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For many US companies, the hot new type of credit seems to be getting less attractive....

The Met Gala is the museum's biggest annual fundraiser, this year raising $42 million to help fund exhibits, pay curators, and preserve paintings, sculptures and one of the largest fashion archives in the world. Bloomberg The Weekend was the first to see the exhibit and the new gallery in a private tour with MET Director and CEO Max Hollein. (Source: Bloomberg)...

The Trump family media group posted a net drop of $405.9 million in the first quarter, largely driven by unrealized losses in cryptocurrencies held by the company....

Actor, director and producer Daniel Dae Kim joins David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss "K-Everything" his new docuseries that explores the explosion of Korean culture on the global scene. (Source: Bloomberg)...

About 41,000 New Zealanders moved to Australia in 2025, the most in 12 years, drawn by a more robust jobs market. When even former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern left, it made international headlines. Net citizen migration is at its lowest since records began, and unlike in past waves, people aren't coming home. Former PM John Key, Cambridge Provost Gillian Tett, and a young lawyer who says he doubled his salary by leaving explain what's gone wrong and what it would take to reverse it. (Source: Bloomberg)...

The US was waiting on Iran's response to its latest proposal to end the war after suggesting word could come imminently, following clashes in the Strait of Hormuz that strained a month-long ceasefire. Bloomberg News Deputy UAE Bureau Chief Abeer Abu Omar and White House Correspondent Jeff Mason join David Gura and Christina Ruffini on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss. Iran has still given no indication whether it will accept President Donald Trump's plan, sent on Wednesday, which proposes that the Islamic Republic reopen the waterway and the US end a blockade on Iranian ports over the next month. Tehran's response is “under review,” Foreign Ministry Spokesman Esmail Baghaei told the semi-official Tasnim news agency, without giving a timeline. Trump told reporters at the White House late Friday he was still expecting a response “tonight.” Asked if Iran was intentionally slow-rolling the process, he said “we'll find out soon enough.” (Source: Bloomberg)...

Central banks must review the resilience of financial infrastructure given the rise of artificial intelligence, as well as defend their role as the ultimate guarantor against risks posed by stablecoins, said European Central Bank Governing Council member José Luis Escrivá....

A tanker carrying liquefied natural gas from Qatar is attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz, which — if successful — would mark the country's first export out of the region since the Iran war began....

Kenya plans taxes on mobile phones and banking fees to help raise nearly $1 billion in revenue in an effort to trim the nation's fiscal deficit to its lowest in a decade and tackle debt challenges....

The war in Iran was supposed to derail the rally in US stocks and weigh on company outlooks. Instead a blowout earnings season is providing fresh fodder for Wall Street bulls....

China pledged to step up efforts to defuse local government debt risk while supporting growth, as the State Council called for stronger policy execution in a challenging global environment....

An LNG tanker started to exit the Persian Gulf, with all other observable shipping through the Strait of Hormuz at a standstill following recent clashes. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, sought to reopen the vital energy channel at all costs....

German drone startup Helsing GmbH may see its valuation jump to about $18 billion in a new financing round, up from about $14 billion implied in a fundraising last year, the Financial Times reported on Saturday....

The world has burned through oil inventories at a record speed as the Iran war throttles flows from the Persian Gulf, eating into the very buffer that protects against supply shocks....

The UK will deploy one of its warships to the Middle East as part of planning for a European-led mission to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz once there's a stable ceasefire....

People lined up for blocks and waited for hours to get into the E11even club in Miami on Wednesday night, with several men talking excitedly about the lap dances they planned to get inside....

The postponed Beijing summit between President Trump and China's President Xi is back on the agenda, delayed by a war in Iran that has reshaped the dynamic between the two leaders. After a tumultuous 2025 that saw tariff escalation and revealed critical mineral choke points, both sides are looking for stability, not a breakthrough. Myron Brilliant, who recently returned from Beijing, says China thinks it's cracked the code on Trump. (Source: Bloomberg)...

What happens when intellectual capital flows across borders?...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made dollar supremacy his top priority. The Iran war has undercut that goal....

Employers in the US boosted payrolls in April by more than projected after an even bigger increase a month earlier, suggesting the labor market may be gaining momentum after near-zero job growth last year....