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Stellantis, Qualcomm Expand Partnership for Vehicle Tech

Qualcomm's head of Automotive, Robotics and IoT Businesses Nakul Duggal said that the new vehicle technology partnership the semiconductor company announced with Stellantis will allow the automaker to modernize technology across the board and move fast as the automation and self-driving landscape grows. Duggal said that the automotive industry is moving quickly and he sees more intelligent cars becoming out over the next few years.

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Grocery Stores Feel Crunch of Fuel, Labor Costs Ahead of Memorial Day

Stew Leonard Jr., president and CEO of Stew Leonard's, said that customers are still buying food ahead of Memorial Day celebrations, but they're also complaining about the squeeze they feel when they go to the store. Leonard said that while he believes fuel prices will eventually come down once conflict in the Middle East is resolved, labor costs for the store will remain high, making it difficult to keep prices from going up.

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Credit Entry Points Incredibly Attractive: Steinbach

Margaret Steinbach, fixed income director at Capital Group, and Warren Pierson, co-chief investment officer of the Baird Funds, join Scarlet Fu on "Bloomberg Real Yield." Junk debt is beating just about everything else in fixed-income markets after surging yields wiped out gains on most other bonds. Yet with high-yield credit spreads near two-decade lows, investor unease is building.

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Goldman's Kaplan on Warsh as Fed Chair, Rates and AI

Robert Kaplan, Goldman Sachs vice chair and former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, expects Kevin Warsh to be an "excellent" Fed chair. Speaking with Julie Fine, Kaplan also discusses the shift in market expectations over the past eight weeks, from anticipating a rate cut later in the year to now considering a possible rate increase or no change due to persistent inflation and elevated oil prices.

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