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Yesterday · 40 min
Screentime 2026: Hollywood in the Age of AI
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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. On today's episode: - 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Yesterday · 12 min
HPE Boosts Networking Forecast on AI Demand
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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. For more, we speak with Marie Myers, Chief Financial Officer at HPE. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Wednesday · 40 min
US Inflation Surprise Curbs Fed Hike Bets
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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. On today's episode: Mike McKee, Bloomberg News & Lindsey Piegza, Chief Economist at Stifel David Bahnsen, Founder & CIO at The Bahnsen Group Mike McGlone, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Commodity Strategist Jennifer Palmer, Founder & CEO at JPalmer Collective See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Wednesday · 7 min
Apple CEO Eyes Faster Product Releases, Fewer Middle Managers
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tuesday · 37 min
OpenAI Unveils Always-On AI Agent Dots, New $500 Paid Tier
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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. On today's episode: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman & Ed Ludlow, Host of Bloomberg Tech Dave Lee, Bloomberg Opinion Columnist Ann Miletti, Head of Equity Investments at Allspring Global Investments Ian Rogers, Chief Human Agency Officer at Ledger See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Tuesday · 11 min
AI Breaches Add to Safety Fears as Trump Meets Anthropic CEO
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Monday · 56 min
Iran Officials Pessimistic About US Deal Before Midterms
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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. On today's episode: Patrick Murphy, former Acting Secretary of the Army & US Congressman Bob Chapek, former Disney CEO Rebecca Walser, Founder & CIO at Walser Wealth Management Ed Ludlow, 'Bloomberg Tech' Host See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Monday · 11 min
The Tiny Magnet Maker That Attracted $1.6 Billion From Lutnick
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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? For a closer look, we speak with Joe Deaux, Bloomberg News Senior Reporter for Corporate & Economic Statecraft. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Saturday · 30 min
Trump Says He’ll Meet Xi Twice More This Year
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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. On today's episode: - Jennifer Welch, Chief Geoeconomics Analyst for Bloomberg Economics - 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 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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September 25 · 38 min
Bloomberg Businessweek Weekend - September 25th, 2026
Featuring some of our favorite conversations of the week from our daily radio show "Bloomberg Businessweek Daily." Hosted by Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec Hear the show live at 2PM ET on WBBR 1130 AM New York, Bloomberg 92.9 FM Boston, WDCH 99.1 FM in Washington D.C. Metro, Sirius/XM channel 121, on the Bloomberg Business App, Radio.com, the iHeartRadio app and at Bloomberg.com/audio. You can also watch Bloomberg Businessweek on YouTube - just search for Bloomberg Global News. Like us at Bloomberg Radio on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @carolmassar @timsteno and @BW See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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September 25 · 8 min
Oracle's Force Majeure
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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September 24 · 42 min
Trump, Xi Thrust Fierce US-China AI Rivalry Into Spotlight
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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. On today's episode: Michael Shepard, Bloomberg News Senior Editor for Technology & Strategic Industries NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte Dina Esfandiary, Middle East Geoeconomics Lead for Bloomberg Economics Eric Muhlheim, Mozilla CFO & Nina Trentmann, Bloomberg News CFO Briefing Editor See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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September 24 · 17 min
USC's Jeffrey Cole and Harlan Lebo on Google, AI, and Disruptive Innovation
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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September 23 · 35 min
Trump Meets Xi in Washington as Domestic Woes Grow
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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. On today's episode: Heidi Crebo-Rediker, Senior Fellow for Geoeconomics at the Council on Foreign Relations Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez Kyle Stock, Bloomberg News Senior Correspondent Mark Gurman, Bloomberg News Managing Editor for Global Consumer Tech See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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September 23 · 19 min
Anthony Scaramucci on Trump, Wall Street and America’s Economic Anger
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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September 22 · 51 min
Trump Addresses Iran Meeting, AI Worries at United Nations
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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. On today's episode: Tyler Kendall, Bloomberg News Washington Correspondent & Nick Wadhams, Bloomberg News National Security Reporter Becca Wasser, Defense Lead for Bloomberg Economics Ellen Wald, Senior Fellow at The Atlantic Council Global Energy Center Mandeep Singh, Global Head of Technology Research for Bloomberg Intelligence See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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September 22 · 11 min
Media Outlets Sue Over President Trump's White House Press Ban
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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September 21 · 36 min
Oil Drops Ahead of UN Meetings; Networks Sue Over White House Press Ban
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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September 21 · 17 min
Forget Billionaires - America Runs on Millionaires
The people, companies and trends shaping the global economy. Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF 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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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September 18 · 36 min
Bloomberg Businessweek Weekend - September 18th, 2026
Featuring some of our favorite conversations of the week from our daily radio show "Bloomberg Businessweek Daily." Hosted by Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec Hear the show live at 2PM ET on WBBR 1130 AM New York, Bloomberg 92.9 FM Boston, WDCH 99.1 FM in Washington D.C. Metro, Sirius/XM channel 121, on the Bloomberg Business App, Radio.com, the iHeartRadio app and at Bloomberg.com/audio. You can also watch Bloomberg Businessweek on YouTube - just search for Bloomberg Global News. Like us at Bloomberg Radio on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @carolmassar @timsteno and @BW See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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