The first word in business news. Newsletters: http://bloom.bg/newsletters Podcasts: http://bloom.bg/podcasts The Big Take podcast: http://trib.al/jtoXfuThttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3mlaloq5cig2bFriedrich Merz is the closest thing the EU has to a leader right now. That isn't necessarily a good thing (via Bloomberg Opinion) https://bloom.bg/4urU9oK07 May 2026 06:30 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaloq5cig2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3mlakfgfnlh2iSenator Steve Daines has expressed his appreciation toward Beijing for encouraging Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, as the US searches for an off-ramp to a nine-week war that’s roiled global energy markets. https://bloom.bg/4uz87Fx07 May 2026 06:07 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlakfgfnlh2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3mlajkhvrla25A hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship shows how infections don’t need to spread quickly — they just need time to incubate and travel. bloom.bg/4wgfWBE 📷: AFP/Getty Images07 May 2026 05:51 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlajkhvrla25https://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3mlagpxod3f2iSouth Korea’s equity market has overtaken Canada’s as the world’s seventh largest, propelled by insatiable demand for chips powering artificial intelligence https://bloom.bg/4tYQu2007 May 2026 05:01 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlagpxod3f2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3mlafsskxz424The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has offered a preview of a potential Chinese blockade, a move that would throttle Taiwan's economy. Read more on how the island's dominance in chip manufacturing has made it prosperous — and highly vulnerable: bloom.bg/3QXhvnM 📷️: Mike Kai Chen/Bloomberg07 May 2026 04:45 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlafsskxz424https://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3mlaeyarxwe2xAfter 16 years of Orbanism, incoming premier Péter Magyar’s first job will be unwinding his predecessor’s web of corruption. He might want to start with the zebras. https://bloom.bg/3P7XnyE07 May 2026 04:30 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaeyarxwe2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3mladd54sap2jIran is evaluating a new proposal from the US to end their almost 10-week war, according to a person familiar with the matter, as China added its voice to global pressure to wrap up the conflict. https://bloom.bg/4dbgvno07 May 2026 04:00 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3mladd54sap2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3mlabmyfrfx24White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles says the US government would refrain from choosing winners and losers in artificial intelligence, the latest signal from a top Trump aide as the administration prepares new AI policy directives. https://bloom.bg/4dtHkof07 May 2026 03:30 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlabmyfrfx24https://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3mlaarnxz7t22A purported suicide note from Jeffrey Epstein, which his former cellmate said he discovered tucked in a book, was released by a federal judge on Wednesday https://bloom.bg/3ORgAop07 May 2026 03:14 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaarnxz7t22https://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3mlaaafaekh2iHost June Grasso speaks with prominent attorneys and legal scholars, analyzing major legal issues and cases in the news. https://bloom.bg/4f46j2D07 May 2026 03:05 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlaaafaekh2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3mla7fcguni2vLawyers from top mergers and acquisitions firms provided tips on some of the biggest deals of the last decade to an insider trading ring that made tens of millions of dollars in illegal profits, federal prosecutors said https://bloom.bg/3ORetkt07 May 2026 02:50 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla7fcguni2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3mla7brwd7f2eA mishandled blacklisting of Chinese tech firms gives insight into how the Trump administration can be at war with itself on a Beijing strategy. Read The Big Take ⤵️ https://bloom.bg/4wfOgNc07 May 2026 02:48 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3mla7brwd7f2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3ml7zpjtygv2eEXCLUSIVE: China advises its largest banks to temporarily halt new loans to five US-sanctioned refiners over ties to Iranian oil https://bloom.bg/4nbwbvy07 May 2026 01:08 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7zpjtygv2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3ml7xlieami2sThe Trump administration can keep 2020 election ballots and other materials it seized in January from a Georgia county in connection with President Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that voter fraud led to his defeat, a federal judge ruled https://bloom.bg/4f71lSI07 May 2026 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7xlieami2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3ml7vvfsu6t24A must-read newsletter, coming soon: Subscribe to Bloomberg’s AI Today: bloom.bg/4w58NUE07 May 2026 00:00 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7vvfsu6t24https://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3ml7u7qelua2vA federal agency wants to learn how nuclear reactors could help the US expand its commercial presence on the high seas https://bloom.bg/4tdQf1H06 May 2026 23:30 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7u7qelua2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3ml7sk5ur7p2mA mishandled blacklisting of Chinese tech firms gives insight into how the Trump administration can be at war with itself on a Beijing strategy. https://bloom.bg/3Prg2FV06 May 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7sk5ur7p2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3ml7quskyx42gElon Musk at one point considered recruiting Sam Altman to serve on Tesla's board of directors, jurors were told Wednesday at the trial over the feud between the two titans of AI https://bloom.bg/4etsIq106 May 2026 22:30 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7quskyx42ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3ml7p77uixv2uThe Trump administration is studying using oil under land at US military bases and other sites to help refill the nation’s depleted emergency reserves https://bloom.bg/4tj9wPi06 May 2026 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7p77uixv2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3ml7njdtt4j22American Bitcoin, the Trump family-backed miner launched last year just before the largest digital asset plunged from record highs, posted a second consecutive quarterly loss after a drop in the value of its holdings https://bloom.bg/4esUva006 May 2026 21:30 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7njdtt4j22https://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3ml7m2gcjjp2uPresident Donald Trump and his allies convinced Republican primary voters in Indiana to give the boot to at least six of eight state senators who who defied in on redistricting https://bloom.bg/4tRmXah06 May 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7m2gcjjp2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3ml7l7g3tm32vAttention documentary filmmakers! We want to see your view of our climate future. Submit your short film to our Bloomberg Green Docs competition. >> Grand prize: $25,000 >> Deadline: August 14, 20206 >> Official rules: bloom.bg/4jYTZQH Please share!06 May 2026 20:48 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7l7g3tm32vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3ml7k63jv522zThe Trump administration has begun paying out refunds for the $166 billion in global tariffs that the US Supreme Court declared unlawful earlier this year. https://bloom.bg/4we5XNd06 May 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7k63jv522zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3ml7iiirfsm2eIt is hard to build a machine learning model to predict stock prices, but it is easy to ask ChatGPT what stocks to buy. (via Bloomberg Opinion) https://bloom.bg/4tUEBdc06 May 2026 20:00 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7iiirfsm2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3ml7gsguv2m2gCan you solve today's Alphadots? Hint: Ticker symbol? _ _ _ _ T _ _ O _ _ 🧩 Play here: bloom.bg/4tW0Z6h 06 May 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7gsguv2m2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3ml7f5ihllk2jThe Trump administration has been opening the door for greater control of federal public lands by state and local governments, including for use by industry https://bloom.bg/4tgsoyn06 May 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7f5ihllk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3ml7dheyt2y2zChief among the themes at this year’s Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills was—surprise, surprise!—private credit. https://bloom.bg/4dtvfiR06 May 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7dheyt2y2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3ml7brw35q625As the world’s wealthy gathered in displays of money and influence this week, an underlying tension simmered: the anti-rich sentiment sweeping the country and the billionaires trying to fight against it https://bloom.bg/3R8h2PE06 May 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7brw35q625https://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3ml76h2w5zl2hThe tech giant may drop one of the industry’s most ambitious climate targets https://bloom.bg/4tg5mrp06 May 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:uewxgchsjy4kmtu7dcxa77us/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml76h2w5zl2h