1 00:00:01,639 --> 00:00:04,840 Speaker 1: News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now I'm 2 00:00:04,920 --> 00:00:08,400 Speaker 1: in Kalegi. Former President Donald Trump's latest round of court 3 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: battles opens a new legal front and tests an arcane 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: constitutional provision preventing insurrectionists from holding political office. Pressure is 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,880 Speaker 1: mounting on the US Supreme Court to decide whether States 6 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: ken bar Trump, who is the Republican Party's leading candidate, 7 00:00:22,880 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: from the ballot. The case would be unprecedented and brings 8 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: Trump's conduct after losing the twenty twenty election back to 9 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 1: the forefront of his likely twenty twenty four rematch with 10 00:00:32,159 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: President Joe Biden. On Thursday, mains top election official block 11 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 1: Trump from the primary ballot, citing his actions related to 12 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 1: the right at the US Capitol on January sixth, twenty 13 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,880 Speaker 1: twenty one. That ruling followed a groundbreaking decision in Colorado 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,080 Speaker 1: last week declaring him ineligible to be on the primary 15 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 1: ballot there. The US labor market probably remained sturdy, while 16 00:00:53,400 --> 00:00:56,279 Speaker 1: wage gains continued to ease as twenty twenty three drew 17 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,680 Speaker 1: to a close, setting up for steady economic growth in 18 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: winis inflation in the coming year. Government data on Friday 19 00:01:03,640 --> 00:01:06,959 Speaker 1: are projected to show payrolls in the world's largest economy, 20 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:10,119 Speaker 1: increased by one hundred seventy thousand in December. That would 21 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:12,360 Speaker 1: cap a year in which some two point seven million 22 00:01:12,440 --> 00:01:16,039 Speaker 1: jobs were added. The median forecast and a Bloomberg survey 23 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,000 Speaker 1: of economists also calls for a three point nine percent 24 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: increase in average hourly earnings from a year earlier, the 25 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: smallest annual gain since mid twenty twenty one. The unemployment 26 00:01:25,920 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: rate it's projected to take up to three point eight percent. 27 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 1: Goldman Sachs was the number one provider of merger advice 28 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty three for the seventh year running. More 29 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:37,600 Speaker 1: from Bloomberg's Charlie Pellett, and. 30 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: The bank ended up with a thirty one percent share 31 00:01:40,319 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 2: of the global take for merger advice, edging past J. P. 32 00:01:43,640 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 2: Morgan Chase, which was in the lead of the year's midpoint, 33 00:01:47,319 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 2: according to data compiled by Bloomberg. In all, Goldman Sachs 34 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:55,160 Speaker 2: advised on two hundred thirty five mergers and acquisitions announced 35 00:01:55,200 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 2: during the year, with a combined value of more than 36 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,320 Speaker 2: six hundred seventy one billion dollars dollars. That is, out 37 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 2: of two point one six trillion dollars globally. And pending 38 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:08,960 Speaker 2: and completed transactions, down from twenty twenty one's record of 39 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,400 Speaker 2: three point eight trillion ed. 40 00:02:11,560 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: Thanks Charlie, Tesla is expected to say Tuesday it had 41 00:02:15,120 --> 00:02:18,080 Speaker 1: another record delivery year in twenty twenty three. More from 42 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:19,680 Speaker 1: Bloomberg's Dennis Pellegrini. 43 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 3: The Austin based ev maker is estimated to have handed 44 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 3: over almost four hundred eighty three thousan two hundred vehicles 45 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:29,560 Speaker 3: in the fourth quarter, according to analysts surveyed by Bloomberg, 46 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 3: and that would mean Tesla probably exceeded its goal to 47 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 3: deliver a record one point eight million cars last year. 48 00:02:35,840 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 3: This would be thanks in large part due to die 49 00:02:37,960 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 3: hard Elon Musk fans and tech savvy early adopters. The record, though, 50 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 3: is just a fraction of what Toyota or General Motors 51 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 3: normally sell, meaning for its next phase of growth, Tesla 52 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 3: has to win over everyday buyers, who primarily select vehicles 53 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:54,200 Speaker 3: based on more mundane qualities things like price, are ease 54 00:02:54,240 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 3: of use, Denise Pellegrini, Bloomberg Radio. 55 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,640 Speaker 1: The US Coast Guard says a large cargo ship with 56 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:01,520 Speaker 1: a five fire in its hold as being kept two 57 00:03:01,600 --> 00:03:04,600 Speaker 1: miles off shore of an Alaskan port as a precaution, 58 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 1: while efforts are undertaken to extinguish the flames now, there 59 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 1: were no injuries to the nineteen crew members aboard the 60 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:14,400 Speaker 1: Genius Star eleven, which was carrying a load of lithium 61 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:18,239 Speaker 1: ion batteries across the Pacific Ocean from Vietnam to San Diego. 62 00:03:18,560 --> 00:03:21,320 Speaker 1: The fire started back on Christmas Day in cargo hold 63 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,840 Speaker 1: number one. The crew released carbon dioxide into the hold 64 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: and sealed it over concerns of an explosion. Ship's personnel 65 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,320 Speaker 1: alerted the Coastguard early Thursday morning about the fire. The 66 00:03:31,360 --> 00:03:33,359 Speaker 1: Coast Guard said it diverted the four hundred and ten 67 00:03:33,440 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 1: foot ship to Dutch Harbor, one of the nation's busiest 68 00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 1: fishing ports, located in Unalaska and Aleutian Islands community, about 69 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:43,720 Speaker 1: eight hundred miles southwest of Anchorage. And now you know 70 00:03:43,760 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: why they always ask about lithium ion batteries at the airport. 71 00:03:47,200 --> 00:03:51,520 Speaker 1: Mexico sent Venezuelan migrants home on two repatriation flights for 72 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 1: the first time since January, part of a joint effort 73 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: to reduce migration to the US. The flights follow an 74 00:03:56,680 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: agreement in October between Mexican President andres Manuel Opez Obrador 75 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,680 Speaker 1: and leaders of nine other Latin American nations that was 76 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: presented to US President Joe Biden as a way to 77 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,560 Speaker 1: curb migration and disrupt drug traffickers. We agree to reinitiate 78 00:04:10,600 --> 00:04:15,440 Speaker 1: the mechanism of coordinated repatriation flights or Venezuelan people. Mexico's 79 00:04:15,440 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: Foreign Ministry said this in a statement on Saturday. A 80 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: delegation of senior Biden administration officials, including Secretary of State 81 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: Anthony Blincoln and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Majorcus, met Obrador 82 00:04:26,480 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 1: in Mexico City this week for talks that included promoting 83 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,839 Speaker 1: as the White House puts it legal instead of irregular migration. 84 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:36,320 Speaker 1: That's news when you want it with Bloomberg News. Now, 85 00:04:36,480 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: I'm at Kleggi and this is Bloomberg