Market News
- Yen Set for Best Week Since 2024 as Fiscal Concerns Put on Hold
by Mia Glass on February 13, 2026 at 12:53 amThe yen is on track for its biggest weekly gain since November 2024 on confidence Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s election victory will allow her to expand fiscal stimulus while maintaining the trust of financial markets.
- AI Angst in US Stocks Sends Global Money Chasing Asia’s Winners
by Winnie Hsu on February 13, 2026 at 12:51 amWall Street’s fears of business disruption caused by artificial intelligence are turning into a blessing for Asian stocks, fueling demand for the region’s leading chipmakers that dominate the industry’s supply chain.
- US Details New China Limits for Clean Energy Tax Credits
by Mark Chediak, Ari Natter on February 13, 2026 at 12:10 amThe Trump administration issued new guidance on the use of foreign materials and components in US clean energy projects, in a move that would further limit access to lucrative tax credits.
- Taiwan, US Sign Trade Pact
on February 13, 2026 at 12:06 amThe US and Taiwan finalized a trade agreement to cut tariffs, boost market access for American products in Asia and channel billions of dollars into US energy and technology projects. Bloomberg's Laura Davison reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
- Mona Scott-Young on Her Foray Into Reality TV
Mona Scott-Young, CEO of Monami Entertainment and executive producer of the “Love & Hip […]
- Oil Set for Weekly Loss as Iran Concerns Ebb, Wider Markets Drop
Oil headed for the first back-to-back weekly drop this year on a risk-off tone in wider markets, […]
- Gold Steadies After Sharp Drop Sparked by Wider Market Jitters
Gold steadied after a sharp decline sparked by a wider selloff across financial markets that may […]
- Fmr. Trump Eco Adviser: USMCA Has Been 'Enormously' Advantageous
Steve Moore, Co-Founder of Unleash Prosperity and a former Trump Economic Adviser, joins Bloomberg […]
- Nasdaq 100 Sinks 2% as AI Jitters Roil Wall Street: Markets Wrap
Prices buckled across several asset classes as concern about tech profits and weakness in […]
- Gold Sinks in Shock Selloff as Stock Rout Spurs Robot Trading
Gold plunged as concerns about artificial intelligence spurred a selloff across financial markets, […]
- Clear Street Slashes IPO Target 65% After Investor Pushback
Clear Street Group Inc. slashed the targeted size of its initial public offering by nearly two […]
- China Economists Urge Looser Capital Controls as Dollar Dips
Several prominent Chinese economists have called for loosening restrictions on the movement of […]
political news
- US Details New China Limits for Clean Energy Tax Creditsby Mark Chediak, Ari Natter on February 13, 2026 at 12:10 am
The Trump administration issued new guidance on the use of foreign materials and components in US clean energy projects, in a move that would further limit access to lucrative tax credits.
- Trump is in Charge of Merger Control: Farrar on DOJ
on February 12, 2026 at 11:56 pmDoug Farrar, Maywood Strategies Principal, states the DOJ will not block any mergers when discussing the future of competition policy after DOJ Antitrust Chief Abigail Slater quit her job. Farrar shares his insight on how this resignation will impact the cases of Live Nation, Google, and the future of Warner Bros. Discovery. He speaks with Kailey Leinz and Joe Mathieu on the late edition of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power.” (Source: Bloomberg)
- Brazil’s Justice Toffoli Steps Down From Banco Master Case
by Martha Viotti Beck, Travis Waldron on February 12, 2026 at 11:42 pmBrazil Supreme Court Justice Dias Toffoli will no longer oversee a financial fraud probe into Banco Master SA after a Federal Police report raised questions about his links to the troubled bank and its chief executive.
- CIA Targets Chinese Military Officials in Online Recruitment Bid
by Natalia Drozdiak, Jacob Gu on February 12, 2026 at 11:38 pmThe Central Intelligence Agency is targeting Chinese military officials in its latest recruitment video, in an effort to capitalize on potential disillusionment inside the People’s Liberation Army in the aftermath of President Xi Jinping’s military purges.
- Japan Seizes Chinese Fishing Boat ‘Violating EEZ’ Near Nagasaki
by Alastair Gale, Gareth Allan on February 12, 2026 at 11:17 pmJapan said it seized a Chinese fishing vessel and arrested its captain after the ship entered the nation’s exclusive economic zone and sought to avoid inspection, adding a fresh complication to strained ties between the two Asian giants.
- CFPB Fires Employee Over a Confrontation With DOGE a Year Ago
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fired an employee for disrupting and documenting a 2025 […]
- Top ICE Contractor Geo Erases All ‘Trump Trade’ Stock Gains
Shares of private prison operator Geo Group have erased a once-hefty gain that came after President […]
- Democrat Says DOJ Spied on Lawmaker Reviews of Epstein Files
A top Democrat is calling for an investigation into whether Attorney General Pam Bondi or her aides […]
- Justice Department Antitrust Chief Slater Resigns
The Justice Department’s top antitrust cop, Abigail Slater, resigned Thursday in a move that […]
- Navarro on USMCA, Tariffs and Credit Card Rates
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro discusses President Trump's tariff policy following the […]
Wealth
- Tech Billionaires Swap Hoodies for Sandals in Tropical Miami
by Felipe Marques, Samantha Stewart on February 13, 2026 at 12:00 amSouth Florida has become a magnet for the Silicon Valley billionaire looking for a tax-friendly abode. A proposed one-time wealth levy in California is galvanizing the appeal.
- China's Rising AI Billionaires
by Diana Li, Pui Gwen Yeung on February 12, 2026 at 10:00 pmChina’s rising AI billionaires are challenging US dominance — and building huge fortunes on the back of the nation’s quest for tech independence
- Scored a Big Bonus? Here’s How to Invest It Now
by Charlie Wells on February 12, 2026 at 6:00 pmTech stocks and foreign markets are catching the eye of financial analysts.
- Bessent’s Crackdown on Alleged Fraud in Minnesota Sends Banks Scrambling
by Hannah Levitt, Yizhu Wang on February 12, 2026 at 5:52 pmTreasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s demand that lenders collect more information about international money transfers from a pair of counties in Minnesota has some of the biggest US banks racing to comply.
- Larry Fink’s Private Asset Bet Powers Global Family Office Boom
by Benjamin Stupples on February 12, 2026 at 3:15 pmThe ex-Credit Suisse bankers behind Global Infrastructure Partners are best-known for building one of the world’s largest investment firms. Now they’re also forging something else: family offices.
Tech & Innovation
- Stocks Lower as Tech Selloff Deepens Ahead of CPI | The Close 2/12/2026
on February 13, 2026 at 12:10 amBloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are US Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Envestnet’s Dana D’Auria, KBW’s Thomas Michaud, Wells Fargo’s Veronica Willis, The Benchmark Company’s Mark Palmer, Citizens’ Jordan Bender, Harbourvest Partners’ John Toomey, Barclays’ Marc Giannoni, and Monami Entertainment’s Mona Scott-Young. (Source: Bloomberg)
- Broker Clear Street Postpones IPO Citing Market Conditions
by Bailey Lipschultz on February 12, 2026 at 11:19 pmClear Street Group Inc., a Wall Street broker built on cloud computing technology, has postponed its US initial public offering after cutting the target by nearly two-thirds.
- Malaysia’s Solar Leader to Ramp Up Output as Battery Prices Drop
by Ram Anand on February 12, 2026 at 11:00 pmMalaysia’s biggest solar company Solarvest Holdings Bhd. plans to more than double its generation capacity in the next two years, as declining battery costs enables further deployment of renewables.
- Software Selloff Deepens on AI Fears | Closing Bell
on February 12, 2026 at 10:57 pmComprehensive cross-platform coverage of the U.S. market close on Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, and YouTube with Romaine Bostick, Katie Greifeld, Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. (Source: Bloomberg)
- Nvidia to Lease Data Center Funded by $3.8 Billion of Junk Bonds
by Paula Seligson, Aaron Weinman, Gowri Gurumurthy on February 12, 2026 at 9:55 pmNvidia Corp. is expected to lease a data center being built with funds from a $3.8 billion junk-bond sale, adding to the borrowing frenzy around artificial-intelligence infrastructure.
