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Hong Kong’s airport passenger traffic jumped 11.7% on year in the first half, as the Asian financial hub hosted a variety of events and attracted more visitors, according to the city’s Financial Secretary Paul Chan.

China is accelerating the establishment of rules governing the recycling and reuse of wind and solar equipment and aims to set up a closed-loop system for waste from the industry before 2030, China Central Television reported on Sunday.

China revised the release time for its July economic data to 3 p.m. Monday, breaking with recent practice.

Even before Nvidia Corp.’s splashy $500 billion financing partnership this week, investors were starting to fret over the roughly $70 billion in phantom liabilities that don’t appear on major AI companies’ balance sheets, but could materialize at the worst possible time.

Pointed offers a strategic twist to the news quiz format, testing not just players’ knowledge of the news but also their confidence in their answers. Join Bloomberg's Joe Mathieu, Carol Massar and Lisa Mateo as they play and check out the quiz for yourself at Bloomberg.com (Source: Bloomberg)

Rescuers in western Colombia are still searching for survivors after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake killed at least 287 people. Bloomberg News Latin America Government Reporter Mie Dahl joins Bloomberg This Weekend from Bogotá and explains to hosts Joe Mathieu and Carol Massar that the disaster has also disrupted coffee exports and created an immediate leadership test for President Abelardo de la Espriella, who was sworn in just days before the quake struck. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bloomberg News Cyber Security & Tech Reporter Katrina Manson got a firsthand look at autonomous drone-swarm technology that allows multiple aircrafts to coordinate and strike targets even when communications or GPS are disrupted. Joining Bloomberg This Weekend, Mason explains to Carol Massar that the Pentagon is testing the technology as part of its Swarm Forge program, but experiments in which AI identified civilian vehicles as potential targets highlight the risks as militaries push toward gre

Bob Iger and Josh Kushner moved from pursuing a Las Vegas NBA expansion team to agreeing within days to buy the Los Angeles Lakers in a record $12.5 billion deal. Bloomberg News Host of Sports City Randall Williams is on Bloomberg This Weekend with hosts Joe Mathieu and Carol Massar and explains that the transaction comes as Madison Square Garden Sports moves toward separating the Knicks and Rangers businesses and Jeff Bezos joins a group taking a minority stake in Liverpool, underscoring invest

PNC's Chief Investment Officer Amanda Agati is on Bloomberg This Weekend with hosts Joe Mathieu and Carol Massar and says that strong earnings and economic fundamentals continue to support US stocks, even as elevated Treasury yields and midterm uncertainty threaten to bring more volatility. (Source: Bloomberg)

Shifting US objectives and neither side able to secure a decisive military victory make a lasting resolution difficult and Bloomberg Economics Defense Lead Becca Wasser says risks the the US-Iran conflict becoming a protracted war. Joining Joe Mathieu and Carol Massar on Bloomberg This Weekend, Wasser explains that repeated pauses could allow both sides to adapt and rearm, potentially expanding the conflict geographically and making direct US-Iran talks necessary for a durable settlement. (Sourc

Mystery vacations, college campuses for sale, buying sorority unwritten rules, and half off sushi: Bloomberg News' Lisa Mateo joins Joe Mathieu and Carol Massar on Bloomberg This Weekend to share headlines you may have missed from over the week. (Source: Bloomberg)

President Donald Trump is touting a “golden age” for the US economy, but Bloomberg News White House Correspondent Catherine Lucey is on Bloomberg This Weekend and says persistent concerns over gas, food and housing costs are complicating that message ahead of the midterms. Lucey explains to hosts Joe Mathieu and Carol Massar that Republicans in competitive races face a difficult balance between embracing Trump’s economic record and addressing voters who remain frustrated about affordability and

Corporate America is blowing past Wall Street’s expectations for a stellar earnings season, adding to the rosy backdrop for a stock market trading near a record high.

Author of the book 'From Presence to Power' Rashad Robinson is on Bloomberg This Weekend and explains to hosts David Gura and Christina Ruffini that visibility, media attention and public support do not amount to power unless activists build the leverage needed to change decisions and institutions. Robinson draws on campaigns involving LGBTQ rights, racial justice and technology companies to make the case for moving beyond awareness toward strategies that produce lasting change. (Source: Bloombe

Navy veteran and military journalist Natalie Oliverio joins Bloomberg This Weekend and says reported food, sanitation and communication problems aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln risk undermining sailors’ readiness. Oliverio explains to hosts Joe Mathieu and Carol Massar that families and lawmakers are demanding answers as the carrier has spent more than 240 consecutive days at sea, while the Pentagon disputes reports portraying conditions aboard the ship as dire. (Source: Bloomberg)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi used his Independence Day address to lay out an ambitious path toward making India a developed economy by 2047, emphasizing self-reliance, semiconductor manufacturing, AI and nuclear power. Joining hosts Joe Mathieu and Carol Massar on Bloomberg This Weekend to discuss the Prime Ministers speech is Bloomberg News Senior Reporter Dan Strumpf. (Source: Bloomberg)

BlackRock’s Rick Rieder says the latest CPI report gave markets reason to celebrate, but inflation remains above the Fed’s 2% target. He argues the economy is now “in the ballpark” and that raising overnight rates may not be the most effective way to bring inflation lower. The bigger issue for markets may be the long end of the yield curve, where fiscal deficits, heavy treasury issuance and AI-related financing push real rates higher. (Source: Bloomberg)

We’re not at target yet.

One of the biggest reforms in Germany’s pension system since Chancellor Otto von Bismarck founded it in the late 19th century is about to hand modern fund managers a new empire of cash to deploy.

Bally’s Corp. warned investors of “substantial doubt” that it will be able to continue as a going concern as the company risks running afoul of agreement with lenders.