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-Brian Chappatta, Bloomberg, Managing Editor of Leveraged Finance and Distressed Debt, discusses BlackRock curbing withdrawals from its $26 billion HPS Corporate Lending Fund after client requests for redemptions spiked, capping repurchases at 5%.

-Dan Ives, Global Head of Technology Research at Wedbush Securities, discusses the latest in the tech sector. He discusses how investors are now navigating an uncertain Iran military conflict in the Middle East, adding to the nervousness already in the tech trade with the AI Ghost Trade and Anthropic worries abound.

-Lauren Hochfelder, Head of Global Real Assets at Morgan Stanley, discusses her outlook for the U.S real estate market. Lauren discusses how she thinks we’re past bottom in most global markets, with tangible evidence of price movement.
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US employers unexpectedly cut jobs in February and the unemployment rate rose, raising doubts about the health of the labor market. Nonfarm payrolls decreased 92,000 last month after a strong start to the year, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data out Friday. The unemployment rate climbed to 4.4%. The decline in payrolls partly reflected a decrease in health care employment due to strike activity.
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-Herman Chan, Senior Analyst, US Banks for Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses Morgan Stanley eliminating about 3% of its global workforce, targeting employees in its investment-banking and trading businesses as well as the wealth and asset-management operations.

-Kunjan Sobhani, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Semiconductor Analyst, recaps Broadcom earnings. Broadcom Chief Executive Officer Hock Tan said the company expects its AI chip sales to top $100 billion next year, marking major inroads into territory dominated by Nvidia.

-Mandeep Singh, Global Tech Research Head at Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses Anthropic resuming talks with the Pentagon about the way its AI models are used by the US military, raising the possibility that the two sides can resolve a feud that’s transfixed Silicon Valley.

-Jennifer Bartashus, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Analyst, Retail Staples & Packaged Food, discusses earnings from Krogers and BJ's Wholesale. Kroger's new CEO Greg Foran laid out a value-focused vision to boost top-line growth by taking out costs and using that capital on price investments and customer experience. BJ’s Wholesale reported adjusted earnings per share guidance for fiscal 2027 that missed the average analyst estimate.

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-Mandeep Singh, Global Tech Research Head at Bloomberg Intelligence, recaps CrowdStrike earnings. CrowdStrike projected quarterly sales that were roughly in line with analysts’ estimates, signaling steady demand in an era when artificial intelligence has heightened concerns over cybersecurity threats.

-Vlad Rikhter, CEO of Fencer, discusses AI and why OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman said the company's rush to forge a deal with the Defense Department looked "opportunistic and sloppy". The remarks follow an announcement late Friday that Altman had reached an agreement to let the Pentagon deploy OpenAI’s artificial intelligence models in its classified network.

- Geetha Ranganathan, Bloomberg Intelligence Analyst on US Media, discusses why Paramount Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery will trigger a media reranking and strategic sector reset. Bloomberg Intelligence expects the industry to consolidate around three dominant players: Disney, Paramount and Netflix, leaving Comcast subscale and making further M&A likely.

-Lindsay Dutch, Bloomberg Intelligence Consumer Hardlines Senior Analyst, discusses Bath and Body Works earnings. Bath & Body Works, said sales will decline less than analysts expect, a sign that the home products retailer’s transformation plan, which includes selling its products on Amazon.com Inc.’s web store, is starting to take shape.
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- Emily Cohn, Bloomberg Consumer Team Leader, discusses Target earnings. Target forecasted better-than-expected profit for the full year, indicating the big-box retailer’s turnaround plans are starting to generate results.

- Lee Klaskow, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Transport, Logistics and Shipping Analyst, discusses why the US-led attack on Iran heightens near-term risk for e-commerce, threatening both shipping reliability and consumer demand.

- Kirsten Fontenrose, Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council, discusses the latest out of the Middle East. The US-Israeli war on Iran reverberated across the region for a fourth day, with oil and gas prices surging and the world adjusting to a conflict that President Donald Trump has said could last for weeks.

- Nathan Dean, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Policy Analyst, discusses why congressional war powers votes aimed at blocking President Donald Trump from further military action in Iran will likely fail. Yet bipartisan dissent could hasten an endgame and lower disruption risks for airlines, energy and shipping.
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