Looks like the talks actually are going ahead this week. What do we know about them. Yeah, well, we don't know who's showing up.Number one, we think it might be Witkoff. We think it might be the Iranian foreign minister, but we don't know where and we don't know when. And nor do we know really what's on the agenda beyond nuclear. We do know what's happening. What's what is nuclear exactly.Is that nuclear weapons. Is that nuclear enrichment. Is that the highly enriched uranium stockpiles that they have with ...

Saudi Arabia just opened its stock market to all [music] foreign investors. It's the latest in a series of reforms by Saudi Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman [music] to try to diversify the economy and bring in more foreign cash. He also froze rents in [music] Riyad.He's relaxed rules around alcohol. And he's even allowed foreigners to own property in the holy cities of Mecca [music] and Medina for the first time. The push for investment comes as the Gulf nation [music] seeks to cut down on spending after ye ...

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>> THIS IS "BALANCE OF POWER" LIVE FROM WASHINGTON, D. C. JOE: WELCOME TO "BALANCE OF POWER." ALONGSIDE JULIE FINE, I'M JOE MATHIEU.WE BEGIN WITH THE PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN NOW IN DAY THREE, A FUNDING LAPSE IN EFFECT FOR TREASURY, HEALTH, DEFENSE, LABOR, AND THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY. THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE IS MEETING RIGHT NOW, A MEETING UNDERWAY A SPEAKER JOHNSON EXPECTS A FUNDING PACKAGE TO PASS TOMORROW WITH DEMOCRATS DEMANDING CHANGES TO ICE IN ORDER TO GET THEIR VOTE TO KEEP DHS FUND ...

ROMAINE: A BOUNCEBACK AND U.S. MANUFACTURING LEADS TO REBOUND IN U.S. EQUITIES. HERE AT BLOOMBERG HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK, I'M ROMAINE BOSTICK. KATIE: WE'RE KICKING YOU OFF TO THE CLOSING BELL HERE IN THE U.S., THE S&P 500 HEADING FOR RECORD HIGH.HIGHER BY ABOUT .5% RIGHT NOW. WE HAD U.S. ISM MANUFACTURING COME IN STRONG AS MORNING, YOU SEE THAT IN THE NASDAQ 100, GIVING A LIFT TO YIELDS. FOR KNOCKING ON THE DOOR OF 4.30%, THEN YOU LOOK AT THE DOLLAR, CONTINUING TO RALLY.BLOOMBERG DOLLAR SPOT INDEX HIGHER ...

In Washington as we bring in the voice of Democratic Congresswoman Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania. She's live on Capitol Hill as well as we watch this whole story swirl. Congresswoman, it's great to see you.Welcome back to Bloomberg TV and Radio. What's your reaction to the news from the secretary of homeland security, who I believe you would prefer to not have that job. Christine says that body cameras will be deployed to ICE agents on the ground in Minneapolis and as funding warrants or allows, that progr ...

Joining us now is that Democrat Texas senator elect, such a state senator elect, Taylor Rehmet. Thanks so much for being with us. We appreciate your time today.Awesome. Thank you so much. I want to know how you did this. How did you flip this district.This was a result of a lot of hard work and listening to the voters. It was not easy, but we had a lot of fun. I learned a lot and I have a scrappy team and we were able to pull off something great.There's been a lot of national attention on this race for the ...

And right now we are 2 minutes away from the end of the trading day. Romaine Bostick alongside Katie Greifeld, taking you through to that closing bell with a global simulcast. It starts right now.Carol Massar Tim Stenovec back in the radio room. Welcome to our audiences across all of our Bloomberg platforms, including our partnership with you to peer on a potentially record setting day for the Dow transportation average, as well as the S&P 500. And a happy belated birthday.Just don't stand back. Thank you. ...

For years, American businesses have risked running out of critical minerals during market disruptions. Today, we're launching what will be known as Project Vault to ensure that American businesses and workers are never harmed by any shortage. We don't want to ever go through what we went through a year ago, just as we although it did work out.Thank you. Just as we have long had a Strategic Petroleum Reserve and a stockpile of critical minerals for national defense, we're now creating this reserve for Americ ...

Do you think there could be a resolution to this issue. And have you gotten a show from House Republicans. >> Well, I spoke with Speaker Johnson. I spoke with Leader Thun.And uh I think you're pretty close to a resolution. You know, we were at 5.6% GDP and we lost a point and a half because of the 42-day shutdown. Think of that.We would have been at seven. Nobody ever saw a number like seven. And I think Howard probably a point and a half was the number, right. >> Point and a half for the shutdown.Exactly r ...