White House May Launch U.S. Home Builder Probe, Benghazi Suspect Arrested, More
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news when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Amy Morris. Trump administration officials are exploring opening an antitrust investigation into U.S. homebuilders to tackle the country's housing affordability crisis. The Department of Justice could open the probe in the coming weeks with a potential focus on how information is shared through the leading Builders of America trade group. Shares of D.R. Horton now down more than two percent. Lennar shares down about two percent. Fourteen years after a mob attacked U.S. consular facilities in Benghazi, Libya, killing the U.S. ambassador and three staff members, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced an arrest and extradition.
The FBI has arrested one of the key participants behind the Benghazi attack. Zubar al-Bakrash landed at Andrews Air Force Base at 3 a.m.
this morning. Bondi says al-Bakrash faces murder, arson, and terrorism-related charges. Iran says it's agreed with the U.S. to continue indirect talks to de-escalate tensions and avert a military confrontation. With Tehran describing the first day as positive, Will Todman is a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
historic protest movement last month in January. The economy is crashing and the regime is still really weakened after the military strikes that Israel and the US conducted last year. And so for the US, then I think they see this as an opportunity to try to get concessions out of Iran.
Iran's foreign minister says discussions were limited to nuclear issues. U.S. officials say they should include Iran's missiles and Tehran's support for regional militias. We are watching a rally in tech stocks after a drawdown all week as stock buyers go bargain hunting. We check markets for you all day long here at Bloomberg. The S&P 500 is up 1.5%. NASDAQ up 1.7%.
What investigation is the Trump administration considering regarding U.S. home builders?
The Dow up nearly 2%. The 10-year Treasury yield at 4.21%, the 2-year yield at 3.5%. Bitcoin now nearly 12% higher, reclaiming almost all of yesterday's losses, now up to $70,000. Amazon shares are down nearly 8% after the e-commerce and cloud computing companies' much higher-than-expected $200 billion annual capital spending forecast underlined concerns about how much big tech companies are spending on AI-related investments. BlackRock CIO of Global Fixed Income Rick Reeder says AI is having an impact on markets and is the way for companies to protect themselves.
You hear the discussion about CapEx and the CapEx was too high. And, you know, I would argue there's some other things at play there. CapEx is your moat. CapEx and R&D spend are the way companies can build their moat. And it's actually data utilization. And the companies that are exploiting data that are building bigger moats, that is at the core of what is happening.
Reader was on Bloomberg Open Interest. JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America all boosting their bonus pools for bankers and traders by at least 10%. The payouts reflect a strong year for the nation's largest banks, which collectively posted their largest annual profit since 2021. Consumer sentiment in the U.S. has improved to its highest level in six months. The University of Michigan survey shows a bump to 57.3. That's up from 56.4. But still, survey director Joanne Xu says that's not a lot.
So this improvement is very, very small. It's less than one index point. It's well within the margin of error.
Who was arrested in connection with the Benghazi attack and what charges do they face?
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Concerns persist about the job market and the impact of inflation on personal finances, with respondents assessing the highest probability since July of 2020 of losing their own job. Atlanta Fed President Rafael Bostic says it's important to keep interest rates at a level that returns inflation to 2 percent.
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4 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–2:18
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What investigation is the Trump administration considering regarding U.S. home builders?
2:18–3:54
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Who was arrested in connection with the Benghazi attack and what charges do they face?
3:54–6:27
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What is the current status of U.S.-Iran indirect talks?
6:27–7:42
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