FIFA Denies Belgium Red Card Appeal, Microsoft Layoffs, More
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News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Monica Ricks. FIFA is getting backlash for its decision to lift U.S. soccer star Fallon Balogon's red card, which President Trump says was his influence.
So I saw the play, and I'm a person that loves sports and was a good athlete, and I understand sports really well, really well.
And that wasn't a foul. FIFA overturned the suspension, but the organization's chief argues the president's call did not influence its decision. Belgium, which plays the U.S. later tonight, however, wasn't happy and tried to appeal. But Bloomberg's Dan Schwartzman says that appeal just got denied.
The FIFA Appeal Committee has decided that Belgium's request was, quote, inadmissible as the Belgium Soccer Federation was not a party to the proceedings, meaning they had no standing to appeal the FIFA Disciplinary Committee's decision to suspend for one year the match suspension of US star Fuller and Balogun. Belgium had said it had not received any explanation from FIFA for why it had decided to overturn the suspension. Balogun had received a red card during the match between the US and Bosnia-Herzegovina, which would have led to an automatic one-match suspension. Bloomberg Radio.
The Texas Attorney General is now investigating so-called ghost ticketing at StubHub. Some fans report buying tickets to World Cup matches on the ticket resale platform, then saw their orders canceled a few days or even just a few hours before kickoff. StubHub blames it on ghost ticketing, where sellers list tickets they don't really have, collect payment, and then cancel the sale when they can't come through with tickets. Microsoft announced major cuts today with plans to lay off 3,200 workers in its Xbox division alone over the next year. Bloomberg tech reporter Brody Ford says it's part of a massive reorganization plan to spur growth in its struggling gaming division.
Pretty much across the industry of technology, you see companies trying to rethink where they're spending money. A lot of this is fueled because they're spending so much on AI and building out data centers and infrastructures that they're taking a closer look across all divisions. So today, Xbox is the one that we see really kind of getting that hammer. And broader at Microsoft, it's a plan to cut about 6,400 people for what they say will help them grow in this next era.
Bloomberg's Brody Ford reporting, Microsoft reports earnings at the end of the month, but right now shares are down 1.2%. Shares of Broadcom are up 4.6% after the company said it would provide custom chips for Apple through 2031.
Why did FIFA deny Belgium's red card appeal?
They just signed a new multi-year agreement with plans for chips to be used in multiple generations of Apple products beyond just iPhones. Broadcom's also been working with several other major tech firms, including Alphabet and Meta on AI-specific chips. President Trump rang a golden bell to open trading for the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq today from the Oval Office to help celebrate the launch of Trump accounts.
These children are going to have actually accounts. They're going to learn about finance a little bit. They can watch it. We're going to all watch it grow together.
They're basically IRAs for American children managed by a parent or guardian and start with a $1,000 pilot contribution from the U.S. Treasury. We check the markets for you all day long here at Bloomberg. And a rally in some tech powerhouses are lifting stocks right now. The Dow's up about a tenth of a percent.
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