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Meta is making its biggest AI monetization move yet. Bloomberg's Kurt Wagner had an exclusive interview with Mark Zuckerberg. They talked about why the company is betting on ultra-low API pricing to win developers, how Meta plans to turn massive AI investments into real revenue, and what the AI transformation means for employees, investors, and the race against OpenAI and Google.

The US accounting board is examining if any changes to its rulebook are necessary should the Securities and Exchange Commission scale back how often publicly traded companies need to report their earnings to investors. Sandy Peters, Senior Head of Global Advocacy at CFA Institute, discusses sentiment around a potential move to semi-annual reporting.

On this episode of Stock Movers: - PepsiCo (PEP) shares are higher as it reported core earnings per share for the second quarter that beat the average analyst estimate. - Levi Strauss (LEVI) shares are lower as its full-year forecast boost underwhelmed, despite its earnings beating the average analyst estimate. - Costco (COST) shares are moving as reported total comparable sales for June that missed the average analyst estimate.

David Lebovitz, global market strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management, says artificial intelligence is becoming an "everywhere'' trade and investors are getting better at distinguishing opportunities. "AI is everywhere. And so it's how you play it, not whether or not you play it,'' he says on Bloomberg Television's "Surveillance.'"

AstraZeneca Plc's shares dropped more than 10% after a trial of a new heart drug failed to help prevent heart problems in patients with a rare disease. Bloomberg Intelligence's Sam Fazeli has more on "Bloomberg Open Interest."

Micron's stock surged following the company's announcement of a planned investment of up to $3 billion aimed at bolstering the U.S. semiconductor supply chain. Ed Ludlow has more on "Bloomberg Surveillance."

UIS initial jobless claims decreased by 2,000 to 215,000 in the week ended July 4, a period that included the Independence Day holiday. The median forecast in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for 217,000 applications. Mike McKee reports on "Bloomberg Open Interest."

Andrew Graham, Jackson Square Capital Founder and Portfolio Manager, joins Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn on "Bloomberg Brief" to discuss the rebound in equities.

SK Hynix Inc.'s US offering is more than seven times oversubscribed, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring strong investor appetite despite recent volatility in the Korean memory chipmaker's shares. Bloomberg's Neil Campling has more.

Anna Edwards, Guy Johnson and Paul Dobson break down today's key themes for analysts and investors on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade."

President Trump has warned the US could reimpose a blockade on Iran as tensions persist over the Strait of Hormuz. Karen Young, Senior Research Scholar at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, tells Bloomberg's Abeer Abu Omar on Horizons Middle East and Africa that Iran appears unwilling to give up its leverage over the waterway, leaving Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar at a disadvantage.

India faces a critical question: should it invest in building its own, frontier AI models despite shortfalls in chips, infrastructure and funding? In the first episode of Bloomberg's Emerging podcast, Menaka Doshi dives into whether sovereignty, security, and long term competitiveness justify the push. She sits down in Mumbai with Srikanth Velamakanni, co founder of Fractal Analytics, India's first publicly listed pure-play AI company, and Ganesh Ramakrishnan, a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay and a member of India's BharatGen AI taskforce.