Three years ago, before artificial intelligence became part of the national consciousness, American University's Kogod School of Business embarked on a program to change its curriculum and infuse AI throughout its undergraduate and graduate courses. More than 90% of the faculty are now infusing AI into their classes, while every student gets a Perplexity Enterprise account when they being their studies at Kogod. David Marchick, the Dean of American's B-School, discusses the growing role of artif...
Sep 25, 2025•16 min
Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF . Intel Corp. has approached Apple Inc. about securing an investment in the ailing chipmaker, according to people familiar with the matter, part of efforts to bolster a business that’s now partially owned by the US government. Apple and Intel also have discussed how to work more closely together, said the people, who asked to not be identified because the deliberations are private. The talks have been early-stage and may not le...
Sep 24, 2025•42 min
France recognized Palestine as an independent state and, along with Saudi Arabia at a United Nations conference led by the two countries, called on Israel to end the war in Gaza immediately. “One solution exists to break the cycle of war and destruction: acknowledging each other,” French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday. “We must recognize that Palestinians and Israelis are living in twin solitude.” Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan, reading out a message from Crown Prince Mohamme...
Sep 23, 2025•12 min
Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF . President Donald Trump said NATO nations should shoot down Russian aircraft that violated their airspace and struck a more sympathetic tone on Ukraine’s chances of winning the war. He spoke as he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy following recent jet incursions that have alarmed allies.“Yes, I do,” Trump said when asked directly by a reporter if NATO allies should take down Russian aircraft during his meeting o...
Sep 23, 2025•39 min
Anger over rising energy costs will eventually force states to allow more natural gas infrastructure to be built in the US, according to one of the nation’s largest producers of the fuel. “We’ve never produced more energy than we’re producing now, but Americans’ energy bills are up over 35%,” EQT Corp. Chief Executive Officer Toby Rice said Thursday at BloombergNEF’s Barrel of Tomorrow in the Age of AI summit in Houston. “That’s the catalyst that’s going to get people asking questions.” Rice and...
Sep 23, 2025•12 min
Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF . Walt Disney Co. said Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to the air on Tuesday, ending a suspension imposed following controversial remarks the ABC late-night host made about the assassination of Republican activist Charlie Kirk. “We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday,” Disney said in a statement. Kimmel will addr...
Sep 22, 2025•34 min
Octopus Energy Group Ltd. plans to spin off Kraken Technologies Ltd., a software platform that helps utilities manage the transition to cleaner energy. Kraken has been key to Octopus Energy’s growth into the UK’s largest electricity supplier, leapfrogging industry incumbents to serve more than 7 million customers in the country. The software allows it to balance out power flows to households as energy-transition technologies like electric vehicles, home batteries, solar panels and heat pumps bec...
Sep 22, 2025•10 min
Kindbody was once one of the fastest-growing fertility chains in the US. The venture-backed company cultivated a modern and millennial-friendly aesthetic that helped it attract more than $300 million in investments, including backing from celebrity investors like Gwyneth Paltrow and Chelsea Clinton. But Kindbody has been riddled with clinical problems, with embryos being mislabeled, lost or accidentally destroyed, and has spiraled into crisis. As more people seek fertility treatment than ever, t...
Sep 21, 2025•2 min
Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF . Senator Ted Cruz has become the most prominent Republican to criticize Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr, saying President Donald Trump’s top media regulator resorted to “mafioso” behavior to pressure Disney Corp.’s ABC to remove late night host Jimmy Kimmel. Cruz, the chairman of the Commerce Committee and a frequent defender of the Trump administration, took to his podcast in the wake of Kimmel’s indefini...
Sep 19, 2025•43 min
Featuring some of our favorite conversations of the week from our daily radio show "Bloomberg Businessweek Daily." Hosted by Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec Hear the show live at 2PM ET on WBBR 1130 AM New York, Bloomberg 92.9 FM Boston, WDCH 99.1 FM in Washington D.C. Metro, Sirius/XM channel 121, on the Bloomberg Business App, Radio.com, the iHeartRadio app and at Bloomberg.com/audio. You can also watch Bloomberg Businessweek on YouTube - just search for Bloomberg Global News. Like us at Bloombe...
Sep 19, 2025•1 hr 15 min
Dr. Susan J. Blumenthal has been at the forefront of women’s health for 30 years. Having served under four US presidents, she achieved the rank of Rear Admiral (Ret.) with the US Public Health Service, is the former Assistant Surgeon General, and was the nation's first-ever Deputy Assistant Secretary for Women's Health. She currently works as a visiting professor with the MIT Media Lab. Dr. Blumenthal discusses the changing landscape for women’s health, and key research within the field, with Ca...
Sep 19, 2025•9 min
Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF . President Donald Trump said US broadcast networks should face scrutiny over their licenses if they’re too critical of him, in what amounts to his furthest-reaching threat to media freedoms. “When you have a network and you have evening shows, and all they do is hit Trump,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One on Thursday. “I would think maybe their license should be taken away.” The president was defending ABC’s decision...
Sep 18, 2025•40 min
New York City's Brooklyn Navy Yard has evolved from a collection of warehouses into a model for 21st-century manufacturing, where climate-tech, smart city solutions, and advanced fabrication companies grow alongside distilleries, designers, and robotics startups. Now, the mission-driven industrial park is prompting a broader rethink of what manufacturing looks like in big cities, and how to solve some of today’s biggest problems, from climate change to health care access. Lindsay Greene, Preside...
Sep 18, 2025•8 min
Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF . Federal Reserve officials lowered their benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point and penciled in two more reductions this year following months of intense pressure from the White House to slash borrowing costs. Chair Jerome Powell pointed to growing signs of weakness in the labor market to explain why officials decided it was time to cut rates after holding them steady since December amid concerns over tariff-dri...
Sep 17, 2025•39 min
Language-learning platform on Tuesday announced the launch of its new feature called Babbel Speak, which is designed to help first-time learners go from silence to speech. Introduced to the Babbel app via a new tab on the home screen, the AI-powered, voice-led trainer solves one of the most common barriers in language learning: not knowing how to begin speaking. Newly appointed Babbel CEO Tim Allen, who took over the role in June, discusses his expectations for the enhanced features as well as c...
Sep 17, 2025•12 min
Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF . TikTok’s American operations would be acquired by an investor consortium that includes Oracle Corp., Andreessen Horowitz and private equity firm Silver Lake Management LLC under a framework deal that US President Donald Trump is set to discuss with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week. The tentative agreement, unveiled on Monday by senior US and Chinese officials after two days of talks in Madrid, would create a US-ba...
Sep 16, 2025•40 min
Adobe Inc. gave a strong quarterly revenue outlook, suggesting that the software maker is seeing a payoff from its investment in AI features. Sales will be about $6.08 billion to $6.13 billion in the period running through November, the company said Thursday in a statement. Analysts, on average, estimated a number at the bottom of that range. The San Jose, California-based company also boosted its annual forecast. Adobe has worked to weave artificial intelligence features, often based on its own...
Sep 16, 2025•11 min
Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF . President Donald Trump said he would speak with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Friday as US and Chinese officials reached a framework deal on keeping the TikTok app running in the US. It would be the first direct engagement between Trump and Xi since June. “I will be speaking to President Xi on Friday. The relationship remains a very strong one!!!,” Trump said in a post on social media Monday. Referring to a meeting of top offi...
Sep 15, 2025•30 min
Since it was established almost 80 years ago, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been considered the gold standard for public health. For generations, the world has looked to the agency for guidance during dangerous disease outbreaks, with its website frequently bookmarked by physicians across the country looking for science-backed recommendations. But in the months since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took over the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the CDC, the a...
Sep 15, 2025•16 min
Featuring some of our favorite conversations of the week from our daily radio show "Bloomberg Businessweek Daily." Hosted by Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec Hear the show live at 2PM ET on WBBR 1130 AM New York, Bloomberg 92.9 FM Boston, WDCH 99.1 FM in Washington D.C. Metro, Sirius/XM channel 121, on the Bloomberg Business App, Radio.com, the iHeartRadio app and at Bloomberg.com/audio. You can also watch Bloomberg Businessweek on YouTube - just search for Bloomberg Global News. Like us at Bloombe...
Sep 12, 2025•1 hr 18 min
Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF . The man accused of killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk— identified as Tyler Robinson — was arrested on suspicion of murder and weapons offenses. Robinson is being held in county jail in Utah without bail, according to court documents. He was arrested by law enforcement, after a family member alerted authorities that he had confessed, or at least implied involvement, in the killing, Utah Governor Spencer Cox said Fri...
Sep 12, 2025•37 min
For 40 years, the MIT Media Lab has been an interdisciplinary creative sandbox where innovation thrives at the intersection of art, science, engineering, and design. Grounded in academic excellence, the Lab brings together diverse students, faculty, and researchers collaborating across dozens of groups, centers, initiatives, and programs on transformative projects. Through its unique consortium model, the Lab collaborates with industry, nonprofits, governments, philanthropic organizations, and g...
Sep 12, 2025•8 min
Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF . A search is underway for the killer of Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump who was fatally shot Wednesday at a Utah university. Kirk, executive director of the Turning Point USA advocacy group, was speaking at an outdoor event before a crowd at Utah Valley University when a single shot was fired from a nearby building, according to local police. Governor Spencer Cox described it as a...
Sep 11, 2025•37 min
JLL is a Fortune 200 company and one of the largest consultancies in the world, specializing in real estate and investment management. JLL generates $23.4 billion in annual revenue, with a global workforce of over 112,000 across 80+ countries. The commercial real estate giant has seen office leasing activity worldwide increase both quarterly and year-over-year, with first-half volumes in 2025 reaching their highest level since 2019. Christian Ulbrich, President and CEO of JLL, discusses the sign...
Sep 11, 2025•8 min
Watch Bloomberg Businessweek Daily every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF . Larry Ellison has become the world’s richest person for the first time, ending Elon Musk’s nearly year-long reign in the top spot. Ellison’s fortune soared $101 billion as of 10:10 a.m. in New York after Oracle Corp. reported quarterly results that surpassed expectations and said there’s more growth to come. The increase lifted his total fortune to $393 billion, ahead of Musk who sits at $385 billion, according to t...
Sep 10, 2025•29 min
MercadoLibre is experimenting with small pilot programs to develop ventures in industries like pharma and food delivery. This development emerges after Bloomberg first reported that Amazon had acquired a stake in Colombian delivery platform Rappi through a $25 million convertible note. Martin de los Santos, Chief Financial Officer of MercadoLibre, discusses why pharmaceuticals have a chance to improve their low e-commerce penetration, as well as why food products create new revenue opportunities...
Sep 10, 2025•8 min
Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. Apple Inc. introduced its iPhone 17 lineup, adding an all-new skinnier Air design and improving the devices’ durability and camera technology. The company unveiled the new smartphones at an event with the tagline “awe dropping” from its headquarters in Cupertino, California. Apple also debuted new smartwatches and an updated version of its high-end AirPods. The technology giant is looking to keep customers hooked on the smartp...
Sep 09, 2025•40 min
HealthEquity and its subsidiaries administer HSAs and other consumer-directed benefits for more than 17 million accounts in partnership with employers, benefits advisors, and health and retirement plan providers who share our mission to save and improve lives by empowering healthcare consumers. Scott Cutler, the company's CEO, discusses the challenges and successes of his first eight months on the job, and how his firm uses technology and data to help deal with healthcare affordability issues in...
Sep 09, 2025•10 min
Watch Carol and Tim LIVE every day on YouTube: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF. US stocks have been on a tear, setting more than 20 all-time highs this year, but the Federal Reserve’s next move threatens to curb investors’ zeal, JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s trading desk warns. “This current bull market feels unstoppable with new support forming as former tent poles weaken,” according to Andrew Tyler, the bank’s head of global market intelligence. If the Fed follows through on a widely expected interest-rate...
Sep 08, 2025•39 min
The August jobs report showed the labor market is worsening for younger Americans. The youth unemployment rate jumped to 10.5% in August, the highest since late 2016 save for the pandemic period. The rate has risen by 150 basis points since the start of the year in a possible sign of things to come. Young workers with limited experience tend to take lower-wage jobs and difficulty finding that kind of employment may indicate more stress in the overall labor market. Dan Shapero, Chief Operating Of...
Sep 08, 2025•8 min
