soon discovered a culture that embraced corner-cutting, that vested infinite excess and access in the hands of kids with few safeguards to catch bad behavior. Stanford, he realized, was less a school than a business. Its annual budget was nearly twice that of Harvard or Yale and higher than those of 116 countries. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  7. 28 Sept

    Nvidia Boosts Share Buyback Program by $150 Billion

    Watch Paul and Scarlet LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.Bloomberg Intelligence hosted by Paul Sweeney and Scarlet Fu-Matthew Bloxham, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Media and Tech Analyst, discusses top tech stories of the day. Nvidia Corp. increased the size of its share buyback plan by $150 billion, taking the total remaining authorized amount to $235 billion. The company expects to complete the program through fiscal 2028, according to a statement on Monday.- Geetha Ranganathan, Bloomberg Intelligence Analyst on US Media, discusses the impact of Muse across media and telecom space. According to Bloomberg Intelligence: Meta's Muse could turn AI from assistant into gatekeeper, creating a new layer of disruption across media and telecom as discovery, comparison and transactions shift away from traditional interfaces. Wireless and broadband look most exposed as agents make shopping, negotiation and switching easier, raising churn and pressuring pricing. -Stephen Flynn, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Credit Analyst, discusses research on Paramount-Skydance. According to Bloomberg Intelligence: Paramount Skydance expects to sell about $12.4 billion equivalent of junk-rated second lien notes to help fund its pending $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, with the amount of dollar-denominated notes issued likely to rival SoftBank Group's $10 billion sale of BB+ rated bonds on Sept. 23. -- Michelle Korsmo, CEO of National Restaurant Association, discuses restaurant industry headwinds. The National Restaurant Association recently launched its “Made in Restaurants,” a new national initiative celebrating the restaurant industry and its role in shaping people, careers and communities. The initiative, built on a combination of first-hand stories and economic research, highlights the role of the industry in driving the economy. Bloomberg Radio has invited Michelle Korsmo to speak on the state of the industry and highlight the new campaign, which shows how restaurants are not only cornerstones of their communities but shape the workforce by providing employees with the skillsets needed to sustain long-term careers both within and outside of the industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Listen for investment news and in-depth company research. Hosts Paul Sweeney and Scarlet Fu harness the power of Bloomberg Intelligence to analyze investments on Wall Street. Watch Bloomberg Intelligence LIVE on YouTube, weekdays from 10AM to 12PM ET: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF.

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