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Goldman's Special Bonus for Top Brass Set to Exceed $500 Million

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s most senior leaders are set to unlock a special bonus that will rank among the biggest such payouts the firm has ever awarded. About 20 executives are in line for equity awards that will be finalized later this month and exceed $500 million at the current share price, with Chief Executive Officer David Solomon in line for more than $100 million. Bloomberg's Sridhar Natarajan joins to discuss.

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Longshots Losing 98% of Time Dominate Kalshi, Polymarket Trading

Bettors on Polymarket and Kalshi often make longshot wagers, with around half of all trading volume on Kalshi involving potential returns of at least 1,000%. These longshot bets have resulted in significant losses for bettors, with money staked on "yes" longshots losing 15% on Kalshi and 27% on Polymarket since early 2025.Bloomberg's Denitsa Tsekova joins to discuss.

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SpaceX Crew Capsule Splashes Down in Pacific After ISS Stay

A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts returned from space and splashed down off the coast of California, capping the crew's mission to the International Space Station. The crew, part of a mission called Crew-12, had been living and working on the ISS since February, after launching to space in the same SpaceX Dragon spacecraft that brought them home.

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Chipotle Jumps on Report Starbucks Explored a Takeover

Chipotle Mexican Grill shares jumped after the Financial Times reported that Starbucks has reportedly worked with advisers in recent months on a takeover proposal for Chipotle, according to the Financial Times. Starbucks Chief Executive Officer Brian Niccol previously spent six years as the top executive at Chipotle. Michael Halen of Bloomberg Intelligence has more.

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ECB Wary of Stepping Into French Bond Turmoil

A sudden selloff of French bonds has stirred memories of the sovereign debt crisis that cascaded across Europe between 2009 and 2015. Attention is now turning to how the European Central Bank might respond.  Virginie Maisonneuve, founder at Maisonneuve Global Advisors, discusses the global economic outlook and why the ECB is wary of the current French bond turmoil.

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PepsiCo Lowers Guidance; Levi Strauss Sales Growth Disappoints | Stock Movers

On this episode of Stock Movers: - PepsiCo (PEP) shares are lower after the company decreased its profit outlook, with its recovery in North America taking longer than expected. PepsiCo faces higher costs in North America that are weighing on margins, and will be raising some prices in the coming months after cutting prices on some marquee brands earlier this year. - Microsoft (MSFT) shares are following news the company's Xbox unit is formalizing its film and TV foray with a new division called XP to expand its franchises into other media. - Levi Strauss (LEVI) is lower after it posted the slowest growth in its direct-to-consumer channels since late 2022, in part due to a marketing misstep. The company expects direct-to-consumer growth for the current quarter to increase by a mid-single digit, after changing its marketing to focus on low-rise jeans.

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AI Startups Rival Private Equity for Talent

Private equity is still winning Wall Street's talent war, but the battlefield is shifting. As buyout firms aggressively poach junior bankers, AI startups dangle equity upside and supercharged growth. With AI tools reshaping entry-level roles and payouts at the top swelling again, finance is racing to prove it can still offer the best long-term bet for ambitious young talent.

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BOE's Bailey Says Fiscal Policy Risks Becoming Less Effective

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey warned that governments may be left helpless in the event of another downturn as their firepower is sapped by weak growth and a series of severe shocks. "Fiscal policy can operate as a countercyclical tool of policy," Bailey said at an event in Turkey. "But if the negative shocks come at higher frequency, and underlying growth in the economy is lower, countercyclical policy becomes very difficult to follow successfully." (Source: TCMB Istanbul Economic Forum)

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