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Kering CEO Luca de Meo discusses the impact of the war in the Middle East on sales, the firm's partnership with ICCF, the Chinese owner of Icicle, and Demna's role as creative director of Gucci. Demna is "one of the greatest of his generation," de Meo says. "He has now in his hands one of the most beautiful brands in the sector, so I'm pretty optimistic that everything will work," he adds. De Meo speaks to Bloomberg's Caroline Connan in Florence, Italy.

Goldman Sachs Group says its private credit fund narrowly escaped a broader exodus due to its reliance on institutional investors. Goldman Sachs Private Credit, which manages a so-called non-traded business development company, met redemption requests in the first quarter amounting to 4.999% of its outstanding shares. That contrasts with peers including Blue Owl Capital that saw redemption requests dramatically higher than an industry-wide 5% limit. Bloomberg's Neil Callanan breaks down the situation.

London Stock Exchange Group Plc Chief Executive Officer David Schwimmer discusses the group's plans to buy back £3 billion ($4.1 billion) of its own shares. Speaking on Bloomberg Television, Schwimmer says £3 billion is "the biggest buyback" the LSEG has ever announced.

OpenAI is close to finalizing the first phase of a new funding round that is likely to bring in more than $100 billion, according to people familiar with the matter, a record-breaking financing deal that would give the startup additional capital to build out its artificial intelligence tools. Bloomberg's Annabelle Droulers reports.

Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. has entered exclusive negotiations to sell its film and TV studios and HBO Max streaming service to Netflix Inc., according to people familiar with the discussions. The two companies could announce a deal as soon as in the coming days, assuming talks don't fall apart, the people said. Bloomberg's Manuel Baigorri breaks down the situation.