Bloomberg Intelligence

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-Jake Silverman, Bloomberg Intelligence Semiconductor Analyst, recaps Micron earnings. Micron Technology Inc. shares surged after the company issued a quarterly sales forecast that exceeded Wall Street estimates, signaling that an AI-fueled growth run remains strong. Micron has secured 16 strategic customer agreements, which suggests the company can mitigate the boom-and-bust cycles that have plagued the memory chip industry.

-Michael Halen, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Restaurant and Foodservice Analyst, discusses earnings from Darden Restaurants. Darden Restaurants Inc. posted a cautious overall profit outlook as same-store sales at Olive Garden trailed expectations. The company sees fiscal 2027 earnings per share from continuing operations between $11.10 and $11.35, below analysts’ forecast.

-Matt Miller, Open Interest Co-Host on Bloomberg Television and Co-Host of the Hot Pursuits Podcast, discusses his interview with Ford CEO Jim Farley. Ford hired veteran engineers to help train younger staff and reprogram artificial intelligence tools to address quality problems. The result of this effort is that Ford is the top mainstream brand in the latest JD Power Initial Quality Survey, with three of its models ranking highest in their respective categories.
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-Lee Klaskow, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Transport, Logistics and Shipping Analyst, recaps FedEx earnings. FedEx shares fell after the parcel delivery company posted its first earnings report since completing the spinoff of its freight unit earlier this month. Results seem to have fallen short of investor expectations after a strong run-up in the first half of the year.

-Ryan Ward, BloombergNEF Weather Associate, discusses how AI is modeling mega storms with surprising accuracy. AI hurricane forecasts faced a first stress test in 2025: Hurricane Melissa, the strongest Category 5 hurricane in the modern era. AI models are trained on historical data, meaning a storm of this magnitude was not in the training set and potentially not predictable.

-Linda Cohn, ESPN Sportscenter Anchor, discusses retiring after 34 years at ESPN. Hall of Fame sportscaster Linda Cohn has served as a SportsCenter anchor since joining ESPN in 1992. She is ESPN’s longest-tenured SportsCenter anchor and in early 2016 was recognized for anchoring her 5,000th SportsCenter, the most of any anchor in ESPN history. In 2017, she was inducted into the National Sports Media Association (NSMA) Hall of Fame.
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-Brian Egger, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Gaming and Lodging Analyst, discusses Carnival earnings. According to Bloomberg Intelligence: Carnival's outlook for 1.75% constant-currency full-year revenue-yield growth (2.25% excluding deployment and loyalty-program changes) reflects a 100-bp guidance reduction since March, due to higher airfare and gas prices amid disruption from conflict in the Middle East.

-Robert Schiffman, Senior Tech Credit Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses SpaceX’s historic bond debut. According to Bloomberg Intelligence: SpaceX's inaugural high grade bond offering could draw heavy demand, aided by first-time issuer scarcity and demand for diversified AI-linked credit exposure. Key-person risk, large funding needs and execution challenges tied to space and AI expansion may raise questions about balance-sheet strength and cash-flow generation over time.

-Mandeep Singh, Global Tech Research Head at Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses SpaceX. After pulling off a record $86 billion IPO in mid-June and riding an initial surge, enthusiasm waned for the stock that’s been at the forefront of a retail frenzy in speculative space and AI trades.

-Madison Muller, Bloomberg News Health Reporter, discusses the Bloomberg Big Take: “How Eli Lilly's CEO Plans to Keep the GLP-1 Boom Going.” When Dave Ricks became chief executive officer of Eli Lilly & Co. in 2017, he was facing an industry under siege. Americans held drug companies in lower esteem than airlines, law firms and even the federal government. President Donald Trump, then starting his first term, was excoriating them for their high prices. A mounting number of reports showed that soaring costs were even forcing some diabetics to ration insulin.
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-Kevin Crowley, Bloomberg News Big Oil Reporter, discusses Chevron Corp. signing a 20-year deal with Microsoft Corp. to provide natural-gas fired power for a proposed West Texas data center. The proposed plant, Project Kilby, is expected to start producing power by 2028 and will ramp up to 2.67 gigawatts over time, enough to power more than 530,000 Texas homes.

-Sam Fazeli, Bloomberg Intelligence, Director of Research for Global Industries and Senior Pharmaceuticals Analyst, discusses AbbVie agreeing to buy Apogee Therapeutics for $10.9 billion to bolster its anti-inflammatory drug portfolio. The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter and reflects a roughly 49% premium to Apogee’s closing price of $90.38 on Thursday.

-Spencer Liberman, Bloomberg Intelligence Analyst, Industrials and Materials, discusses CRH agreeing to acquire US construction services company Arcosa for $8.5 billion in what is a record deal for the Irish building materials provider.

-Dennis Lockhart, Former Atlanta Fed President, discusses the life of Alan Greenspan. Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve chairman, has died at the age of 100 due to complications of Parkinson’s disease. Greenspan served as Fed chief for 18 years, from 1987 to 2006, and was known for guiding a record US economic expansion, but his legacy was later dimmed by the financial crisis that erupted after he stepped down.
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- Anurag Rana, Senior Technology Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, joins to discuss the latest tech headlines. Accenture Plc said it’s expecting to reel in less revenue in the coming months, as artificial intelligence upends the consulting services industry and clients paused business due to the conflict in the Middle East. The company reported a 2% drop in new bookings for the quarter ended May 31, according to a statement Thursday. Accenture shares tumbled 20% in early trading in New York, marking their worst one-day drop on record.
- Wayne Sanders, Senior Defense Analyst for Bloomberg Intelligence, examines the next steps in US-Iran relations as an interim peace deal is starting to take effect, with focus shifting to the resumption of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and a complex 60-day negotiating period over Tehran’s nuclear program.
- Ira Jersey, Chief US Interest Rate Strategist for Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses what Wednesday’s FOMC meeting and remarks from Chair Kevin Warsh signal about the Fed’s policy path ahead. Traders piled into betting on interest-rate hikes as soon as next month after Warsh used his debut press conference as Federal Reserve chairman to make clear the central bank won’t tolerate high inflation.
- Ann Miletti, Head of Equity Investments & Chief Diversity Officer at Allspring Global Investments, assess the importance of portfolio diversification and earnings fundamentals as the next phase of AI implementation spurs record capex spending.
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