Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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News when you want it. With Bloomberg News Now, I'm Amy Morris. Bloomberg News has learned Alphabet is looking to raise $20 billion in a high-grade U.S. bond sale and that Alphabet has already attracted more than $100 billion in orders. Bloomberg Tech co-anchor Caroline Hyde reports this debt sale is spanning the globe.
They're tapping the Swiss market and the sterling market. In fact, they're looking to sell a really rare 100-year sterling bond as well. So Alphabet is out there across every type of part of the debt market.
Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde reports it's all part of the $650 billion that the four biggest tech companies plan to spend building out AI this year. Another rally in tech companies after last week's AI-driven rout drove stocks higher. We bring you the closing numbers each day here at Bloomberg. The S&P gained 32. NASDAQ gained 207.
The Dow gained 20 points, landing at a new record of more than 50,100. The 10-year Treasury yield at 4.2%. The two-year yield at 3.48%. Spot gold is about 2% higher, Bitcoin about 1% lower. Fed Governor Christopher Waller says some of the euphoria that came into the crypto world with the current administration is fading amid a sell-off.
People are like, oh my God, Bitcoin's down to 63,000. I mean, you have to scratch your head a little bit and say, 63,000? Eight years ago, if you had said it was 10,000, you would have said, oh my God, this is crazy.
Waller says ups and downs are common in the crypto market. He spoke at an event at the Global Independence Center. Oil edged higher after the U.S. advised American flagged ships should stay as far as possible from Iranian waters. President Trump will try once again for a nuclear agreement with Iran as the other governments in the region fear Iran's threats.
Natasha Hall is a Middle East analyst with Chatham House.
Iran threatened to hit the King Fahd industrial port.
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Chapter 2: What is Alphabet's strategy for raising $20 billion in bonds?
This serves around 20% of Saudi's trade and they've made similar threats throughout the region. They're extremely nervous, and the U.S. has brought in this armada to protect these facilities.
Mid-East analyst Natasha Hall on balance of power. Congress has less than five days for a bipartisan deal to avert yet another partial shutdown. It's just not clear what that's going to look like.
Funding will lapse for the Department of Homeland Security just after midnight Saturday morning, unless congressional Republicans, President Trump, and at least some Senate Democrats can find agreement on immigration enforcement, or find a way to fund everything in the agency except ICE. Ghislaine Maxwell refused to answer questions from a House committee citing her Fifth Amendment rights.
The former girlfriend and confidant of Jeffrey Epstein was to be questioned via video link. Committee Chair James Comer says she's also asking for President Trump to intervene.
She's asked for clemency from the president. So I personally don't think she should be granted any type of immunity or clemency.
The fallout from the Epstein files is spreading overseas. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer facing a high-profile call to resign after he appointed Peter Mandelson as U.S. ambassador despite his ties to Epstein. Two of Starmer's top aides have already resigned.
Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will support UK police assessing reports that the former Prince Andrew gave confidential information to Epstein. The statement came after police said they were examining reports that the former prince sent trade reports to Epstein back in 2010.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is facing bipartisan calls to resign after he appeared in a recent batch of files linked to Epstein. Politico reports after Lutnick downplayed his relationship with Epstein, the files released by the Justice Department show he continued that relationship, including planning a visit to Epstein's island.
Novo Nordisk is suing him and hers health even after the telehealth firm scrapped plans to sell a copycat version of Novo's Wegovy weight loss pill. Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Pharma Analyst Sam Fazelli says Novo and rival Eli Lilly have long complained that the FDA hasn't done enough to stop imitations from making it to market.
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Chapter 3: How is the tech industry responding to the AI-driven market changes?
So I'm really glad to see this happening and the rule of law coming back in.
Sam Fazelli with Bloomberg Intelligence, hims and hers shares have fallen 16%. Novo Nordisk shares are about 5% higher. Savannah Guthrie said in a new video released today that the family needs help from anyone who might know anything about what happened to her mom, Nancy Guthrie.
If you see anything, you hear anything, if there's anything at all that seems strange to you, that you report to law enforcement, we are at an hour of desperation.
The purported abductors set a ransom deadline for this evening. Lindsey Vonn's dad says her racing days are over if he has anything to say about it. He told the Associated Press his daughter is a strong person who is handling her situation well, but he doesn't think she should race anymore. Vaughn broke her leg in the downhill over the weekend. She had surgery. She's in stable condition.
We are keeping track of the medal wins at the Winter Olympic Games. Italy leading the count with nine medals. Japan has seven. Norway has six. The U.S. is ranked number seven with two medals so far. That's news when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Amy Morris and this is Bloomberg.
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This sits alongside a clear 10-year industrial strategy, unlocking smarter regulation and making it faster and easier to operate. Stability with dynamism. Global connectivity with local depth. It all adds up to greater growth. Visit business.gov.uk slash growth.
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