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Ted Goldthorpe, founder of BC Partners Credit, joins Dani Burger and Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Deals." They discuss potential consolidation among dealmaking firms, dry powder and the business of sports.

Bending Spoons SpA shares rose 14% above their initial public offering price after the company and some of its backers raised $1.68 billion.  Shares of the Milan, Italy-based company, which acquires struggling software businesses, opened on Wednesday at $31 each, above the IPO price of $29 per share, before climbing as high as $33.14. The firm and investors including Baillie Gifford sold 57.97 million shares after marketing them for $26 to $28.  Luca Ferrari, CEO, Bending Spoons joined Bailey Lipschultz, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec from to discuss their first day of trading.

Andrew Calder, executive committee member at Kirkland & Ellis, and George Bilicic, managing director and global head of power, energy & infrastructure at Lazard, join Dani Burger and David Carnevali on "Bloomberg Deals."

Bloomberg's Michelle Davis joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." Verizon and the UK's BT Group agreed to create a joint venture for their international businesses in a merger that will take the low-margin units off their books and allow the carriers to focus on their home markets. Also, Comcast announced on Monday that it will spin off NBCUniversal and its European media unit, Sky, into a separate, independently traded company. Comcast will hang onto its cable-TV, broadband and wireless businesses.

Jeff Collins, Managing Partner at Cloverlay, joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." IVEST Consumer Partners and Cloverlay announced the sale of Care Bears to Authentic Brands Group. They discuss the deal and the value of intellectual property.

Melissa Sawyer, global head of M&A Sullivan & Cromwell, joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." Global transaction values were up around 30% year over year to $2.6 trillion in the first half, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That puts dealmakers on course to potentially set a record. Sullivan & Cromwell is ranked number one by market share and deal value so far in 2026, according to the league table on the Bloomberg terminal.

The US won't renew its trade deal with Canada and Mexico, choosing instead to conduct annual reviews of the pact in a decision that risks adding uncertainty for companies producing goods across North America. Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers joined Balance of Power and said the US trade deal with Canada and Mexico was a "great success story."

Bloomberg's Anthony Hughes joins Dani Burger on "Bloomberg Deals." Blackstone  is selling its stakes in a trio of data centers across Northern Virginia for $3.5 billion, cashing out of part of a bet it made less than three years ago.

President Donald Trump reported earning at least $1.4 billion in 2025 from crypto and memecoin-related businesses, according to his latest annual financial disclosure. Patrick McHenry, former Republican Congressman from North Carolina, Bloomberg Contributor, former House Financial Services Committee Chairman joins to discuss Trump's financial disclosures as well as Speaker Johnson sending the House on recess.

Marlinspike Partners just raised an oversubscribed $127 million Fund II to "rearm America," the latest sign that investors are piling into defense startups. Marlinspike co-founder and CEO Neil Keegan, who also served six years as a US Navy Surface Warfare Officer, joins Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."