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Daniel Flax, Neuberger senior research analyst, discusses what the latest round of tech earnings could portend for AI companies like Apple, Broadcom and Nvidia on "Bloomberg The Close."

Meta Platforms Inc. shares slid after the company raised its spending outlook for the year, reigniting fears that the historic levels of investment it's making to build artificial intelligence models won't pay off. The social-media giant projected full-year capital expenditures between $125 billion and $145 billion, far exceeding analysts' estimates and marking a roughly 7.4% increase from what the company had previously projected. The company is dealing with "higher component pricing" and additional data center costs, Chief Financial Officer Susan Li said in a statement. Bloomberg's Kurt Wagner joins to discuss.

Ford CFO Sherry House discusses first-quarter earnings, SUV and pick-up truck sales amid higher gas prices and the automaker's full-year outlook on "Bloomberg The Close."

For decades, the global transition to renewable energy was a project of incrementalism — a slow-moving mosaic of carbon taxes, solar subsidies, and earnest international accords that often felt more aspirational than urgent. 

Policy wonks argued over the nuances of the Inflation Reduction Act, while climate activists lamented the glacial pace of the "energy pivot."

For the better part of a decade, the gilded youth of the financial world — the "crypto-native" generation — dismissed gold as a "boomer rock." 

To them, the heavy, yellow metal was an analog relic, a petrous souvenir of an era before the lightning-fast efficiency of the blockchain. 

For years, the global defence industry existed in a sort of polite exile. 

In the era of ESG mandates and the "peace dividend," shares in weapons manufacturers were often treated as the "tobacco stocks" of the new millennium — profitable, perhaps, but unseemly. 

U.S. hiring rebounded more sharply than anticipated in March as the return of striking healthcare workers and seasonal warming bolstered payrolls, providing a temporary reprieve for a labor market increasingly clouded by Middle East conflict and trade volatility.

The U.S. government has begun denying requests from companies seeking refunds for billions of dollars in illegal tariffs, despite a landmark Supreme Court ruling that struck down the levies last month.

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.