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Alicia Chong Rodriguez, Founder and CEO of Bloomer Tech, joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss the company's wearable Smart Bra, how the technology works, and what its data collection is used for. The clinically validated Bloomer TAG, a medical-grade smart bra with embedded textile sensors, is still in the testing phase, but is helping its users aggregate and understand their health data. Rodriguez speaks with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.

Gold fell after US President Donald Trump sent mixed signals on whether the US and Iran could reach a deal to halt the nearly month-long war, further roiling global markets. Bullion fell as much as 3.4% Thursday, but trimmed some losses after Trump said he is extending the pause of strikes on Iran's energy sites. "Talks are ongoing," Trump posted on Truth Social, "and, despite erroneous statements to the contrary by the Fake News Media, and others, they are going very well." Earlier Thursday, gold came close to a bear market defined as a 20% drop from its recent peak as the US president gave conflicting messages on a potential ceasefire. Axel Merk, President and Chief Investment Officer at Merk Investments, joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss. He speaks with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.

US mortgage rates jumped for a fourth straight week, reaching the highest point in six months and dampening prospects for the crucial spring season as the Iran war roils markets. The average rate for 30-year, fixed loans climbed to 6.38%, the highest since September 2025 and up from 6.22% last week, according to data from Freddie Mac Thursday. At the current 30-year average, borrowers with a $1 million loan would pay about $6,242 a month, not including insurance and taxes. That is up from $5,983 in late February when rates briefly dipped below 6% right before the US-Israeli bombing campaign began. Clear Investment Group CEO Amy Rubenstein joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss, plus the state of affordable housing. She speaks with with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec.

Well, pull out the party hats and dust off the stock tickers. 

Lithium, the commodity that investors and analysts had all but left for dead in the great market purge of 2023-2024, is back.

The stock market has long treated Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) less as a traditional automaker and more as a futuristic technology cult, with its valuation soaring on the gravitational pull of its CEO, Elon Musk. 

This persistent "Musk Premium" has burned countless short-sellers. 

Bitcoin has vaporised more than US$800 billion in its latest crash and sucked US$1 trillion out of the broader crypto market.

With nearly US$2 trillion in market value and rising allocations from Wall Street firms, ETFs, pension funds, and insurers, Bitcoin is increasingly woven into traditional finance.

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.

Global oil prices held steady on March 3 as energy markets braced for an intensification of conflict in the Middle East.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will officially stop collecting billions in trade duties at 12:01 a.m. EST on Tuesday, following a landmark Supreme Court ruling that declared President Donald Trump’s use of emergency powers to levy tariffs illegal.