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Prime Minister Keir Starmer told his cabinet this week that 2026 would be the year Britain's fortunes turn around and year Labour gains the upper hand. For his skeptical Members of Parliament the question is whether they oust him....

Moore Threads Technology Co. introduced a new generation of chips aimed at reducing artificial-intelligence developers' dependence on Nvidia Corp.'s hardware, just weeks after pulling off one of the most successful Chinese IPOs in years....

It's been a record year for deals involving Japanese companies, with transaction volume approaching $350 billion as December draws to a close. And next year is poised to be even busier....

In this episode of Next Africa, we dive into the continent's fast-evolving tech landscape, from booming fintech to startups tackling Africa's digital divide. Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga Agboola says the company is on track to achieve profitability. Optasia CEO Salvador Anglada shares how the firm aims to expand across the continent and abroad after its blockbuster IPO. Plus, we explore how Fibertime is working to close South Africa's digital divide and Axian Group's Hassanein Hiridjee, discusses how stronger telecom infrastructure can underpin Africa's AI-driven future. (Source: Bloomberg)...

China's exports of rare-earth magnets to the US fell 11% in November from a month earlier, with no immediate rebound seen after a trade truce between the world's two biggest economies....

China issued rules for governing pricing-related practices of internet platform operators to safeguard the interests of consumers and merchants, telling them not to impose unreasonable restrictions on merchants' ability to set prices....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government pushed through far-reaching policy reforms in the final parliamentary session of the year, seeking to bolster the economy in the face of trade headwinds....

This week, Wall Street Week looks back on a quarter century of change. In the first 25 years of the 21st century, capitalism endured a remarkable series of shocks - from the Y2K, to the Great Recession, to a once-in-a-century pandemic. We explore how these turning points reshaped markets, growth, and the public's faith in the economic system. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Colombia plans to publish next year a decree that would force pension funds to invest more money in the local economy, according to a government website....

Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are Robinhood Markets' Stephanie Guild, CHANGE Global's Thea Jamison, D Cowen's Tom Fitzgerald, Navan's Amy Butte, DWS Group's David Bianco, Teneo's Paul Keary, Counter's Gregg Renfrew. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Ryan Detrick, Chief Market Strategist at Carson Group, offers his analysis of the stock market's recent performance and explains why he disagrees with the notion that investors are overly focused on mega-cap tech stocks. Ryan joins Carol Massar, Tim Stenovec, and Bloomberg Chartered Market Technician Bill Maloney on Bloomberg Businessweek Daily. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Interactive Brokers Group Inc., best known for its retail trading platform, has applied to become a bank in the US....

The Trump administration proposed new payment cuts in Medicare for prescription drugs, even as pharmaceutical companies struck deals with the government in an effort to avoid just such measures....

New Fortress Energy said Friday that it struck new forbearance agreements with holders of its term loans after failing to make interest payments and informing the lenders that it didn't plan to make principal payments due at year-end....

Old and new oil producers alike are ramping up output as sanctioned barrels from Russia search for buyers, putting a record 1.3 billion barrels of crude on the world's oceans. Benchmark oil prices are heading for their biggest annual loss since the pandemic, while US gasoline at the pump is less than $3 a gallon for the first time since 2021. The drop is good news for consumers and the politicians who've made a point of addressing their cost-of-living concerns, including US President Donald Trump. But it's also an economic threat to some of the largest producers, like Russia and Saudi Arabia. Oil is as cheap as it was about a decade ago, without adjusting for inflation. Bloomberg News Managing Editor for Energy and Commodities Americas Simon Casey joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss. He speaks with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Paul Keary, CEO and cofounder of Teneo, says CEOs are taking a longer-term view of AI as a catalyst for business transformation. He tells Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on “The Close” that after a year focused on AI capital spending, the next phase will center on how enterprises transform using AI. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Today on the Big Take: Why Disney cut a deal with OpenAI after decades of safeguarding its intellectual property, what it stands to gain — and why now....

Gregg Renfrew, founder and CEO of Counter, discusses the clean beauty industry with Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld on “The Close.” She says the brand evaluates ingredients across 23 different criteria to assess safety for human health, ethical sourcing, and environmental responsibility. (Source: Bloomberg)...

The Justice Department released a tranche of its records on disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, a partial disclosure that will only serve to keep interest in — and questions about — the case stoked. The material included court records and evidence from the legal case against Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence on sex trafficking charges. Among the documents were a heavily redacted contact book a “masseuse list” that shows 254 entries, all of them blacked out. Some of the other documents had already been publicly disclosed, including more than 20,000 pages of documents released by the House Oversight Committee. Bloomberg News Senior Investigative Reporter Jason Leopold joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss. He speaks with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Amy Butte, chief financial officer of Navan, says companies are increasingly prepared to go public, pointing to the benefits of access to capital and acquisition currency. She tells Katie Greifeld and Romaine Bostick on “The Close” that a strong year-end backdrop is supportive for capital markets. (Source: Bloomberg)...