Bloomberg Daybreak: Europe Edition

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 U.S PCE and GDP data, and a look ahead to Carnival earnings. In the UK -  a look at challenges for Europe’s chocolate industry ahead of Easter. In Asia -  a preview of BYD and China bank earnings.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Regulators on both sides of the Atlantic are training their eyes on Apple Inc., unnerving investors with fears over fines and threatening its market dominance. Shares of the company slid 4.1% Thursday, erasing about $113 billion in market value and taking their year-to-date loss back to 11%. (2) The Bank...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1)  Federal Reserve officials maintained their outlook for three interest-rate cuts this year and moved toward slowing the pace of reducing their bond holdings, suggesting they aren’t alarmed by a recent uptick in inflation. (2) The Bank of England is likely to keep interest rates at a 16-year high, giving m...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Wall Street traders gearing up for the Federal Reserve decision sent stocks to fresh all-time highs amid gains in several big techs. (2) The likelihood that central banks are about to embark upon the most synchronized reduction of interest rates since 2008 looks set to support the dollar in its nascent re...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The Bank of Japan ended the most aggressive monetary stimulus program in modern history, scrapping the world's last negative  interest rate while keeping financial conditions easy for now — a dovish tone that weakened the yen after the widely expected  decision.  (2) Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang showed off new...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Apple is in talks to build Google's Gemini artificial intelligence engine into the iPhone, according to people familiar with the situation, setting the stage for a blockbuster agreement that would shake up the AI industry. (2) A defiant Vladimir Putin says Russia won't be stopped from pursuing its goals a...

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 next week’s Fed decision and Nike earnings. In the UK -  a preview of the UK’s next rate decision. In Asia -  a look ahead at the RBA’s next monetary policy decision & Tencent earnings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes.  On today's podcast:  (1) French President Emmanuel Macron warned that the European Union would face an “existential” threat of a Russian invasion unless Vladimir Putin’s forces are defeated in Ukraine.  (2) The European Central Bank has succeeded in taming inflation without causing an economic downturn, according to Governing C...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: Ukrainian drone attacks halted three oil refineries deep within Russian territory in an assault President Vladimir Putin said was aimed at disrupting his presidential election later this week. Dutch election winner Geert Wilders has dropped his bid to become prime minister, after months of coalition talks fol...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Donald Trump has clinched the Republican presidential nomination, capping off a stunning political comeback fueled by grievance and vengeance and formally entering what's poised to be the longest and costliest general election in recent memory.  (2) Polish President Andrzej Duda said Russian President Vla...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Rupert Murdoch's News Corp and the owner of the Daily Mail have held talks about a potential joint takeover of the Telegraph, alongside the UAE-backed investment fund RedBird IMI, people familiar with the matter said. (2) Jamie Dimon said he wouldn't take the prospect of a recession in the US "off the tab...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) US President Joe Biden warned Israel against an invasion of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza as cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas remained deadlocked at the beginning of Ramadan. (2) Job vacancies in England have fallen to their lowest in more than three years, reducing the hope that the UK econ...

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 U.S CPI and Retail sales data, and a look ahead to earnings from Adobe and Oracle. In the UK -  a look ahead to a major real estate conference on the French riveria In Asia – a preview of Hon Hai and CATL earnings. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy info...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) President Joe Biden sought to breathe new life into his reelection rematch against Donald Trump, delivering a spirited and sharply political State of the Union speech that sparred with Republicans and targeted an opponent he didn’t ever name. (2) Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested the central b...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Chancellor Jeremy Hunt has handed millions of British workers a £10 billion a year tax cut paid for by stealing Labour's flagship policies and squeezing public services as he drew political battle lines for the upcoming election. (2) Britain's budget watchdog said a hit to the economy from leaving the Eur...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Jeremy Hunt plans to put personal tax cuts at the center of his annual budget on Wednesday as he navigates tight public finances to deliver on Conservative demands for a pre-election giveaway to boost the ailing governing party’s standing with voters. (2) President Joe Biden and Republican frontrunner Don...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) There’s a new sense of optimism in the UK as a global investment destination ahead of a general election later this year. A two-month investigation by Bloomberg Radio's Caroline Hepker has many of London's business elite increasingly upbeat about the future of the economy. (2) China set its annual growth...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said his budget will be "prudent" and "responsible," as he tried to temper expectations of Conservative MPs who want eye-catching tax cuts to give their party a pre-election boost. (2) Bond investors are positioning for a potential rise in inflation if Chancellor...

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 - Jobs Report, Jay Powell on Capitol Hill and Target earnings In the UK -  the government is preparing to present its tax and spending plans for the coming year  In Asia -  China's top political advisory body and legislature will be gathering for their annual two sessions ...

The UK’s reputation as a global investment destination hit rock bottom last April, when Microsoft President Brad Smith said The European Union was a more attractive place to start a business. Yet 10 months later, A host of FTSE100 CEOs tell us confidence is recovering. And for all the talk of British decline, official figures suggest the UK remains the top investment destination after the US, trum...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Left-wing disrupter George Galloway won a seat in the UK Parliament in a special election that underscored how the Israel-Hamas war has exacerbated community tensions and sowed division across British politics. (2) Scores of Palestinians were killed and injured on Thursday during an outbreak of violence i...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) The Supreme Court’s decision to take up Donald Trump’s bid for immunity from criminal prosecution raises the prospect that a trial to hold him accountable for trying to overturn the 2020 election could face a lengthy delay — potentially until after the November election. (2) Senate Republicans have to cho...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Wall Street's biggest banks have seen staffing levels surge in Paris despite the fact that many of those firm's top bosses feel constrained by the country's strict labor laws.  (2) Apple is cancelling a decade long effort to build an electric car, according to people with knowledge of the matter, abandoni...

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Sweden has cleared the final obstacle to gaining NATO membership in a move that will solidify the alliance's grip over Northern Europe and the Baltic region. (2) China's state-backed funds have poured more than 410 billion yuan ($57 billion) into onshore shares this year in a bid to prop up the market, ac...

 Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) As the best hedge fund strategy of 2023 becomes a magnet for mainstream investors, the risk models it relies on are getting a lot tougher to crack. (2) Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway says its cash pile scaled a new record as the billionaire investor decried a lack of meaningful deals that would give...