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Apple Inc.'s two-year-old partnership with OpenAI has reportedly become strained, with the AI startup preparing possible legal action after failing to see the expected benefits from the deal.

US retail sales rose at a slower pace in April with the value of retail purchases increasing 0.5% last month after a revised 1.6% gain in March. Excluding gas stations, sales rose 0.3%. Michael McKee reports on Bloomberg Television.

Chinese President Xi Jinping pressed US President Donald Trump on the issue of Taiwan and warned of a potential conflict if mismanaged. The two leaders met Thursday morning at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing following an elaborate welcome ceremony during the first visit to China by a sitting US president in nearly a decade. Bloomberg's Minmin Low reports from Beijing.

Artificial intelligence chipmaker Cerebras raised $5.55 billion in its US initial public offering. The company priced its shares at $185 each, giving Cerebras a market value of about $40 billion, based on the shares offered and outstanding in its filings. Bloomberg's Neil Campling reports.

Lululemon Athletica's incoming CEO Heidi O'Neill gave her first speech to the company's employees this week, in which she pledged to put the athleisure brand back on track. Romaine Bostick and Katie Greifeld have more on "Bloomberg The Close."

Oil shipments from Iran's main export terminal appear to have come to a standstill over the past several days. European satellite imagery compiled by Bloomberg shows there were no ocean-going oil tankers observed at Kharg Island on May 8, 9 or 11. If Kharg Island were to remain idle, it would increase the pressure on the country's remaining storage facilities. Bloomberg's Stuart Livingstone-Wallace reports.

Anthropic is in early talks with investors to raise at least $30 billion in fresh financing, according to people familiar with the matter. The Claude maker is in discussions to raise the new capital at a valuation of more than $900 billion, not including the investment, said the people. Bloomberg's Neil Campling reports.

Nvidia co-founder Jensen Huang joined US President Donald Trump on his visit to China as a last-minute addition to the trip, thrusting AI and technology into the spotlight before the high-stakes summit. Other US leaders on the trip include Apple's Tim Cook, Tesla's Elon Musk, Boeing's Kelly Ortberg and Goldman Sachs' David Solomon. Bloomberg's Minmin Low reports from Beijing.

US inflation accelerated in April amid an ongoing climb in gasoline prices and a jump in the cost of groceries. The consumer price index rose 3.8% from a year earlier, the fastest pace since 2023, while the core CPI, which excludes food and energy, increased 0.4% from a month earlier and 2.8% from a year earlier. Michael McKee breaks down the numbers on Bloomberg Television.

UK government bonds fell as a growing number of Labour Party lawmakers called on their leader, Prime Minister Keir Starmer, to step down following large losses in local elections last week. Bloomberg's Ven Ram breaks down the situation.