Michael Swanson, chief agriculture economist at Wells Fargo's Agri-Food Institute, said that fruits and vegetables are facing the most pressure from global events, as higher fuel prices and supply chain disruption squeeze both farmers and consumers. Swanson also said that he doesn't expect the protein craze to go away anytime soon, as obesity drugs send consumers looking for higher nutritional value in fewer calories.
Peter Atwater, president at Financial Insyghts and lecturer at William & Mary College, said that the top and bottom of the 'K-shaped economy' have become two vastly different experiences with 'nothing in common' as consumers on the bottom leg of the 'K' feel the daily impact of war fueled inflation and a labor market impacted by AI. Atwater says that the affordability crunch at the bottom of the 'K' will likely result in political turnover in midterm elections this fall.
James Henson, Director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin said that if the TX GOP primary was going to come down money. Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) would be "running away" with the race.
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Bloomberg's Scott Patterson joins Isabelle Lee and Tim Stenovec on "Bloomberg Crypto." The SEC is delaying a plan to provide broad exemptions for US crypto firms to trade tokenized assets linked to stocks, according to people familiar with the matter.
The era of "AI augmentation" — that polite corporate fiction where software was merely a "co-pilot" designed to help humans work faster — has ended.
In its place, 2026 has ushered in a period of cold, clinical replacement.
For decades, the global transition to renewable energy was a project of incrementalism — a slow-moving mosaic of carbon taxes, solar subsidies, and earnest international accords that often felt more aspirational than urgent.
Policy wonks argued over the nuances of the Inflation Reduction Act, while climate activists lamented the glacial pace of the "energy pivot."
For the better part of a decade, the gilded youth of the financial world — the "crypto-native" generation — dismissed gold as a "boomer rock."
To them, the heavy, yellow metal was an analog relic, a petrous souvenir of an era before the lightning-fast efficiency of the blockchain.
For years, the global defence industry existed in a sort of polite exile.
In the era of ESG mandates and the "peace dividend," shares in weapons manufacturers were often treated as the "tobacco stocks" of the new millennium — profitable, perhaps, but unseemly.
Global financial markets entered a state of high-alert Monday morning as President Donald Trump issued a final, televised ultimatum to Tehran, threatening the total destruction of Iran’s industrial infrastructure if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened by Tuesday evening.
U.S. hiring rebounded more sharply than anticipated in March as the return of striking healthcare workers and seasonal warming bolstered payrolls, providing a temporary reprieve for a labor market increasingly clouded by Middle East conflict and trade volatility.
The U.S. government has begun denying requests from companies seeking refunds for billions of dollars in illegal tariffs, despite a landmark Supreme Court ruling that struck down the levies last month.
Global energy markets are reeling as oil tracks toward its most significant weekly gain in four years, fuelled by escalating conflict in the Middle East.
US and Iranian forces clashed near the Strait of Hormuz overnight, hours after US President Donald Trump reiterated that negotiations with Tehran to extend their ceasefire and reopen the strait were proceeding, and just before a published statement from Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. Tyler Kendall reports on Bloomberg Television.
Pony AI (NASDAQ:PONY) recorded a 145% surge in first-quarter revenue, fueled by the rapid commercial acceleration of its robotaxi operations, leading the autonomous driving company to raise its full-year vehicle deployment and revenue targets.
G. Willi-Food International (NASDAQ:WILC) reported an 8.3% increase in sales for the first quarter of 2026, navigating local geopolitical instability through optimized product mix management and favorable foreign exchange tailwinds.
AutoZone (NYSE:AZO) reported an 8.4% increase in net sales for the fiscal third quarter, driven by steady growth in domestic same-store sales and accelerating commercial accounts, which cushioned the impact of minor supply chain margin pressures.
Champion Homes (NYSE:SKY) reported higher net sales for both the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2026, leveraging steady average selling prices to counter macroeconomic housing headwinds while refreshing its capital return program.
Aurora Mobile (NASDAQ:JG) recorded its fourth consecutive quarter of positive net income during the opening three months of the year, driven by the rapid scaling of its international messaging division.
Ituran Location and Control (NASDAQ:ITRN) breached the $100 million quarterly revenue threshold for the first time in corporate history, driven by broad-based expansion across its core telematics and stolen vehicle recovery markets.
Elbit Systems (NASDAQ:ESLT) reported double-digit revenue growth for the first quarter and an order backlog that surpassed $30 billion for the first time, fueled by a global acceleration in military procurement that has offset localized operational challenges.
Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) announced an aggressive expansion into the infectious disease prevention sector, entering into definitive agreements to acquire three distinct vaccine developers for a combined potential value of up to $3.83 billion in cash.
Freightos (NASDAQ:CRGO) reported mixed financial and operational metrics for the first quarter of 2026, as geopolitical tensions and airspace restrictions across the Middle East slowed core transaction growth while simultaneously driving up global shipping rates to support the logistics platform's overall transaction value.
