Monica Ricks

The most recent measures of U.S.

consumer sentiment have shown a lot of gloom, and it could get worse this summer.

Bloomberg's Andrew O'Day...

Shares in Delivery Hero surged 10% today in Germany following an $11 billion takeover offer by Uber this weekend.

But investors are betting a higher price will be required to close a deal.

DoorDash has also expressed interest in Delivery Hero's Middle Eastern business, Talabat, but has yet to put in an offer.

And SoftBank shares climbed to a record high today, up 4.6 percent, spurred by hopes of big returns from the Japanese investor's stakes in OpenAI and SB Energy should the two go public.

OpenAI could file for an IPO in the coming days.

Lawmakers have left town for the holiday week, and there's not a lot of time left between now and the midterms when both chambers are still in session.

Bloomberg's Amy Morris reports from Washington.

The Ebola outbreak in Central Africa is spreading quickly with more than a thousand cases now reported in Congo.

The U.S.

implemented travel restrictions this week and is now redirecting citizens who visited the region to airports in Virginia, Texas and Georgia for health screenings.

And Daniel Suarez won the Coca-Cola 600 last night, capping an emotional day as the racing world remembered the late Kyle Busch.

Suarez is the first Mexican-born driver to win the Coca-Cola 600 and once raced for Kyle Busch Racing.

It's his third Cup Series win.

And that's news when you want it with Bloomberg News Now.

I'm Monica Ricks.

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President Trump has indicated he'll speak directly to Taiwan's president after pausing a $14 billion arms sale a week after visiting China.