Bessent: US-China Tariffs Working Well, UK Inflation Jumps to 18-Month High | The Pulse 8/20/2025
Bloomberg Television· 2025-08-20 10:12
>> NEWSMAKERS AND MARKET MOVERS, THIS IS "THE PULSE WITH FRANCINE LACQUA. " FRANCINE: GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO "THE PULSE. " A PACKAGE OF SECURITY GUARANTEES FOR UKRAINE IS SAID TO TAKE SHAPE AS SOON AS THIS WEEK FOLLOWING A BIG WEEK FOR EUROPEAN LEADERS WORKING WITH THE U.S. TO BROKER A PEACE DEAL ADMIT ONGOING TRADE AND TARIFF UNCERTAINTY. THIS COMES AS YOUR STRUCTURE -- SECRETARY SCOTT BESSENT IS SAYING U.S. IS CURRENTLY SATISFIED. FIRST LET US DIVE INTO THE STOCK STORY WITH SUSAN LYNCH. AND ROSALIND ...
Netanyahu Says Australia PM ‘Betrayed Israel’ | WSJ News
WSJ News· 2025-08-20 09:24
I I don't take these things uh personally. Uh you know I engage with people uh diplomatically had similar things to say about other leaders. Uh what I say is that uh Israel of course increasingly there is uh global concern and global concern because people want to see an an end uh to the cycle of violence.[Music] [Music] Strength is much better measured by exactly what Prime Minister Anthony Albani has done, which is when there's a decision that we know Israel won't like, he goes straight to Benjamin Netany ...
As kids get ready to go back to school - popular fruit snacks get healthier
Bloomberg Television· 2025-08-20 09:00
Welch's fruit snacks, the lunchbox staple, have made a change that you might not notice. All of the flavors in the brand's mixed fruit variety snacks now use natural dyes. Colors from sources like red grape, the blue green algae spirulina, and purple carrot instead of red 40 and blue one.The snacks don't look too different, but the box now highlights the natural colors. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. has made cutting synthetic dyes a high priority, calling for companies to rem ...
Tech Selloff: UBS Is 'Bullish' on AI, Sees Fed Cuts Boosting Equities
Bloomberg Television· 2025-08-20 07:38
Should your clients be buying the dip in tech after the sell off we saw yesterday and the ongoing dip we're seeing in European defence names. Yeah. So we leaned still in on the bullish side when it comes to I am not going to lie on on that growth is long duration assets they tend to like fed cutting interest rates.We think they're going to do the same this time around. When we look at technology is still the sector that we expect to see very close to a 20% earnings growth from this year, outpacing by five. ...
Sekiro Anime Coming in 2026 | Gamescom Opening Night Live 2025
CNET· 2025-08-20 07:35
😱 FromSoftware’s Sekiro is back but as an anime adaption that will release in 2026. #gamescom #sekiroshadowdietwice #sekironodefeat #crunchyroll #anime ...
UK Inflation Accelerates, Driven by Air Fares, Hotels, Fuel, Adding to Pressure on BOE
Bloomberg Television· 2025-08-20 06:49
Is this the kind of data that will that will force the Bank of England to hold basically through the rest of this year into 2026. Can I take out November as a potential cut from the Bowie. Given what the numbers I'm looking at on the screen right now look like, I wouldn't take it out.I think, you know, I think it's uncomfortable, right, that inflation just keeps rising. That's not the greatest backdrop for a central bank. And remember, the Bank of England already expecting inflation to rise further, expects ...
Melania Trump’s influence in Russia-Ukraine peace talks
NBC News· 2025-08-20 06:33
Even out of sight, First Lady Melania Trump's influence felt as Ukraine's President Vladimir Zalinski and European leaders gathered at the White House for peace talks. Zalinski thanking the first lady for writing a letter to Russian leader Vladimir Putin advocating for the safety of children. It comes after President Trump handd delivered the first lady's letter to Putin on Friday during their highly scrutinized meeting.She loves children and she hates to see uh she hates to see something like this happenin ...
Pop Mart’s Labubu Doll Frenzy Drives Huge Sales
Bloomberg Television· 2025-08-20 06:00
I'm talking about Pop Mart now. Oh, no. I mean, that's I know where this is going.Oh, he's got to talk about it, right. Huge numbers rise out of a huge revenue and profit growth, boosted, of course, by the global demand for its hugely popular Labubu doll. That's a lot of huge in one sentence.Let's bring in our China correspondent Minmin Low to walk us through some of the key highlights of those results. Minmin. Yes, traders had really sky high expectations for the company, but not only met them, but beaten ...
West Africa: IMF Visits Senegal as Nation Seeks New Funding Deal
Bloomberg Television· 2025-08-20 05:58
Under. What kind of clarity is the IMF seeking from this review and from this trip. Morning, Jen.The biggest question is how does $7 billion in debt go undetected for nearly five years without nobody ever knowing how we see that they were reporting their numbers to international organizations, the IMF included, because they had an IMF program. But this was under the radar and it's because the government had a concept treasury. And while they reported one another that had been went and reported for such a lo ...
New Tax Reporting Rules: What You Need to Know
Digital Asset News· 2025-08-20 05:07
Jan 1 2025 going forward in the US you need to be reporting per wallet or by by each wallet. So if you sold an asset in Kraken you have to pull from a tax lot from Kraken. You can't sell this lot that I'm holding in my ledger cold wallet for example.Um and so pre2025 I'd say most people were actually reporting that way. And now moving forward, we all need to switch to reporting on each wallet level. ...