Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) UK counter-terrorism police named a British citizen of Syrian descent as the perpetrator of an attack on a synagogue that killed two people. Jihad Al-Shamie, 35, carried out the attack on the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester on Thursday morning, according to statements from Counter...

On today's podcast: (1) The US Supreme Court refused to allow President Donald Trump to immediately oust Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook while she sues to keep her job, dealing a setback to his efforts to exert more control over the central bank. (2) White House Budget Director Russell Vought is planning to swiftly dismiss federal workers, a sign that Republicans will lean into hardball tactics...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Congress blew past a midnight funding deadline, triggering the US government’s first shutdown in nearly seven years — and the third under President Donald Trump. (2) US equity-index futures fell as the deadline to avert a government shutdown lapsed, disrupting one of the country’s larges...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Vice President JD Vance said he believes the US government is on track to shut down, seeking to pin the blame on Democrats one day before federal funding is set to lapse. (2) President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said they had agreed to a 20-point plan designed to end the wa...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves can be sure the bond markets have her back. But on Monday she faces down her own party, and she may find them tougher to win over. (2) The government is set to define what “contributions” foreign workers must make in order to claim settled status in th...

Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Host Tom Busby take a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week. In the US – a look ahead to the U.S jobs report and the Electric vehicle sector. In the UK – a look ahead to the Bloomberg Women, Money, Power conference in London. In Asia – a look ahead to the China PMI data. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Donald Trump announced a fresh round of tariffs, including a 100% duty on branded or patented pharmaceuticals starting October 1, unless a company is building a manufacturing plant in America. (2) Former FBI Director James Comey was charged with lying to Congress and obstruction related to testi...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) HSBC Holdings said it’s achieved a world-first breakthrough in deploying quantum computing in financial markets, as a race intensifies among some of Wall Street’s biggest firms to embed the cutting-edge technology in their daily operations.   (2) Intel has approached Apple about securing...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Donald Trump said NATO nations should shoot down Russian aircraft that violated their airspace and struck a more sympathetic tone on Ukraine’s chances of winning the war. (2) Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel took a conciliatory tone in his return to TV Tuesday night, saying “it was never...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said Russia was testing NATO’s readiness to retaliate with its series of incursions along the eastern flank of the alliance. (2) Nvidia will invest as much as $100 billion in OpenAI to support new data centers and other artificial intelligence infrastructure, a b...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Donald Trump’s order on H-1B visas which requires a $100,000 fee for applications — will hurt margins of Indian outsourcers who use the program to deploy engineers to client sites. That’s a blow to India’s $280 billion IT services sector, which is already grappling with sluggish gr...

Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Host Tom Busby take a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week. In the US – how The K-Shaped Recession Hasn’t Hurt US Equities...Yet In the UK – Are Private Markets Entering Their Golden Age In Asia – a look at Stephen Miran's Impact on EM and the Dollar See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Nvidia plans to invest £2 billion ($2.7 billion) to support the UK’s artificial intelligence industry in partnership with several venture capital firms.   (2) With golden carriages, military splendor and an opulent banquet, the UK’s royal gambit paid off this week, as President Dona...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Federal Reserve officials lowered their benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point and penciled in two more reductions this year following months of intense pressure from the White House to slash borrowing costs. (2) The Bank of England is set to rein in its quantitative tightening program amid...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Microsoft, OpenAI and other American companies announced plans to spend tens of billions of dollars on technology infrastructure in the UK, part of a series of business deals that coincide with President Donald Trump’s visit to the nation this week.   (2) British drugmaker GSK pledged to invest...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) US President Donald Trump expects to announce economic deals totaling more than $10 billion during his trip this week to the United Kingdom, senior US officials said Monday. (2) Prime Minister Keir Starmer has suffered a third forced departure from his government in less than two weeks as one of his senio...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) China’s economic activity slowed more than expected across the board in August, adding to the likelihood that policymakers will roll out more stimulus to hit the official growth goal. (2) US and Chinese representatives discussed TikTok, trade and the economy during a day of high-level talks in Madri...

Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Host Tom Busby take a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week. In the US – a look ahead to the next Fed decision and earnings from FedEx. In the UK – a look ahead to President Trump’s visit to the UK. In Asia – a look ahead to the next monetary policy decision from the Bank of Japan and what’s next after its rul...

The UK's Prime Minister is facing growing questions over what he knew about Peter Mandelson's relationship with Jeffery Epstein when he appointed him as Ambassador to the US. Keir Starmer fired him after Bloomberg published a series of emails between Mandelson and the convicted paedophile. The departure comes at a difficult time for the British government as it prepares to host a state visit for U...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) When Peter Mandelson was appointed the UK’s ambassador to the US in February, many in the British government predicted it would end in a scandal. Mandelson, a political operator once known as the “Prince of Darkness” for his capacity for political intrigue and spin, was fired by Prime Mi...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) A search is underway for the killer of Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump who was fatally shot Wednesday at a Utah university. (2) Poland has asked allies for additional air defense systems and counter-drone technology to better protect its land from Russian inc...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Israel’s attack against Hamas in Qatar drew rare public criticism from Donald Trump and underscored the risk that the war in Gaza could get worse before it gets better. (2)  Poland condemned a Russian drone incursion as an “act of aggression,” saying its military shot down some of t...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou lost a confidence motion in parliament, forcing a third change in government in just over a year and reviving uncertainty over how the country can tackle its mounting debt burden. (2) House Democrats on Monday released an alleged birthday note that they said Donald Tr...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Prime Minister Francois Bayrou’s government will likely fall Monday, a victim of his push to chip away at France’s massive debt load. (2) Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he’ll step down following weeks of calls for his departure in the aftermath of a second national election...

Bloomberg Daybreak Weekend with Host Tom Busby take a look at some of the stories we'll be tracking in the coming week. In the US – a look ahead to CPI and PPI data and Apple’s September 9th In the UK – on global defence industry gathering in London for the UK's flagship sector event. In Asia – a look ahead to China August CPI and PPI data. - Stuart Paul, US Economist with...