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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."

The US decided against renewing its trade deal with Canada and Mexico, choosing instead to conduct annual reviews of the pact. That's according to US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, who spoke to Bloomberg News on Wednesday. The USMCA will stay in tact for another decade, unless a country decides to exit. Bloomberg's Jeff Mason reports.

The IPO window is showing more signs of life, with Uber-backed Lime raising $174 million in its public debut, pricing its shares right at the midpoint of the expected range. Lime CEO Wayne Ting says the company is going public to attract new investors, and is thinking about M&A, though "the bar is high." He joins Ed Ludlow from the Nasdaq on "Bloomberg Tech."

The Russell 2000 has outperformed the S&P 500 by almost 14 percentage points during the first six months of this year. Should such a performance gap hold into year-end, it would be the largest in over 20 years. Jill Carey Hall, Equity Strategist and Head: US SMID Strategy at Bank of America, discusses her mid-year outlook for small cap stocks.

Eric Liu, the Co-Head of Private Capital at EQT, joins Bloomberg Open Interest to explain how AI is reshaping private equity investing, why software companies face a growing divide between AI winners and losers, and how his firm manages regulatory risk in technology and healthcare. He also shares why high-quality assets continue to trade despite a slower private equity exit market.

Signs of economic strength alongside easing price pressures spurred a bounce in stocks from session lows, with Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh saying inflation risks have come down. Jordan Jackson, Global Market Strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management, gives his macro call and discusses the market reaction he expects to see from Thursday's jobs data.