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-Brian Chappatta, Bloomberg, Managing Editor of Leveraged Finance and Distressed Debt, discusses BlackRock curbing withdrawals from its $26 billion HPS Corporate Lending Fund after client requests for redemptions spiked, capping repurchases at 5%.

-Dan Ives, Global Head of Technology Research at Wedbush Securities, discusses the latest in the tech sector. He discusses how investors are now navigating an uncertain Iran military conflict in the Middle East, adding to the nervousness already in the tech trade with the AI Ghost Trade and Anthropic worries abound.

-Lauren Hochfelder, Head of Global Real Assets at Morgan Stanley, discusses her outlook for the U.S real estate market. Lauren discusses how she thinks we’re past bottom in most global markets, with tangible evidence of price movement. 

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US employers unexpectedly cut jobs in February and the unemployment rate rose, raising doubts about the health of the labor market. Nonfarm payrolls decreased 92,000 last month after a strong start to the year, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data out Friday. The unemployment rate climbed to 4.4%. The decline in payrolls partly reflected a decrease in health care employment due to strike activity.

Bloomberg Surveillance broke the numbers and got instant reaction from:

• Claudia Sahm, Chief Economist at New Century Advisors
• Nadia Lovell, Head of Global Equity Strategy at UBS Global Wealth Management
• Jennifer Lee, Senior Economist at BMO Capital Markets

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-Herman Chan, Senior Analyst, US Banks for Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses Morgan Stanley eliminating about 3% of its global workforce, targeting employees in its investment-banking and trading businesses as well as the wealth and asset-management operations.

-Kunjan Sobhani, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Semiconductor Analyst, recaps Broadcom earnings. Broadcom Chief Executive Officer Hock Tan said the company expects its AI chip sales to top $100 billion next year, marking major inroads into territory dominated by Nvidia.

-Mandeep Singh, Global Tech Research Head at Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses Anthropic resuming talks with the Pentagon about the way its AI models are used by the US military, raising the possibility that the two sides can resolve a feud that’s transfixed Silicon Valley.

-Jennifer Bartashus, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst, Retail Staples & Packaged Food, discusses earnings from Krogers and BJ's Wholesale. Kroger's new CEO Greg Foran laid out a value-focused vision to boost top-line growth by taking out costs and using that capital on price investments and customer experience. BJ’s Wholesale reported adjusted earnings per share guidance for fiscal 2027 that missed the average analyst estimate.

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-Mandeep Singh, Global Tech Research Head at Bloomberg Intelligence, recaps CrowdStrike earnings. CrowdStrike  projected quarterly sales that were roughly in line with analysts’ estimates, signaling steady demand in an era when artificial intelligence has heightened concerns over cybersecurity threats.

-Vlad Rikhter, CEO of Fencer, discusses AI and why OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said the company's rush to forge a deal with the Defense Department looked "opportunistic and sloppy". The remarks follow an announcement late Friday that Altman had reached an agreement to let the Pentagon deploy OpenAI’s artificial intelligence models in its classified network.

- Geetha Ranganathan, Bloomberg Intelligence Analyst on US Media, discusses why Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery will trigger a media reranking and strategic sector reset. Bloomberg Intelligence expects the industry to consolidate around three dominant players: Disney, Paramount and Netflix, leaving Comcast subscale and making further M&A likely.

-Lindsay Dutch, Bloomberg Intelligence Consumer Hardlines Senior Analyst, discusses Bath and Body Works earnings. Bath & Body Works, said sales will decline less than analysts expect, a sign that the home products retailer’s transformation plan, which includes selling its products on Amazon.com Inc.’s web store, is starting to take shape.

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- Emily Cohn, Bloomberg Consumer Team Leader, discusses Target earnings. Target forecasted better-than-expected profit for the full year, indicating the big-box retailer’s turnaround plans are starting to generate results.

- Lee Klaskow, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Transport, Logistics and Shipping Analyst, discusses why the US-led attack on Iran heightens near-term risk for e-commerce, threatening both shipping reliability and consumer demand.

- Kirsten Fontenrose, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, discusses the latest out of the Middle East. The US-Israeli war on Iran reverberated across the region for a fourth day, with oil and gas prices surging and the world adjusting to a conflict that President Donald Trump has said could last for weeks. 

- Nathan Dean, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Policy Analyst, discusses why congressional war powers votes aimed at blocking President Donald Trump from further military action in Iran will likely fail. Yet bipartisan dissent could hasten an endgame and lower disruption risks for airlines, energy and shipping.

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- Ellen Wald, President of Transversal Consulting discusses the impact of the Iran strikes on oil markets. Oil surged as the first impacts of the war in the Middle East began to be felt, with a near halt to traffic through the Strait of Hormuz and disruption at a big refinery in Saudi Arabia.

- Dr Ariel Cohen, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, discusses the latest on Iran. US President Donald Trump said the bombing campaign against Iran could last for weeks and called on the nation’s leaders to capitulate, while the Islamic Republic’s security chief ruled out negotiations.

- Wayne Sanders, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Defense Weapons Analyst, discusses how the U.S, Israel strikes on Iran will impact defense platforms. According to Bloomberg Intelligence: US defense primes Lockheed, RTX and Northrop sit at the center of the air, missile-defense and strike capabilities underscored by the US-Israel campaign in Iran. The operation reinforces the primacy of air and sea assets, with crewed platforms retaining clear relevance.

- Edward Price, Non-Resident Senior Fellow at NYU, discusses the latest in the Middle East. Senior Senate Democrat Mark Warner said Donald Trump’s rationale for the US-Israeli attack on Iran isn’t convincing and the US president owes an explanation to the families of American service members killed in action.

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-Caroline Hyde, BTech Co-Anchor, discusses the top  tech stories. OpenAI will raise $110 billion in new investment at a $730 billion pre-money valuation. Anthropic also rejected the Pentagon's latest offer in a dispute over safeguards around the use of its artificial intelligence technology by the US military.

-Woo Jin Ho, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Hardware and Networking Analyst, recaps Dell earnings. Dell Technologies Inc. shares jumped after the company gave an outlook for sales of its artificial intelligence servers that exceeded estimates.

-Anurag Rana, Bloomberg Intelligence Technology Analyst, recaps CoreWeave earnings. CoreWeave Inc. fell by the most in more than six months after reporting a bigger-than-expected loss and boosting capital expenditures, spurring concerns about the company overspending on infrastructure.

-Geetha Ranganathan, Bloomberg Intelligence Analyst on US Media, discusses the latest on Netflix pulling out of the Warner Bros Discovery bidding war. Paramount Skydance Corp. has agreed to pay $111 billion for Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., outmaneuvering rival Netflix Inc. after a months-long battle.

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-Kunjan Sobhani, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Semiconductor Analyst, recaps Nvidia earnings. Nvidia Corp., the dominant maker of artificial intelligence chips, suffered its worst stock decline in three months after the company’s latest forecast failed to dispel fears of an AI bubble.

-Gene Munster, Managing Partner at Deepwater Asset Management, joins to discuss Nvidia earnings. Investors are seeking stronger assurances that booming AI spending can be maintained, with lingering questions over whether the current AI spending wave can sustain growth beyond the next few years.

-Geetha Ranganathan, Bloomberg Intelligence Analyst on US Media,  discusses the latest art Warner Bros Discovery and Paramount. Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. reported lower fourth-quarter sales and earnings, with fourth-quarter revenue declining 6% to $9.46 billion and adjusted earnings before interest, taxes depreciation and amortization shrinking to $2.22 billion. Paramount Skydance Corp. reported fourth-quarter sales and earnings that beat Wall Street projections, with revenue of $8.15 billion and adjusted operating income of $612 million.

-- Swamy Kotagiri, Magna International CEO, discusses Q4 results and the outlook for 2026 in the face of flat global vehicle production and ongoing cost pressures. According to Bloomberg Intelligence: Magna's 2026 earnings growth will likely track midteens, supported by higher vehicle content and margin expansion driven by cost-saving initiatives, despite a flat production outlook.

 

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Nvidia Corp. gave a bullish quarterly revenue forecast, signaling that the build-out of AI computing remains on track, with fiscal first-quarter sales expected to be about $78 billion.

The company's outlook helped soothe concerns about a bubble in AI investments, with Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang saying that customers are racing to invest in AI compute.

Nvidia shares rose about 4% in extended trading following the announcement, after the company reported revenue gained 73% to $68.1 billion in the fiscal fourth quarter, and profit was $1.62 a share, excluding certain items.

For instant reaction, Bloomberg Businessweek hosts Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec speak with analysts and experts from across the Bloomberg newsroom, including:

• Bloomberg Tech Co-Host Ed Ludlow
• Jay Goldberg, Senior Analyst, Semiconductors & Electronics with Seaport Research Partners
• Bloomberg Intelligence senior tech industry analyst Mandeep Singh
• Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Technology Analyst Anurag Rana

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