Chevron CEO Mike Wirth joins Bloomberg Markets: The Close to discuss the oil giant's plan to begin its first project providing natural gas-fired power to a data center at a site in West Texas. Its the beginning of a new line of business for Chevron to capitalize on the boom in artificial intelligence. The company is in exclusive talks with the data center’s end user, which it didn’t name, and anticipates making a final investment decision early next year, according to a statement and presentation released ahead of Chevron’s investor day on Wednesday. The facility is expected to be operational in 2027, and will have capacity to generate as much as 5,000 megawatts in the future. Wirth speaks with Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld about the data center project, his outlook for oil prices in 2026, and more.

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Delta Air Lines Inc. Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian says the carrier's fourth-quarter earnings will take a hit because of the government shutdown that led to mandatory flight cuts. “We had a little over 2000 cancellations. You can’t make that up within the quarter. So yes there was an impact,” he told Bloomberg's Lisa Abramowicz. But Bastian says he expects travel to be back to normal for the holiday season.

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BlackRock Global Fixed Income CIO Rick Rieder discusses the current state of the labor market, the difficulties for employment, the market implications, and the state of the U.S. economy. Rieder spoke with Bloomberg's Jonathan Ferro, Lisa Abramowicz and Annmarie Hordern.

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Mike Brown, President and CEO of Travel + Leisure Co., speaks on domestic travel market and the impact of US government shutdown on business. He speaks with Bloomberg's Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec

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Republican Representative from Florida Byron Donalds says that he is a yes vote on the deal to end the government shutdown, which is expected to reach the House floor Wednesday. Donalds says that he is not in support of a vote on expiring Obamacare subsidies and that a new system is necessary to bring costs down. He speaks with Bloomberg's Joe Mathieu and Tyler Kendall.

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CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator discusses the company's data-center delay, plans to diversify its suppliers and working with Nvidia on "Bloomberg Tech." CoreWeave lowered its annual revenue forecast due to a delay in fulfilling a customer contract, citing temporary delays related to a third-party data center developer.

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European Union Justice Commissioner Michael McGrath says the EU needs "more teeth" to protect consumers from dangerous goods sold online. McGrath was commenting after France launched a probe into Chinese e-commerce giant Shein over illegal products sold on its platform. He spoke to Bloomberg Daybreak Europe host Stephen Carroll in Brussels.

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Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman joins Bloomberg to discuss the state of the economy amid the ongoing shutdown. He says the US has the worst consumer sentiment basically ever, and that the President's idea of sending out checks is a terrible idea and deeply irresponsible.  He speaks with hosts Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld.

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Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President Alberto Musalem says the US economy has been "pretty resilient" with growth roughly around potential despite recent uncertainty. Speaking with Bloomberg's Mike McKee, Musalem says the labor market is around full employment but is cooling.

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Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly said she is focused on inflation and productivity in guiding her assessment of monetary policy and the US economy. She also warned against keeping interest rates too high for too long and discussed historical parallels between the 1970s and the 1990s. She speaks with Bloomberg's Jonathan Ferro and Lisa Abramowicz

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