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The UK stands apart as a place to do business, not because of one advantage, but many working together. Over Ā£10 trillion in capital, four of the world's top universities, a 10-year industrial strategy in action, its stability with dynamism, global reach with local depth. It all adds up to greater growth. Find out more at business.gov.uk slash growth.
News when you want it with Bloomberg News. Now I'm Nathan Hager. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick says he has nothing to hide about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Lutnick is testifying this morning before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee. He says he visited the late sex offender's private island with his wife and children in 2012, years after he said he'd broken off contact with Epstein.
Lutnick says he searched for his name in the Justice Department's latest Epstein files.
There may be 10 emails connecting me with him over a 14-year period. I did not have any relationship with him. I barely had anything to do with him. that person.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's facing calls to resign from some lawmakers over his Epstein ties. The White House has rejected that. Immigration enforcement's taking center stage in Washington as well.
The heads of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, and Citizenship and Immigration Services are appearing before the House Homeland Security Committee weeks after the deaths of two Americans in immigration enforcement in Minneapolis. Benny Thompson is the committee's top Democrat.
This hearing is just the start of a reckoning for the Trump administration and its weaponization of DHS against American citizens and the principle our country stands for.
And the hearing comes with lawmakers deadlocked over how to rein in ICE and Border Patrol. Democrats have threatened to shut down the Department of Homeland Security unless they get 10 demands, from warrant requirements and body cameras to the removal of masks. House Appropriations Chair Tom Cole tells Bloomberg government he expects DHS will shut down at the end of the week.
Wall Street is aiming for new records after a flat reading on retail sales for December. It's raising bets the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year. Stuart Paul is a U.S. economist for Bloomberg Economics.
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Chapter 2: What are Howard Lutnick's comments on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein?
economist Stuart Paul in the latest report from the New York Fed shows delinquency rates on mortgages, credit cards, and other loans rose 4.8 percent at the end of last year. That was the highest default rate in almost a decade. The prospect of lower rates for the U.S. economy, though, has the S&P 500 right now Trading on the upside up about a tenth of 1%.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up four-tenths of 1%. The Nasdaq Composite is little change to the downside. Shares of Google Parent Alphabet are down 2%, but the tech giant is getting a lot of interest in its debt. debt, selling more than $11 billion in sterling and Swiss franc-denominated bonds, including an ultra-rare 100-year pound note after raising more than $20 billion in a U.S.
debt deal just yesterday. Bloomberg's Tasos Vassos reports the offering's seen more than $41 billion in bids from the UK alone.
We are talking about massive demand across a number of markets that these companies haven't tapped before. That was the first time Alphabet, for example, is coming on the sterling market. And it's been something that we may not see again for a while, unless another hyperscaler, of course, comes forward and starts issuing big as well. Bloomberg's Tassos Vassos reporting from London.
There's a new wrinkle in the bidding war for Warner Brothers Discovery. Paramount Skydance says it will pay the $2.8 billion breakup fee if Warner walks away from its deal with Netflix. Plus, Paramount's offering a $0.25 per share ticking fee for every quarter the deal doesn't close after this year. It amounts to about $680 million.
Bloomberg Intelligence media analyst Geetha Ranganathan says she's not sure this sweetened offer from Paramount will fly with Warner's board.
I think this is just Paramount. exhausting all of its options before, you know, they actually raise the bid. But in my mind, what this signals is, yes, they did stop short of actually raising that $30 bid. But I do think that this signals that they are willing to kind of go back to the table and probably raise that bid as, you know, kind of this thing keeps dragging on.
Keith Aranganathan of Bloomberg Intelligence. Right now, Netflix shares are up 2%. So is Warner Brothers. Paramount Skydance is up more than 1%. The special election for New Jersey Governor Mikey Sherrill's old House seat may be decided. Former Congressman Tom Malinowski has conceded to political organizer Annalila Mejia five days after the special Democratic primary in the 11th District.
The Associated Press still hasn't called this race with 93 percent of votes counted, but Mejia is in the lead by 868. The winner will go on to face Republican Joe Hathaway in April. At the Winter Games in Italy, Michaela Schifrin is still waiting for her first Olympic medal since 2018. Schifrin and Breezy Johnson came in fourth in the combined Alpine downhill.
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Chapter 3: What implications do Lutnick's ties to Epstein have for his position?
That's news when you want it. With Bloomberg News Now, I'm Nathan Hager. This is Bloomberg.
As a place to do business, the UK stands apart. Not because of a single advantage, but a uniquely powerful combination of many. As one of the world's leading financial centres, the UK puts over Ā£10 trillion to work every day, fuelling innovation across every sector. Home to four of the world's top universities, it provides exceptional talent and breakthrough research.
Chapter 4: What are the current challenges facing U.S. immigration enforcement?
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. Hello, I'm Stephen Carroll. I'm in Brussels, where many of Europe's biggest decisions get made.
And I'm Caroline Hepke in London. We're the hosts of the Bloomberg Daybreak Europe podcast.
We're up early every weekday, keeping an eye on what's happening across Europe and around the world.
We do it early so the news is fresh, not recycled, and so you know what actually matters as the day gets going.
From Brussels, I'm following the politics, policy and the people shaping the European Union right now.
And from London, I'm looking at what all that means for markets, money and the wider economy.
We've got reporters across Europe and around the globe feeding in as stories break.
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