Speaker 1: News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now, I'm
Speaker 1: Charlie Pellett. A federal judge has ruled that Alphabet's Google
Speaker 1: does not have to sell its popular Chrome web browser.
Speaker 2: It is surprising because Judge Matter was in favor of
Speaker 2: divesting Chrome, which is the key asset here that everyone
Speaker 2: is looking at, and in this case, I think the
Speaker 2: ruling clearly states that they're not required to divest Chrome.
Speaker 2: At the same time, there won't be any exclusive contracts,
Speaker 2: so that means the Google Apple thing won't be at
Speaker 2: least allowed anymore.
Speaker 1: Bloomberg's man Deep Singh. The ruling came in the Justice
Speaker 1: departments landmark antitrust case against the search engine. Treasury Secretary
Speaker 1: Scott Besant is reportedly planning to start interviews on Friday
Speaker 1: in search of a candidate to be the next chair
Speaker 1: of the Federal Reserve. The Wall Street Journal says the
Speaker 1: interview process will continue next week, adding that Besant will
Speaker 1: be talking to candidates either in person or by video conference.
Speaker 1: Robert Kaplan is vice chair at Goldman Sachs. He's a
Speaker 1: former Dallas Fed chief, and he spoke to Bloomberg from
Speaker 1: the sidelines of the Goldman Sachs Asia Leaders Conference.
Speaker 3: Jaypal's term as chairman ends in May, and so it
Speaker 3: makes sense that they should start the interview process. I
Speaker 3: think the main thing for the leader, the next leader
Speaker 3: of the FED has to be somebody who has strong
Speaker 3: grounding and economics and can make independent judgments about the economy.
Speaker 1: Robert Kaplan, former Dallas FED chief, speaking to Bloomberg following
Speaker 1: the interviews, Bestent plans to recommend a finalist of candidates
Speaker 1: to President Trump. FED Governor Lisa Cook's lawyer say President
Speaker 1: Trump's move to Ouster is based on quote cut and
Speaker 1: paced allegations relating to mortgage fraud. The House Oversight Committee
Speaker 1: has released more than thirty three thousand pages of files
Speaker 1: related to Jeffrey Epstein. CBS reports many of the documents
Speaker 1: were already in the public domain. The release came as
Speaker 1: lawmakers pressed the Trump administration to disclose more information on
Speaker 1: the criminal probe into Epstein. Republican Congressman Thomas Massey of
Speaker 1: Kentucky says tomorrow some of those victims will speak publicly.
Speaker 4: I haven't had time to look at all the documents
Speaker 4: that have been released by the Oversight Committee, but I
Speaker 4: think the scope of their investigation is such that the
Speaker 4: things they requested aren't even going to include all the
Speaker 4: things that we need, and the few documents that we
Speaker 4: have been able to view are heavily redacted to the
Speaker 4: degree that they wouldn't show us anything new.
Speaker 1: Republican Congressman Thomas Massey of Kentucky. President Trump says his
Speaker 1: administration will ask the US Supreme Court for an expedited
Speaker 1: ruling to overturn a federal appeals court ruling that found
Speaker 1: many of his tariffs are illegal.
Speaker 5: We are leading very substantially with AI. We're leading because
Speaker 5: of tariffs. We're leading because of talent, and this is
Speaker 5: where they'd like to be. But without the tariffs, we
Speaker 5: wouldn't have a chance because we wouldn't be able to
Speaker 5: protect those investments of the companies coming in. So if
Speaker 5: you took away tariffs, we could end up being a
Speaker 5: third world country.
Speaker 1: Republican Senator Joni Earnst of Iowa says she will not
Speaker 1: seek reelection, officially opening a key Senate battleground ahead of
Speaker 1: twenty twenty six midterms. She made the announcement in a
Speaker 1: video message.
Speaker 6: Having been raised in a family who has given me
Speaker 6: so much love and support. Now as our family ages
Speaker 6: and grows. It's my time for me to give back
Speaker 6: to them. After a tremendous amount of prayer and reflection,
Speaker 6: I will not be seeking reelection in twenty twenty six.
Speaker 6: This was no easy decision. I love my state and country.
Speaker 1: Apple's lead AI researcher for robotics has left the company
Speaker 1: to join me a platform's competing effort, part of an
Speaker 1: exodus of AI talent from the iPhone maker. Bloomberg's Mark
Speaker 1: Grumman says there are a few reasons for these departures, including.
Speaker 7: Apple has been seriously contemplating moving away from in house
Speaker 7: model technology for some of its products and using more
Speaker 7: from companies like Google or Anthropic or open Ai, and
Speaker 7: the LM researchers at Apple some of them think they're
Speaker 7: seeing the writing on the wall and maybe it's time
Speaker 7: to get out of there before Apple really reduces the
Speaker 7: use of their technologies. Of course, internally, Apple has denied
Speaker 7: the idea that they're going to move.
Speaker 1: Away, Bloomberg's Mark Grumman. A jury in Los Angeles finds
Speaker 1: rapper Cardi B not liable for assault, battery or emotional distress,
Speaker 1: awarding zero damages to the security guard who filed a
Speaker 1: civil lawsuit against the artists. Immani Ellis alleges that Carti
Speaker 1: assaulted her at a Beverly Hills medical building in twenty eighteen.
Speaker 1: Cardi always maintained her innocence and spoke to reporters outside
Speaker 1: the courthouse this.
Speaker 6: Time around, I'm gonna be nice. The next person to
Speaker 6: try to do a frivolous lawsuit against me. I'm going
Speaker 6: to counter soon and I'm gonna make you pay.
Speaker 1: Cardi b speaking outside the courthouse. And that's news when
Speaker 1: you want it. With Bloomberg News now, I'm Charlie Peltank.
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