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On today's podcast:
(1) US President Donald Trump said it would be possible to reach a fresh trade deal with China, signaling he is open to heading off a brewing trade fight between Washington and Beijing.
(2) The European Union is ready to discuss cutting tariffs on autos and other goods as it seeks to head off a trade war with the US, the bloc’s top trade official said Wednesday in Washington.
(3) Keir Starmer repeated his support for Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a call with the Ukrainian president on Wednesday, hours after US President Donald Trump branded him a “dictator.”
(4) South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa’s priority as Group of 20 president is overhauling the global institutions he sees as skewed in favor of the West.
(5) The European Central Bank will soon have to discuss taking a break, or ending altogether, its campaign of interest-rate reductions, Executive Board member Isabel Schnabel told the Financial Times.
(6) Confidence among UK households slipped to a new low under the Labour government, as consumers brace for higher prices and businesses warn of a hiring hit from rising payroll taxesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.
On today's podcast:
(1) President Donald Trump said he would likely impose tariffs on automobile, semiconductor and pharmaceutical imports of around 25%, with an announcement coming as soon as April 2 in a move that would represent a dramatic widening of the president’s trade war.
(2) US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said US taxpayers don’t need to worry about the security of their private data while Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency team seeks to make the federal government more efficient. The DOGE team has identified an estimated $50 billion in savings so far, Bessent said Tuesday during a Fox News interview. “So that’s a very good start.”
(3) Secretary of State Marco Rubio told European allies that the US will keep sanctions on Russia in place at least until a deal to end the Ukraine conflict is reached, even as his boss, President Donald Trump, said he’ll probably meet Vladimir Putin to discuss a settlement before the end of February.
(4) Top officials from the US and Russia met for a first round of talks over the war in Ukraine and raised the possibility of broader cooperation, signaling President Donald Trump desire to reboot a battered relationship.
(5) HSBC will incur $1.8 billion in costs over the next two years as it embarks on a global restructuring program that has seen the lender shutter some of its businesses and slash management ranks.
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.
On today's podcast:
(1) Emmanuel Macron held talks separately with Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskiy on aligning with the US after the French president spearheaded an effort to bring Europe to the table for discussions on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine.
(2) Discussions are gathering pace in the European Union on how to increase defense spending, with joint financing becoming a realistic option for a growing list of leaders, according to people familiar with the matter.
(3) Trade uncertainty over US President Donald Trump’s plans to hit the European Union with tariffs is already affecting the bloc by putting a lid on investment, according to EU Economy Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis.
(4) Some UK government departments are bracing for budget cuts of as much as 11% as Prime Minister Keir Starmer comes under mounting pressure to plough more money into defense.
(5) Fifteen people were injured, three critically, after a Delta Air Lines Inc. plane flipped and came to rest upside down after landing in windy and freezing conditions in Toronto on Monday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.
On today's podcast:
(1) Prime Minister Keir Starmer pledged to send British peacekeeping troops to Ukraine if needed as he sought to show that European nations are serious about their own defense.
(2) President Donald Trump said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will be involved in peace talks with Russia, a day after top US advisers suggested the negotiations might go on without him.
(3) The US move to pull back from providing European security guarantees comes as Donald Trump said he's open to allowing Europe to buy US-made weapons to give to Ukraine. European officials are working on a major new package to increase defence spending and support Ukraine, but the plans won't be announced until after the German election this coming weekend.
(4) Germany’s plodding election campaign flared into life Sunday when the four main candidates clashed on live television, exchanging barbs a week before the ballot on topics ranging from irregular migration to the war on Ukraine and the country’s economic woes.
(5) A potential encounter this week between President Xi Jinping and e-commerce icon Jack Ma, coming after a blistering run by tech shares, could be the next catalyst to extend the rally in China’s stocks.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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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 look at U.S housing data and earnings from the EV maker Rivian. In the UK – a look at upcoming German elections. In Asia – a look ahead to earnings from Alibaba and economic data in South Korea.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.
On today's podcast:
(1) President Donald Trump ordered his administration to consider imposing reciprocal tariffs on numerous trading partners, raising the prospect of a wider campaign against a global system he complains is tilted against the US.
(2) President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Russia’s Vladimir Putin simply can’t be trusted, which is why Ukraine needs security guarantees, particularly from the US.
(3) HSBC is kicking off a fresh round of job cuts at its investment bank as new Chief Executive Officer Georges Elhedery continues his overhaul of Europe’s biggest lender, according to people familiar with the matter.
(4) Jamie Dimon said JPMorgan Chase & Co. will scale back spending on some diversity initiatives that he sees as a waste of money, while he also reiterated the bank’s commitment to working with Black, Hispanic and LGBTQ communities.
(5) Euronext NV Chief Executive Officer Stephane Boujnah said US President Donald Trump’s return to the White House could present a boon for the pan-European bourse and regional companies, as Europe is “now perceived as a great investment opportunity.”
(6) UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in London on Thursday as the two nations pursued a thaw in ties even as Europe reeled from Donald Trump’s intervention on Russia’s war in Ukraine.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.
On today's podcast:
(1) President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin to start negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine, sweeping aside three years of US policy and blindsiding European allies who feared the more conciliatory American stance amounted to a giveaway to the Russian leader.
(2) Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the latest consumer price data show that while the central bank has made substantial progress toward taming inflation, there is still more work to do.
(3) European Union trade chief Maros Sefcovic spoke with three top members of US President Donald Trump’s incoming administration on how to find a solution to the brewing transatlantic trade dispute.
(4)French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou survived another no-confidence vote Wednesday, clearing a key political hurdle toward implementing a delayed 2025 budget.(5) Prime Minister Keir Starmer has lost the support of wealthy voters who helped his Labour Party secure a historic majority in last year’s UK general election, according to a new survey that lays bare the seven month-old government’s waning popularity.
(6) London-based Qube Research & Technologies has grown into a $23 billion trading powerhouse in just seven years, with a distinct approach that shuns star culture and emphasizes teamwork, and has achieved returns that make those of established hedge funds look mediocre.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.
On today's podcast:
(1) Rachel Reeves faces a new risk of having to make spending cuts after the UK government’s fiscal watchdog downgraded its growth forecast, leaving Britain’s finance minister scrambling to meet her budgetary rules when a key report is published next month.
(2) UK taxpayers will end up paying £150 billion ($186 billion) to cover the total losses incurred by the Bank of England on its quantitative easing program, according to new estimates.
(3) The rise of multi-manager hedge funds poses a threat to financial stability, according to Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey.
(4) Citadel founder Ken Griffin said he’s grateful that Elon Musk is taking time away from his companies to slash government spending but offered blunt criticisms of President Donald Trump’s rhetoric on tariffs.
(5) Hamburg, Germany's largest seaport, is a hub of activity, handling two-thirds of the country's goods, but is vulnerable to the global trade war instigated by US President Donald Trump.
(6) Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said the central bank doesn’t need to rush to adjust interest rates, again signaling that officials will be patient before lowering borrowing costs further.
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.
On today's podcast:
(1) The European Union says it will respond to any tariffs the US might impose on it. The warning comes after President Trump pushed forward with his pledge to place a 25% tariff on all US steel and aluminium imports.(2) Despite Trump's insistence that there would be 'zero exemptions'. The US President says he will "give consideration" to a carve-out for Australia. Those comments were also echoed by the country's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, after a call between the two leaders.
(3) The growing prospect of a trade war comes as the the UK's new ambassador to the US -- Peter Mandelson -- says it's important for allies to respect Trump's electoral mandate.
(4) A group of investors led by Elon Musk has offered to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI for $97.4 billion, escalating a clash between the Tesla chief executive and the artificial intelligence company he co-founded.
(5) A Bank of England voting member who backed an outsized interest rate cut last week sees companies struggling to raise prices as consumers pull back on spending.
(6) Europe is teetering on the edge of its next energy crisis after natural gas prices soared to the highest in two years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.
On today's podcast:
(1) President Donald Trump ordered a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum imports, escalating his efforts to protect politically important US industries with levies hitting some of the country’s closest allies.
(2) President Donald Trump has agreed to consider an exemption for Australia from US tariffs on steel and aluminum following a telephone call with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, even after he initially said there would be no exceptions from the imposts.
(3) The growing prospect of a trade war comes as the the UK's new ambassador to the US -- Peter Mandelson -- says it's important for allies to respect Trump's electoral mandate.
(4) A group of investors led by Elon Musk has offered to buy the nonprofit that controls OpenAI for $97.4 billion, escalating a clash between the Tesla chief executive and the artificial intelligence company he co-founded.
(5) A Bank of England voting member who backed an outsized interest rate cut last week sees companies struggling to raise prices as consumers pull back on spending.
(6) Europe is teetering on the edge of its next energy crisis after natural gas prices soared to the highest in two years.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.
On today's podcast:
(1) President Donald Trump plans to impose 25% tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminium into the US, broadening his trade salvo and threatening ties with some of the country’s top trading partners.
(2) Donald Trump suggested that Elon Musk’s government efficiency team has found irregularities while examining data at the US Treasury Department, and intimated that may lead the US to disregard some payments.
(3) BP's dramatic under-performance compared with other oil majors has reached a crunch point — a looming showdown with one of the world’s most aggressive activist investors.
(4) British workers are increasingly worried about losing their jobs, and it’s preventing the economy from benefiting from a potential uplift in consumer spending.
(5) France is set to announce a total of €109 billion ($113 billion) in investment in artificial intelligence projects in the country by companies, funds and other sources over the coming years, President Emmanuel Macron said on the eve of a two-day AI summit in Paris.
(6) The Philadelphia Eagles are Super Bowl champions. They defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22 in New Orleans. The win denies the Chiefs a third consecutive victory in American Football's showpiece event.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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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 look at U.S CPI and Retail sales data, along with quarterly earnings from McDonalds. In the UK – a look at a summit on artificial intelligence taking place in Paris. In Asia – a look at the potential fallout of Donald Trump's trade war with China.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.
On today's podcast:
(1) Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey does “very strongly agree” with Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves’ plans to boost UK growth. His deputy, Clare Lombardelli, is also “very supportive.” They may well be, but the central bank’s latest forecasts are certainly not.
(2) The rush to ship gold from London to the US to take advantage of premium prices is fuelling strong demand for slots to withdraw metal from the Bank of England’s vault, an official said.
(3) US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said he favors a strong dollar and has no plans to alter the government’s debt-issuance plans, showing a cautious approach toward financial markets from an administration that’s elsewhere rapidly upending the status quo.
(4) The Trump administration’s campaign to root out perceived disloyalty or waste at the Justice Department, the US Agency for International Development and other federal agencies has lawmakers and former senior spy officials worried that the intelligence community is up next for a purge.
(5) Amazon warned investors that it could face capacity constraints in its cloud computing division despite plans to invest some $100 billion this year, with most of the money going toward data centres, homegrown chips and other equipment to provide artificial intelligence services.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.
On today's podcast:
(1) US allies expect President Donald Trump’s administration to present a long-awaited plan to end Russia’s war on Ukraine at the Munich Security Conference in Germany next week, according to people familiar with the matter.
(2) Aides to President Donald Trump sought to tone down his idea of depopulating and taking over Gaza after his suggestion that the US would “own” the war-ravaged territory was welcomed in Israel but widely condemned elsewhere.
(3) Alphabet's Google told employees that it will no longer formally seek to improve the diversity of its workforce, marking the latest step in Silicon Valley’s retreat from initiatives that have fallen out of favour during US President Donald Trump’s administration.
(4) Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the Trump administration’s focus with regard to bringing down borrowing costs is 10-year Treasury yields, rather than the Federal Reserve’s benchmark short-term interest rate.
(5) The Bank of England is expected to cut interest rates for a third time on Thursday while downgrading its UK growth forecasts and predicting higher inflation this year in a report that will make uncomfortable reading for Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.
On today's podcast:
(1) Donald Trump said the US should take control of the devastated Gaza Strip, shunt the area’s residents to other countries and rebuild it into a new “Riviera,” a proposal at odds with America’s fraught history in the region and that drew sharp opposition from Saudi Arabia.
(2) The first volleys in the latest US-China trade war made clear that Xi Jinping is taking a more cautious approach than during Donald Trump’s first term.
(3) At least 10 people, including the gunman, were killed Tuesday at an adult education center in what Sweden’s prime minister called the country’s worst mass shooting. But a final death toll, a conclusive number of wounded and a motive hadn’t yet been determined hours later.
(4) French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is set to ride out two no-confidence votes on Wednesday, giving him the stability needed to implement a delayed 2025 budget.
(5) Google parent Alphabet Inc. posted fourth-quarter revenue that missed analysts’ expectations after growth in its cloud business slowed, raising concern from investors about the billions the company is spending on artificial intelligence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.
On today's podcast:
(1) China slapped tariffs on a range of US products and announced a probe into Google moments after President Donald Trump imposed a 10% tariff on goods from Beijing, reigniting a trade war between the world’s largest economies.
(2) President Donald Trump agreed to delay 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico for a month after both US neighbors agreed to take tougher measures to combat migration and drug trafficking at the border, warding off a continental trade war for now.
(3) Prime Minister Keir Starmer had hoped to spend Monday marking a new milestone in the UK’s much-promised reset with European Union five years after Brexit. Instead, he received a dramatic reminder of how much harder that will be with Donald Trump back in the White House.
(4) French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou forced the adoption of a 2025 budget bill by bypassing the lower house of parliament on Monday, using a constitutional provision that will likely trigger a no-confidence vote.
(5) UBS Group for the final quarter of 2024 beat expectations, aiding the Swiss bank in boosting buyback plans for this year to $3 billion. BNP Paribas announced a new share buyback and higher-than-expected dividend after a surge in trading revenue in the final months of last year lifted profit above its targets.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.
On today's podcast:
(1) President Donald Trump’s upcoming 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico and 10% duties on products from China are set to ricochet through households, raising prices for a wide range of items including vegetables, fruits and cars.
(2) Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will announce early Monday the details of her government’s “Plan B” to defend the country against US tariffs.
(3) As the leaders of Canada and Mexico rushed to respond after Donald Trump started a new trade war, Chinese President Xi Jinping took a breath before his nation announced any concrete retaliation.
(4) US President Donald Trump ramped up his tariff threats to the European Union while saying he would speak with the leaders of Canada and Mexico, as stock markets sank following a hectic weekend that saw prospects for a trade war turn into reality.
(5) Panama promised free passage for US warships through the Panama Canal and said it will withdraw from China’s signature lending program after Secretary of State Marco Rubio blasted the government during his visit on Sunday.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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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: We look ahead to the January Jobs report and preview some big tech earnings we're watching In the UK: We look ahead to the BOE rate decision In Asia: We detail the future of China's DeepSeek AISee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.
On today's podcast:
(1) President Donald Trump’s renewed pledges to slap 25% tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico on Feb. 1 jolted foreign exchange markets late in the New York trading session, sending currencies from both countries plunging against the US dollar.
(2) The US Army Black Hawk helicopter that collided with a passenger jet over Washington on Wednesday evening was manned by an experienced three-person crew conducting a routine training flight over familiar territory, a service official told reporters Thursday.
(3) US officials are probing whether Chinese AI startup DeepSeek bought advanced Nvidia Corp. semiconductors through third parties in Singapore, circumventing US restrictions on sales of chips used for artificial intelligence tasks, people familiar with the matter said.
(4) Apple gave a reassuring revenue forecast for the current quarter, helping boost shares of the world’s most valuable company after its holiday results showed jarring declines for China and the iPhone.
(5) Women trust the Bank of England less than men and feel more squeezed by cost-of-living shocks, new research shows, underlining the challenge facing the central bank to improve its public reputation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.
On today's podcast:
(1) A regional jet flown for American Airlines Group Inc. collided in a deadly midair crash with a military helicopter as it flew into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, prompting a search and rescue operation for any survivors in the Potomac River.
(2) Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell made clear the US central bank intends to hold interest rates where they are for the foreseeable future, pointing to a number of reasons why he and his colleagues expect to take their time before lowering borrowing costs again.
(3) Tesla has revealed plans to begin robotaxi operations and forecast a sales recovery this year, fueling what Elon Musk predicted would be an “epic” period of growth for the electric vehicle maker.
(4) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves threw her weight behind a controversial third runway at Heathrow Airport, part of the Labour government’s effort to revive growth by waving through long-delayed infrastructure projects.
(5) Microsoft said its cloud-computing business will continue to grow slowly in the current quarter as the company struggles to build enough data centers to handle demand for its artificial intelligence products.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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