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The French competition authority (Autorité de la concurrence) has ordered Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) to present a structured payment plan and immediately resume good-faith negotiations with French press associations seeking back-payments for digital content use.

Leslie Vinjamuri, the President and CEO of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs joined Bloomberg Open Interest to explain why President Trump's latest Iran threats are aimed at gaining negotiating leverage rather than launching a full-scale war. She also breaks down NATO's strategy for managing Trump, why Europe is adapting its approach, and why the risk of escalation. and its impact on oil markets and the global economy, remains dangerously high.

Once a rare event reserved for historic mega-acquisitions, the jumbo bond sale is increasingly becoming the tech sector's go-to financing tool. Debt offerings of $25 billion or more have quickly shifted into a baseline for tech giants funding their artificial intelligence expansion, with Amazon.com Inc.'s sale on Tuesday marking the seventh time this year alone a technology company has reached that threshold in a single shot.  Vishal Khanduja, Head of Broad Markets Fixed Income at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, discusses how the bond market is pricing in these offerings.

The International Monetary Fund left its global growth forecast largely unchanged for this year, saying that the boom in artificial intelligence helped offset the fallout from conflict in the Middle East. Petya Koeva Brooks, Deputy Director of the IMF's Research Department, discusses the updated World Economic Outlook report on Bloomberg Open Interest.

Genco Shipping & Trading (NYSE:GNK) issued a sharp public statement today dismantling what it calls "misleading disclosures" by its largest shareholder, Diana Shipping (NYSE:DSX), regarding its pending tender offer.

Fatima Boolani, Co-Head of US Software Equity Research at Citi, discusses the tech selloff and why infrastructure software is so important amid the AI trade.

A flare-up in geopolitical risks drove stocks lower, bond yields rose and oil climbed as President Donald Trump said a ceasefire with Iran may be over, noting the US would probably launch further strikes. From New York to London and Tokyo, equities retreated. Almost 400 shares in the S&P 500 dropped, though chipmakers bounced. Sarah Hunt, Chief Market Strategist at Alpine Saxon Woods, discusses these market gyrations amid geopolitical swings.

Julia Hermann, Global Market Strategist at New York Life Investment Management, says financials have been "less loved" by the market, but she says the sector is not strapped for cash and is a high quality area of the market. She speaks on "Bloomberg Open Interest."

Estonia's Prime Minister Kristen Michal said the NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, has been a positive one. He also said his country would be willing to contribute to efforts securing free passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Michal spoke to Bloomberg's Oliver Crook on the sidelines of the summit.

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) closed within roughly 4% of overtaking Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) as the most valuable company in the United States, driven by fresh product pipeline optimization.

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) saw its equity valuation pull back to levels relative to its forward earnings capacity not seen since early 2019, before the generative artificial intelligence buildout reset broader capital market indices.

Chevron Technical Center, a division of Chevron U.S.A. (NYSE:CVX) and a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, has finalized a technology licensing agreement allowing ZL Chemicals to commercialize its proprietary advanced chemical surfactant technology.