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- Vasu Kasibhotla, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Industry Analyst, discusses CoreWeave. CoreWeave Inc.'s co-founder said the company's goal is to get an investment-grade credit rating and gain the privilege of borrowing "unlimited" pools of money. The comments sent global markets into a tailspin, with CoreWeave shares dropping 6% in premarket trading on Thursday and its debt due in 2032 being quoted at about 78 cents on the dollar.

- Bailey Lipschultz, Bloomberg News Senior Equities Reporter, discusses Anthropic. Anthropic PBC told prospective investors its third-quarter revenue hit $16.8 billion, and the company achieved profitability in the quarter on an adjusted basis. The company is set to begin formally marketing its initial public offering as soon as the week of Nov. 9, and it’s expected to make its debut no later than the end of the year. Investors’ reactions to Anthropic’s update will be critical to the IPO process, with some indicating a fair valuation for the company is in the $1.8 trillion to $2 trillion range.

-Nathan Naidu, Bloomberg Intelligence Technology Research Analyst, discusses BIoomberg Intelligence’s deep dive report of cloud gaming. Nathan discusses why cloud gaming is finally becoming credible. BI forecasts the market growing from about $9 billion in 2025 to almost $38 billion by 2035. Cloud gaming adoption stumbled on latency, lagged gameplay experience which ultimately turn gamers off. That will change with better and potentially cheaper compute. Also, gaming is becoming less tied to a physical console: titles can increasingly be streamed across phones, TVs, PCs and handhelds.

- Gabrielle Coppola, Bloomberg Auto Reporter, discusses the Bloomberg Big Take story: “VW Wants to Take On Wrangler and Bronco on Their Home Turf.” Volkswagen AG is investing heavily in the US market, which Chief Executive Officer Oliver Blume says is "one big growth opportunity" for the company. The company plans to enter the US market for light trucks and offroad sport utility vehicles, with projects including a software venture with Rivian Automotive Inc. and the revival of heritage brand Scout. Volkswagen aims to field a midsize pickup and an offroad SUV to compete with established US franchises such as General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet Colorado and Ford Motor Co.'s Bronco.
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-Herman Chan, Senior Analyst, US Banks for Bloomberg Intelligence, recaps U.S bank earnings. Bank of America Corp.'s stock and fixed-income traders missed estimates, with bond-trading revenue falling 17% to $2.55 billion and equity trading up 10% to $2.51 billion. The company announced a $1.2 billion non-tax-deductible charge for fines related to money laundering and sanctions violations, which cut into net income by 17 cents a share.

-Matthew Palazola, Bloomberg Intelligence, Senior Analyst, P&C Insurance, discusses shares of Bending Spoons surging as much as 55% after Berkshire Hathaway Inc. agreed to invest an additional $330 million in the Italian technology conglomerate. The investment brings Berkshire’s stake in Bending Spoons to 4% and gives Bending Spoons more capital to pursue acquisitions. Bending Spoons will issue 10 million ordinary shares to Berkshire at $33 apiece through a private placement, according to a statement Wednesday.

-Geetha Ranganathan, Bloomberg Intelligence Analyst, discusses Netflix job cuts. Netflix Inc. is cutting 6% of its global staff, or about 1,000 positions, due to slowing growth. The cuts will be in the product, tech, legal and human-resources teams, according to an email from co Chief Executive Officers Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos. Netflix's business is "strong and growing, and we remain on track to deliver our full-year forecast," the executives wrote, despite concerns about growth and weakening subscriber engagement.
-Tamlin Bason, Bloomberg Tech Litigation Analyst, discusses Apple and OpenAI heading to court for a hearing in Apple's lawsuit accusing OpenAI of scheming to steal proprietary information about upcoming products. Two critical issues are on the agenda: Apple's request for a court order to stop OpenAI from using allegedly stolen trade secrets and OpenAI's demand to dismiss Apple's lawsuit entirely. OpenAI has denied the allegations, arguing that Apple's lawsuit is an effort to restrain employees from leaving for a competitor and that the company seeks to cast "ordinary job interviews as acts of trade secret misappropriation."


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-Herman Chan, Senior Analyst, US Banks for Bloomberg Intelligence, recaps U.S bank earnings.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s equities traders reported revenue of $6.44 billion for the three months through September, beating the expectations of analysts.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. reported a surprise drop in fixed-income trading revenue in the third quarter, the first such decline in more than two years.
Citigroup Inc.'s fixed-income traders had their best third quarter in at least a decade, with revenue of $4.4 billion.
Wells Fargo & Co. reported third-quarter results that topped Wall Street estimates as consumers and businesses held steady, keeping loan losses in check.

-Michael Halen, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Restaurant and Foodservice Analyst, discusses earnings from Domino’s Pizza and his outlook for Jersey Mike’s. Domino’s Pizza Inc.’s US same-store sales grew 0.3% in the third quarter, below the 0.7% Wall Street had expected. The company faces an uphill battle as budget-conscious consumers eat out less and favor chicken amid the “proteinmaxxing” trend.
Also, according to Bloomberg Intelligence: Jersey Mike's combination of strong sales growth, 10.4% in 1H, and a 99% franchised system is unique to the restaurant sector, positioning the company to outperform most quick-service peers on the top line and most fast-casual competitors on the bottom line amid inflation.

-Deborah Aitken, Bloomberg Intelligence Luxury Goods Analyst, discusses LVMH earnings. Sales at LVMH's biggest division slumped as worsening economic conditions and a consumer backlash in China hit its key Louis Vuitton brand. Revenue at the fashion and leather goods unit slid 5% in the third quarter on an organic basis, a bigger decline than analysts had forecast. LVMH Chief Financial Officer Cecile Cabanis said the backlash from consumers over the Molly Tea case "had a negative impact, at least at the beginning of the quarter" on Louis Vuitton sales.

-Geetha Ranganathan, Bloomberg Intelligence Analyst on US Media, discusses the latest at Netflix. Netflix Inc. secured exclusive broadcasting rights in Spain and Andorra for the men’s FIFA World Cup in 2030. Terms of the deal that includes all 104 matches weren’t’ disclosed in the company’s press release.
Also, according to Bloomberg Intelligence: Netflix's 3Q results may do little to quiet the engagement debate even if revenue lands near guidance.
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-Redd Brown, Bloomberg Consumer Reporter, discusses Starbucks saying it’s not buying Chipotle Mexican Grill, tamping down speculation about what could have been one of the restaurant sector’s largest-ever deals.
Separately, Redd talks about how California vintners are experimenting with making an American version of tequila due to a drop in wine consumption and state-imposed water restrictions.

-Mandeep Singh, Global Head of Tech Research for Bloomberg Intelligence, discusses top tech stories. According to Bloomberg Intelligence: AI data-center spending is scaling faster than we expected, with higher hardware content and a broader mix of operators pushing more capital toward compute, memory, storage and networking.
Separately, Mandeep also discusses how Microsoft is installing the latest version of its Maia chips in data centers to power its AI software using mostly homegrown hardware.

-Niraj Patel, Bloomberg Intelligence Senior Software Analyst, discusses research on how AI is influencing software sectors. According to Bloomberg Intelligence: AI agents are evolving from prompt-based assistants into persistent systems that reason, use tools and execute workflows, putting application software's user interface and distribution at risk while expanding opportunities in agent infrastructure and coordination.
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