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Baker Hughes CEO on Market Uncertainty on Oil

Oil is holding near a seven-month high as investors await the next round of US-Iran talks. Prices have climbed this year on concerns about the potential fallout from a US strike on Iran, even as forecasts point to more oil supply than demand later this year. Baker Hughes Chief Executive Officer Lorenzo Simonelli joined Bloomberg Open Interest with his insights and how the company is benefitting from the AI data trade.

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Dimon Says There's Always Surprise in a 'Credit Cycle'

JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon, asked about fierce competition across the financial industry, said he's starting to see parallels to the era before the 2008 financial crisis, when a rush to make loans ended disastrously. "Unfortunately, we did see this in '05, '06 and '07, almost the same thing the rising tide was lifting all boats, everyone was making a lot of money," Dimon told investors on Monday. Bloomberg's Katherine Chiglinsky breaks down what Dimon said.

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Meta to Spend Billions of Dollars on AMD Gear, Buy Stock

Meta Platforms Inc. will deploy 6 gigawatts' worth of data center gear based on processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc., a blockbuster deal that marks a win for the chipmaker's attempts to catch up with Nvidia Corp. Meta will buy AMD chips and computers designed to run artificial intelligence models over a five-year stretch, beginning in the second half of 2026. The series of transactions will be worth "double-digit billions" of dollars per gigawatt, according to AMD Chief Executive Officer Lisa Su. Bloomberg's Ed Ludlow joins to discuss with Paul Sweeney and Scarlet Fu.

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Anthropic Unveils New AI Tools

Weeks after shaking the markets with AI tools that raised fears about job losses, Anthropic is expanding again. The company is pushing its Claude AI into human resources, investment banking, and even design partnering with firms like FactSet to automate high-level work. Bloomberg Tech co-host Ed Ludlow joined us with the latest.

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Ceco Buys Thermon in $2.2B Deal

Ceco is acquiring Thermon in a deal valued at roughly $2.2 billion. It's the largest transaction in the filtration company's history. The move significantly broadens Ceco's footprint in thermal solutions, as surging demand from data centers continues to drive growth in the sector. Todd Gleason, CEO of Ceco, joined Bloomberg Open Interest to talk about the deal.

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Lisa Cook Warns on Fed's Ability to Counter AI-Driven Unemployment

Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said the US central bank may not be able to counter rising unemployment driven by adoption of artificial intelligence. Cook warned, "our normal demand-side monetary policy may not be able to ameliorate an AI-caused unemployment spell without also increasing inflationary pressure," during comments Tuesday at an event in Washington.

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