Here are some of the key takeaways from Bloomberg’s two-day Screentime Conference in Los Angeles:

Federal prosecutors arrested a California man on Thursday on charges of smuggling computer servers containing $300 million worth of Nvidia Corp. artificial intelligence chips to China in violation of US export controls.

SoftBank Group Corp.’s equity investors are increasingly focused on the potential returns from its AI bets, helping the stock rebound even as the Japanese company faces higher borrowing costs.

Stripe Inc. is expanding operations at its Dublin office, a boost to a city hit by a spate of artificial intelligence-related job cuts.

Constantine Alexandrakis, who leads Russell Reynolds Associates and wrote The Catalyst CEO, joins to discuss the leadership challenge and the idea that CEOs cannot drive transformation alone. The discussion broadens into a larger question about what kind of CEO is needed when a company requires both cultural repair and strategic disruption. He speaks with Romaine Bostick on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)

The Close 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 Ferguson CEO Kevin Murphy, Envestnet CEO Chris Todd, Nuveen CEO Bill Huffman, EY Global Vice Chair Andrea Guerzoni, Allspring Global Investments Head of Equity Investments Ann Miletti, Mastercard Economics Institute Chief Economist Michelle Meyer, CFRA Equity Analyst Zachary Warring, Sports Marketing Consultant Joe Favorito, Bata Shoe […]

In an exclusive interview on Bloomberg The Close, Andrea Guerzoni, EY Global Vice Chair, discusses a pullback in EY Parthenon’s latest CEO outlook survey. Guerzoni points to the survey’s confidence reading falling from a record 62% to 51% and asks why that drop occurred, noting it is a decline but not a collapse. He speaks to Romaine Bostick & Emily Graffeo on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)

Kevin Murphy, CEO of Ferguson, joins the program to discuss broader manufacturing conditions. Murphy notes that manufacturing appeared to emerge from a multiyear slump earlier in the year, helped by several tailwinds, and asks whether that momentum is still holding as the final three months of the year begin. He speaks with Romaine Bostick & Emily Graffeo on "The Close." (Source: Bloomberg)